Asia-Pacific news on The Boston Report covers East Asia, Southeast Asia and the wider Indo-Pacific stories that our World News desk files — from China, Japan, the two Koreas and Taiwan to the ASEAN countries collected on the existing Southeast Asia hub. Editors already assign many of these reports to the Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia categories; this page also pulls matching headlines and excerpts so a story can appear here and under a country or under ASEAN at the same time.
The Southeast Asia hub remains the canonical home for ASEAN-wide explainers, member facts and that region’s dedicated feed. This page does not copy those tables or replace that URL. Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands are grouped separately under Oceania so the two regions are not treated as the same place.
Trade, export controls and semiconductor policy often overlap with this desk; those reports may also appear under Global Technology or the trade and sanctions dashboard. We do not treat this page as a live markets wire.
Latest Asia-Pacific news
Showing 10 matching stories (page 3 of 9), newest first, from the World News archive—not only the latest desk window.
North Korea Calls Faster Nuclear Buildup “Immutable” as Japan Weighs Up to ¥80 Trillion for Defense
North Korea called the allied Iron Mace drill a "nuclear war rehearsal" and vowed a faster buildup. Japan weighs ¥70-80 trillion for defense.
China Opens First Rewrite of Its Criminal Procedure Law Since 2018 With 55-Article Draft
A 55-article China Criminal Procedure Law amendment had its first reading Nov. 2, with state media citing presumption of innocence and detention limits.
China Reopens Stock Swap Tool After 8.5% Rout as 31 Firms Seek 100 Billion Yuan
The PBOC swap facility returns Nov. 3 after 31 brokers and fund firms sought over 100 billion yuan, following the CSI 300's 8.5% October…
North Korea Says It Tested a Cluster-Bomb Missile Warhead as Rubio Says Trump Is Open to Kim Talks
North Korea says it ran a cluster bomb test for tactical missiles; Seoul tracked the launch, and Rubio says Trump is open to Kim…
South Korea’s Exports Nearly Double in October to $115.3 Billion as AI Chip Sales Surge
South Korea October exports rose 93.7% to $115.3 billion as AI demand lifted chips 259%; shipments to the U.S. nearly tripled and $1 trillion…
China’s ‘Beijing Military City’: What We Know About the Secret Command Complex
China's 1,500-acre 'Beijing Military City' site, which U.S. officials say could be 10 times the Pentagon's size, keeps growing as Beijing stays silent.
Japan’s November Price Hikes Hit 1,477 Food Items as Power Bills Set Records
Japan price hikes in November cover 1,477 food items, Teikoku Databank says, as seven utilities set record power bills and Tokyo plans winter subsidies.
FBI Says North Korea Stole More Than $6 Billion From Binance and Is Converting It to Ethereum
The FBI says North Korean hackers stole over $6 billion from Binance and are converting it to Ethereum, and urged exchanges to block their…
China Sends 32 Military Aircraft Around Taiwan as Its Coast Guard Patrols Off the East Coast
Taiwan tracked 32 Chinese military aircraft in a day, 26 crossing the median line, as China's coast guard patrolled off Taiwan's east coast.
China’s Communist Party Orders Checks on Officials’ Family Wealth, Crypto Graft
China's Communist Party discipline decision orders checks on officials' family assets, oversight of relatives' businesses and a crackdown on crypto graft.
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Stories listed here come from The Boston Report World News desk. A report can appear in more than one section when it involves more than one country, subject or organization. Matching uses headlines, slugs and excerpts, and editor-assigned categories such as Iran, Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia. We do not have reporters on the ground. See our editorial policy and corrections policy.