January 17, 2017 Silk, steam and slogans: Inside a North Korean factory As the morning light poured through large windows, women wearing olive-colored overalls, pink aprons and headscarves stood at stations where silkworms were being boiled.
January 17, 2017 Reports: Istanbul nightclub attacker who killed 39 caught Turkish media reports say police have caught the alleged gunman who killed 39 people during an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's celebrations.
January 17, 2017 Vietnam premier urges more investment from Japan Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Tuesday urged Japan to invest more in the Southeast Asian country to become its top foreign investor.
January 16, 2017 At least 37 killed after Turkish cargo plane crashes near Kyrgyzstan airport A cargo plane crashed Monday in a residential area just outside the main airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 37 people, the Emergency Situations Ministry said on Monday.
January 16, 2017 Inspired by Nepalese, UK architect rebuilds ancient temple When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal last year, villagers in Changu Narayan ran up the steep rocky path that cuts through their town to their renowned temple.
January 16, 2017 Pakistani woman gets death sentence for daughter's murder A prosecutor says a court has sentenced a woman to death for burning her daughter alive for marrying a man of her choice in eastern Pakistan.
January 16, 2017 North Korean defections swell as political elite look South More North Koreans are fleeing their country for political reasons, rather than economic reasons, and an increase in defections by Pyongyang’s elite will ultimately weaken Kim Jong Un’s regime, South Korea’s unification minister said in an interview.
January 16, 2017 26 sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing 7 people A court in Bangladesh has sentenced 26 people, including a politician and three officials of an elite security battalion, to death in the politically motivated killings of seven people in 2014.
January 16, 2017 China fights masculinity 'crisis' with new textbook for boys China is apparently concerned that its boys are becoming too effeminate.
