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News Articles: Asia

Chang Chih-yuan as a child, with his mother and Taiwanese father, when they were still living in China.

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  • World

Deadline nears for Taiwan's Chinese immigrants to prove no China household registration

Amid a wave of national security measures, immigrants from China must prove they've given up their household registration in China by June 30. Many are Chinese women married to men from Taiwan.

June 29, 2025
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  • Ashish Valentine
Trucks loaded with containers move through a port in Shanghai, China Monday, June 9, 2025.

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  • Economy

Trump says he's terminating trade talks with Canada, 'effective immediately'

The announcement on Canada follows a flurry of updates around trade talks and a suggestion by President Trump that the upcoming July 8 deadline for countries to make deals with the U.S. is moveable.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
FILE - Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a police station in Hachioji, suburbs of Tokyo, in November 2017.

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  • Asia

Japan executes man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering 9 people

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media.

June 27, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Fire and smoke rise after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15 in Tehran, Iran.

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  • Asia

Why is China so concerned about Israel-Iran tensions?

China is closely watching whether Israel and Iran can broker a ceasefire. Beijing gets much of its crude oil imports from Iran through a "dark fleet" of vessels to evade American sanctions.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Feng

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  • World

Greetings from Shenyang, China, where workers sort AI data in 'Severance'-like ways

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

June 18, 2025
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  • Aowen Cao
This photo shows a general view of a North Korean giant loudspeaker (C), near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, in Paju on June 12, 2025.

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  • Asia

A battle of sounds stops at the inter-Korean border

The two Koreas have engaged in psychological warfare since the 1960s, with weapons like huge billboard screens, loudspeakers installed along the border, and airdropping propaganda leaflets.

June 18, 2025
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  • Se Eun Gong
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, third left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second right, at the headquarters of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark…

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  • World

North Korea plans to send military construction workers and deminers to Russia

North Korea will send thousands to support reconstruction work in Russia's Kursk region. North Korea has already supplied combat troops and conventional weapons to back Russia's war against Ukraine.

June 18, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Apple Store in Shanghai, China.

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  • Business

How Apple turbocharged China's development

A new book raises the specter that corporate offshoring of manufacturing may have undermined America's lead in technological innovation and even its national security.

June 17, 2025
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  • Greg Rosalsky
Ukraine's special forces found documents, military tickets, notes, phones and equipment early this year on the bodies of North Korean soldiers killed in Kursk, a Russian region that borders Ukraine.

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  • World

North Koreans fighting for Russia against Ukraine have grown skilled in drone warfare

North Korea sent 11,000 elite soldiers to support Russia. Their progress — especially in drone warfare — has implications not only for Russia's war on Ukraine but also peace on the Korean Peninsula.

June 16, 2025
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  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Volodymyr Solohub
Onlookers watch wreckage from Thursday's Air India plane crash lying atop a building in Ahmedabad, India, on Saturday.

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  • Asia

Death toll from plane crash in India climbs to 270 as search teams find more bodies

The London-bound plane struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 on board and at least 29 on the ground.

June 15, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Debris of Air India flight 171 is pictured after it crashed Thursday in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad. Rescue teams with sniffer dogs combed the crash site on Friday.

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  • World

Indian authorities begin investigating Air India crash in which 1 passenger survived

India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is investigating the crash with help from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. Authorities said Friday that the black box has been recovered.

June 14, 2025
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Shweta Desai
Viswashkumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of Thursday's Air India crash, meets with Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah at a hospital in Ahmedabad.

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  • Asia

'I just walked out': The sole survivor of the Air India crash shares his story

Viswashkumar Ramesh was on his way home to London when tragedy struck. In hospital interviews, he explains how he made his way out of seat 11A — which isn't typically the safest part of the plane.

June 13, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
The back of Air India Flight 171 juts out of a building after the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

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  • Asia

What led the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to crash in India with 242 people aboard?

"It just appears to me that the airplane is unable to climb," former NTSB investigator Jeff Guzzetti tells NPR. Several explanations could account for that, the aviation expert says.

June 13, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell and
  • Joel Rose
Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday.

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  • Asia

More than 200 are dead after Air India crash in Ahmedabad. 1 passenger has survived

The Air India flight crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad shortly after departure. Authorities say 204 bodies have been recovered from the site and there is one confirmed survivor so far.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Shweta Desai
Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday.

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  • Asia

London-bound Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes in Ahmedabad, India

A Boeing 787 crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad city five minutes after taking off. The flight was bound for London's Gatwick Airport. There were more than 240 people onboard.

June 12, 2025
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