Chinese Taste For Fish Bladder Threatens Tiny Porpoise In Mexico
The nets that ensnare the giant totoaba fish also trap and kill the world's smallest and rarest mammal: a porpoise called the vaquita.
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Japan Is Selling Bonds Guaranteed To Lose You Money
With the global economy in turmoil, interest rates on some government debt are falling below zero.
South Korea Shutting Down Joint Industrial Park In North Korea
The Kaesong Industrial Complex is the last remaining show of North-South cooperation, but it's closing indefinitely following the North's recent rocket launch and nuclear test.
Allies Discuss How To Respond To North Korea's Rocket Launch
Senior U.S., Japanese and South Korean defense officials met by teleconference on Tuesday to discuss the ramifications of North Korea's suspected missile test disguised as a satellite launch.
Record $300 Million Net Loss For McDonald's In Japan As Sales Drop
Hit by a string of scandals over food safety controls, McDonald's business in Japan has posted its worst annual results since going public 15 years ago.
Developers Arrested Over Building That Collapsed In Taiwan's Earthquake
So far, 39 of the more than 40 people who died in the quake were residents of the Golden Dragon apartment building in the city of Tainan.
North Korea Launches Rocket Believed To Be Long-Range Missile Test
Renee Montagne talks to MIT professor Theodore Postol about North Korea's nuclear capabilities, and assesses the level of danger the weekend rocket launch poses to the rest of the world.
Consumer Confidence Slides In China, With Effects Beyond Its Borders
As China's stock market falls and economic growth slows, Chinese consumers are putting off purchases and trying to get their money overseas.
North Korea Rocket Launch Puts Relations With China On Edge
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Katy Oh, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and Asian specialist at the Institute for Defense Analyses, about the state of relations between China and North Korea, following the North Korea long-range rocket launch on Sunday.
UNICEF Estimate Of Female Genital Mutilation Up By 70 Million
And 60 million of the cases are in Indonesia, which was added to the survey for the first time — evidence that FGM goes far beyond Africa and the Middle East.