By GREG IP Updated Jan. 27, 2017 4:49 p.m. ET Chinese President Xi Jinping went to Davos to praise globalization. Newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump went to Washington to bury it. “Pursuing protectionism …
By David Brunnstrom | WASHINGTON New commercial satellite imagery indicates North Korea has resumed operation of a reactor at its main nuclear site used to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons program, a U.S. …
SEOUL, South Korea — A court ruled Thursday that a South Korean temple can have a Buddha statue that was stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012, on the grounds that it had been …
SEOUL, South Korea — The highest-ranking defector from North Korea in years said on Wednesday that the days of the country’s leadership were “numbered,” and that its attempts to control outside information were not …
US Defense Secretary James Mattis plans to travel to Japan and South Korea next month on his first trip as the Pentagon’s new chief, a spokesman said Wednesday. He is set to depart on …
Whether you call it the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year is the perfect way for Chinese (and part-Chinese) families to mark new beginnings and bond with their loved …
By David Brunnstrom and Matt Spetalnick | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will seek quick progress toward a bilateral trade agreement with Japan in place of a broader Asia-Pacific deal he abandoned this week, when …
By David Brunnstrom | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Philip Bilden, a former military intelligence officer and private equity executive with broad experience of Asia, particularly China, as the civilian head …
By Anna Fifield January 25 at 2:32 AM TOKYO — After decades of scandals and humiliation at the hands of Mongolian wrestlers, sumo finally has Japanese grand champion again. Kisenosato, a 30-year-old, 385-pound wrestler, …
President Donald Trump displaying the executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Washington on Monday. PHOTO: RON SACHS/PRESS POOL By JOHN LYONS and WILLIAM MAULDIN Updated Jan. 24, 2017 5:31 p.m. …