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.
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Latest Asia-Pacific news
Showing 10 matching stories (page 6 of 9), newest first, from the World News archive—not only the latest desk window.
China Sends Lowest-Level Delegation Since 2010 to ADMM-Plus in Cebu
China sent its Manila defense attaché to the ADMM-Plus in Cebu, its lowest-level delegation since 2010; Teodoro said Beijing's complaints are not ASEAN's position.
Thousands Rally in Jakarta on Youth Pledge Day Over Haze and Living Costs
Thousands rallied in Jakarta on Youth Pledge Day under #IndonesiaSadar, demanding the forest fires be declared a national disaster.
ASEAN Envoy Lazaro Leads Aid Mission Into Myanmar’s Shan State
Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro led an ASEAN aid mission to Shan State and Naypyitaw, targeting more than 11,000 households through November.
Taiwan Maps 53 Chinese Ships From Japan to the Philippines
Taiwan's security chief posted a map of 53 Chinese vessels, 34 of them warships, from southern Japan to the Philippines. China calls it routine…
North Korea Ballistic Missiles: About a Dozen Fired From Wonsan
North Korea ballistic missiles flew about 250 km from Wonsan on Oct. 29, Seoul said, its 17th launch this year, a week after the…
AMRAAM Missile Production: U.S. and Japan Agree on Japan Plant
U.S.-Japan AMRAAM missile production: Koizumi and Hegseth agreed in Cebu to build an assembly plant in Japan for F-35 missiles. Site and timing not…
Hegseth Heads to Philippines for ASEAN Defense Talks in Cebu
Pete Hegseth travels to Cebu for the ADMM-Plus on Oct. 28-29 and a bilateral with Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro.
Kim Jong Un China Visit: Crosses New Yalu Bridge to Meet Li Qiang
Kim Jong Un China visit: the North Korean leader crossed the New Yalu River Bridge into Dandong and met Premier Li Qiang, his first…
Pentagon Deep-Cover Spy Program Would Put Officers in China as Businesspeople
Pentagon deep-cover spy program: The Washington Post says officers would pose as businesspeople in China. The Pentagon denies it, and Congress was not briefed.
North Korea’s Internet Dark for 32 Hours; Microsoft Ties ConnectWise Hack to China
North Korea internet outage knocked 42 .kp sites offline for 32 hours, unattributed, as Microsoft tied the ConnectWise hack to a China-aligned group.
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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.