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December 13, 2013

India
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of December 13, 2013

Darcie Draudt, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia this week. 1. North Korea announces execution of top official. The Korean Central News Agency announced yesterday the e…

South Korean soldiers walk past a television showing reports on the execution of Jang Song-taek, who is North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's uncle, at a railway station in Seoul on December 13, 2013. (Kim Hong-ji/Courtesy Reuters)

May 2, 2014

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of May 2, 2014

Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Charles McClean, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Attack in Xinjiang kills three and injures seventy-nine. A b…

Armed policemen patrol near the exit of the South Railway Station, where three people were killed and 79 wounded in Wednesday's bomb and knife attack, in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region, on May 2, 2014. (Petar Kujundzic/Courtesy Reuters)

October 18, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of October 18, 2013

Will Piekos and Sharone Tobias look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. India, China near border deal. Diplomats from Beijing and New Delhi are finalizing a border defense cooperation pact…

Women in kimonos stand at the Yasukuni Shrine during the Annual Autumn Festival in Tokyo on October 18, 2013. (Toru Hanai/Courtesy Reuters

March 14, 2014

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of March 14, 2014

Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Charles McClean, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Missing Malaysia Airlines flight leaves the fate of 239 passengers shrouded i…

International school students light candles to pray for passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, in Zhuji, Zhejiang province, on March 10, 2014. (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters)

January 31, 2014

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of January 31, 2014

Darcie Draudt, Charles McClean, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. U.S. envoy to visit Sri Lanka as pressure builds for war crimes inquiry. Three days after th…

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