Asia

Rex Tillerson Says 'All Options Are On The Table' With North Korea

4:31pm March 17, 2017

by David Welna

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has raised the prospect of pre-emptive action as a way the U.S. and its allies could deal with the threat of North Korea's nuclear missiles. NPR takes a look at the state of the North's nuclear and missile programs, and what kind of conventional threat it also poses to its neighbors.

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Former U.S. Envoy Responds To Rex Tillerson's Remarks On North Korea

4:31pm March 17, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Joseph DeTrani, former special envoy for Six-Party Talks with North Korea, about Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's comments regarding North Korea.

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An employee at a Moscow gift shop polishes traditional Russian wooden nesting dolls depicting Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump Embraces One Of Russia's Favorite Propaganda Tactics — Whataboutism

8:40am March 17, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

What's the easiest way to swing back at critics? For Trump (as well as Putin), it's to cry "hypocrite."

Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson Calls For New Approach To North Korea

9:35pm March 16, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says 20 years of U.S. efforts have failed to stop the North Korean nuclear program. He's trying to come up with a new approach.

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Tillerson To Visit Beijing To Smooth Over Relations After Trump's Rhetoric

4:49am March 16, 2017

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is meeting with Chinese officials as part of a trip to Asia. Former George W. Bush adviser Michael Green tells Steve Inskeep about what the Chinese think of Tillerson.

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Philippine Catholic bishop Broderick Pabillo leads a vigil for victims of extrajudicial killings at a church in Manila in August 2016. The country's Catholic Bishops' Conference has issued a rare pastoral letter condemning President Rodrigo Duterte's bloo

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Has A New Adversary — The Church

2:51pm March 15, 2017

by Michael Sullivan

The profanity-prone president and his country's Catholic Church are at loggerheads, mostly over Duterte's war on drugs, which has killed more than 7,500 people in less than a year.

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Raw fresh fish for sale at a supermarket. Using seafood guides to decide which fish is the most environmentally choice can be difficult when different guides make slightly different recommendations.

I Want To Eat Fish Responsibly. But The Seafood Guides Are So Confusing!

12:57pm March 15, 2017

by Natalie Jacewicz

All reputable seafood guides are science-based, and yet can offer conflicting advice, because they have different goals. Some support sustainable fishers. Others aim to recover declining populations.

The U.S. has begun deploying the Terminal High Altitude Aerial Defense - THAAD - an anti-missile system meant to defend South Korea against attacks from the North. The first components arrived in South Korea last week.

A Long List Of Challenges Awaits Rex Tillerson In Asia

7:51am March 15, 2017

by Elise Hu

As the new secretary of state starts a six-day sweep through East Asia, he heads into a region full of challenges, both old and new.

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Rex Tillerson Travels To Asia Amid North Korea Tensions

5:20pm March 14, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson heads to Asia for a 4-day visit to Japan, South Korea and China. The trip comes at a tense time in the region as North Korea test fires missiles and the U.S. installs an anti-missile defense system in South Korea.

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Pu'er tea is packed in bings at a market in China's Yunnan province. A cake of Pu'er continues to change as it ages, and bits of tea are chipped off in order to brew.

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Why Pu'er, A Complex Tea, Draws Rapt Fans And Big Dollars

2:20pm March 14, 2017

by Jill Neimark

Grown in China's remote Yunnan Province, this legendary, fermented dark tea changes as it ages. Like a fine wine, pu'er is sipped, savored and collected by devotees.