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South Korean protesters burn a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in front of Seoul Station on Monday.

In South Korea, A Backlash Against Olympics Cooperation With The North

11:25pm January 22, 2018

by Elise Hu

"We oppose, we oppose, we oppose," shouted protesters as North Korea's advance team arrived. Thousands signed petitions against a joint women's hockey team. The president's approval rating has fallen.

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Bangladesh Postpones Controversial Plan To Send Rohingya Refugees Back Home

9:02pm January 22, 2018

by Jason Beaubien

Bangladesh is postponing its attempt to send hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar. Neither country is ready to start the process and the refugees say their demands for citizenship and return of property must be met before they agree to return to Myanmar.

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A journalist looks at the remains of motorcycles at a bomb blast site outside a hospital in Ahmedabad on July 27, 2008. The bombing is one of several attributed to Abdul Subhan Qureshi, known as "India's Bin Laden."

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Delhi Police Say They've Captured Most-Wanted Terrorist Known As 'India's Bin Laden'

9:51am January 22, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Abdul Subhan Qureshi, 46, was apprehended after a brief exchange of gunfire in the Indian capital on Monday, authorities say. He has been linked to several bombings across India over the last decade.

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2 Sisters In Pakistan Find They Have A Lot In Common With Jane Austen

7:42am January 22, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

Two upper-class sisters are writing a book updating Jane Austen's stories, and setting them in contemporary Pakistan. The sisters face many of the same challenges as women in England's regency period.

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Participants take refuge underground during an evacuation drill simulating a North Korea ballistic missile attack Monday in Tokyo.

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Amid Jitters Over North Korea, Tokyo Conducts Public Missile Drill

3:48am January 22, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Although 20 other Japanese cities have already undergone similar drills simulating a North Korean ballistic missile attack, it was the first such exercise for the capital.

Shafika Khatun, 30, lives in what's known as the "widows' village" of the Hakimpara camp for Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. There are no men in the cluster of 34 shelters. Most of the women's husbands were killed in the recent violence.

Rohingya Refugees Deeply Skeptical About Repatriation Plan

11:01pm January 21, 2018

by Jason Beaubien

Bangladesh, which has taken in more than 650,000 refugees, hopes to start sending them back to Myanmar this week – but only if they agree to go.

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The Future Of Myanmar's Rohingya Refugees

7:57am January 21, 2018

Myanmar says it is ready to start receiving Rohingya refugees this week, but will they be safe? Eric Schwartz of Refugees International discusses their return with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Thai police process suspected wildlife trafficker Boonchai Bach, who was arrested after an X-ray inspection last month of a bag on a flight from Ethiopia revealed the rhino horns.

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Animal Trafficking 'Kingpin' Arrested in Thailand

2:07pm January 20, 2018

by Amy Held

Boonchai Bach is accused of heading a network that dealt in large quantities of poached elephant ivory, rhinoceros horn and other endangered species.

A rooftop is covered with solar panels at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York last February. The Trump administration is considering whether to impose tariffs on imports of solar materials.

U.S. Set To Decide In Trade Dispute Threatening Booming Solar Industry

3:17pm January 19, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

President Trump is facing a Jan. 26 deadline to decide whether to impose tariffs on solar imports. While tariffs could help level the playing field for U.S. manfacturers, they could also raise prices.

When you smell ginger root or petrol, do you have a specific word to describe the odor?

That Smells Like ... Um, I Can't Think Of A Word For It!

4:36pm January 18, 2018

by Angus Chen

A new study looks at the way we identify smells. English speakers kind of stink at it. But that's not the case in every language.