How feminism became a hot topic in South Korea’s presidential election
By Yoonjung Seo and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN A furious crowd gathered in central Seoul last month to protest against the policies of a man who…
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Xi says China is willing to play role in mediating Ukraine crisis, in call with European leaders
From CNN’s Beijing bureau President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China is willing to “work actively” with the international…
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CNN, STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES OF UKRAINE, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION OF UKRAINE, TELEGRAM From CNN’s Beijing bureau President Xi…
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By Brad Lendon, CNN China is closely watching the events in Ukraine to evaluate its own strategy towards Taiwan, the island’s foreign minister…
Continue Reading Russia’s attack on Ukraine reveals political fault lines in Asia
By Simone McCarthy, Brad Lendon, Rhea Mogul and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him a “dear…
Continue Reading Hong Kong bet on zero-Covid. Now it’s facing a ‘preventable disaster’
By Julia Hollingsworth, Wayne Chang, Elizabeth Yee, Ivan Watson and Teele Rebane, CNN Morgues are nearly at capacity, hospitals overwhelmed and, as…
Continue Reading North Korea launches 9th missile test of the year
By Yoonjung Seo, Junko Ogura and Jessie Yeung, CNN North Korea fired a single ballistic missile into waters off the east of the Korean Peninsula on…
Continue Reading ISIS claims responsibility for blast killing dozens at Shia mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar
By Sophia Saifi and Saleem Mehsud, CNN The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack on a Shia mosque in…
Continue Reading Why a decades-old deadly crackdown on democracy is becoming more important for Taiwan today
By Eric Cheung, Gladys Tsai and Will Ripley, CNN As a young man, Fred Chin spent years imprisoned on a craggy island off Taiwan. Before he was…
Continue Reading North Korea fires ‘at least one ballistic missile,’ Japan says
By Brad Lendon, Emiko Jozuka, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea launched a ballistic missile off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on…
Continue Reading As war breaks out in Europe, China blames the US
CNN By Simone McCarthy and CNN’s Beijing bureau As Russian missiles flew through the Ukrainian sky Thursday and world leaders decried an…
Continue Reading As war breaks out in Europe, China blames the US
By Simone McCarthy and CNN’s Beijing bureau As Russian missiles flew through the Ukrainian sky Thursday and world leaders decried an invasion…
Continue Reading Pakistan-American man sentenced to death for beheading a diplomat’s daughter
By Sophia Saifi, Azaz Syed and Rhea Mogul, CNN A Pakistan man has been found guilty of murdering the daughter of a distinguished diplomat in a brutal…
Continue Reading Parents separated from baby as Hong Kong clings to zero-Covid
By Kristie Lu Stout, Jadyn Sham, Rhea Mogul, Teele Rebane and Lizzy Yee, CNN Fighting back tears, Laura and Nick struggle to comfort their sobbing…
Continue Reading As the West condemns Russia over Ukraine, Beijing strikes a different tone
By Simone McCarthy, CNN China’s envoy to the United Nations on Monday called for “all parties” to exercise restraint and avoid…
Continue Reading Australia demands answers from China over alleged laser incident at sea
By Brad Lendon, CNN Australia is demanding China investigate the alleged use of a laser to “illuminate” an Australian jet in waters off…
Continue Reading Australia says Chinese warship ‘illuminated’ one of its planes with a laser
By Angus Watson and Brad Lendon, CNN A Chinese warship allegedly used a laser to “illuminate” an Australian Air Force jet in what…
Continue Reading North Korean projectile believed to have exploded soon after launch, South Korea says
CNN By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN A North Korean projectile is presumed to have exploded soon after launch Wednesday, the South Korean military…
Continue Reading Why some North Korean defectors return to one of the world’s most repressive regimes
By Yoonjung Seo and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN He risked his life fleeing from one of the world’s most repressive regimes, traversing a…
Continue Reading We are in the same Olympic city but remain a world apart
By Selina Wang, CNN Two months ago, I called my grandma to tell her I’d be in Beijing for the Winter Olympics. She was thrilled. But I…
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