Tag: Asia

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with President Barack Obama.

Washington Secrets

Weekly Obama report card: Could it have been worse?

Paul Bedard · September 10, 2016 11:33 am

President Obama and leaders of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations signed a new declaration Thursday to combat modern-day human slavery throughout the region. (AP Photo/S. Yulinnas, File)

U.S., Asian nations step up human trafficking fight

Susan Crabtree · September 8, 2016 1:38 pm

Obama on Saturday was forced to exit his plane by using a little-used staircase in Air Force One's belly, when a staircase wasn't rolled up to the plane after it landed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: Air Force One staircase flub in China was ‘overblown’

Nicole Duran · September 8, 2016 12:25 pm

Obama says Asian ‘pivot’ will outlast him

Nicole Duran · September 6, 2016 3:20 pm

Did North Korea Kidnap an American Backpacker?

Ethan Epstein · September 2, 2016 3:37 pm

Climate change will be high on the agenda when Obama sits down with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top officials going into the major meeting of industrialized nations, Brian Deese, the president's senior climate adviser, told reporters Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Energy and Environment

Obama preps for climate change talks in Asia

John Siciliano · August 30, 2016 1:01 am

The Sept. 2-9 trip will be President Obama’s 11th to Asia, as the administration has made a concerted effort to strengthen economic and political ties in the region. (AP Photo)

Obama to visit China, Laos in September

Mariana Barillas · August 18, 2016 4:18 pm

North Korea’s Defecting Diplomats

Ethan Epstein · August 17, 2016 12:04 pm

Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Sino-South Korean Relations Sour Over U.S. Missile Defense System

Dennis Halpin · August 16, 2016 3:30 pm

Who Would Beijing Prefer as President?

Ethan Epstein · August 10, 2016 1:42 pm

After a seven-week recess, the Senate will spend September and one week in October working in the nation's capital. The House will be in Washington even less, as it is out of session the entire month of October. (iStock photo)

The one thing Congress must do this year and two measures that will die

Joel Gehrke · August 8, 2016 4:01 am

Several bombers and fighter jets flew missions around the Spratly Islands, including surveillance flights and aircraft refueling, Reuters reported. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

National Security

Report: China conducts combat patrols over South China Sea

Jacqueline Klimas · August 6, 2016 4:13 pm