Bali’s Rumbling Volcano Leaves Tourist Industry Gasping for Air Indonesia’s top tourism spot is uncharacteristically quiet as uncertainty over the Mount Agung volcano keeps visitors away. By MUKTITA SUHARTONO and RICHARD C. PADDOCK
Ghostly Boats Carry North Korean Crews, Dead and Alive, to Japan This year, 76 North Korean vessels have washed up, many carrying dead crew. The ghostly armada appears to be disabled fishing boats that drifted on currents. By MOTOKO RICH
Nikki Haley Calls U.S. Presence at South Korea Olympics an ‘Open Question’ The American envoy to the United Nations expressed concerns about whether tensions on the Korean Peninsula could pose a threat to athletes. By GERRY MULLANY
Memoirs of an Emperor: Hirohito’s Account of World War II Sells for $275,000 The memoirs include the emperor’s account of the attack on Pearl Harbor and Japan’s surrender. By MOTOKO RICH
Trilobites This Duck-Like Dinosaur Could Swim. That Isn’t the Strangest Thing About it. With a swan-like neck and flippers, this raptor’s hodgepodge of features left paleontologists working to confirm that this fossil was a fraud. By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR
China Says It’s Open for Business. Foreign Firms Find It’s Not That Simple. Chinese officials reiterated a welcoming message to corporate leaders at a conference on Wednesday, but the reality on the ground is more complex. By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON
Asia and Australia Edition Jerusalem, Donald Trump, Russia: Your Thursday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By CHARLES McDERMID
The World’s Biggest Starbucks Opens in Shanghai. Here’s What It Looks Like. The company’s new store in China is aimed squarely at a country of tea drinkers that has emerged as a major core of its business. By AILIN TANG
Near North Korea’s Border, a Chinese Paper Offers Tips on Nuclear Fallout The main official newspaper for a province abutting North Korea listed ways to limit radiation exposure, with cartoon illustrations. By KEITH BRADSHER
China Scolds Australia Over Its Fears of Foreign Influence The Chinese Embassy accused Australian officials of damaging “mutual trust,” a day after laws were proposed to curb interference by other countries in Australian politics. By DAMIEN CAVE
State of the Art The Hidden Player Spurring a Wave of Cheap Consumer Devices: Amazon Numerous electronics brands have sprung up offering inexpensive gadgets. Here’s how Amazon enables them, and how other brands may copy that success. By FARHAD MANJOO
A Long-Dead Cambodian King Is Back — and He Looks Familiar Some think Prime Minister Hun Sen considers himself the reincarnation of a 16th-century ruler. Recently built statues certainly suggest a resemblance. By JULIA WALLACE
New This Season in a Canadian Hockey League: Road Trips to China The two newest teams in Canadian Women’s Hockey League play nearly 8,000 miles from Toronto — in Shenzhen, China. By MIKE IVES
Myanmar’s Rohingya Actions May Be Genocide, U.N. Official Says Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, detailed “acts of appalling barbarity” by the Myanmar military. By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE
Asia and Australia Edition Jerusalem, Winter Olympics, Yemen: Your Wednesday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By CHARLES McDERMID
Inside China’s Big Tech Conference, New Ways to Track Citizens The technologies for tracking citizens, and their wide acceptance in China, were on display at the World Internet Conference. By PAUL MOZUR
Trilobites Sometimes Seeing More Endangered Tigers Isn’t a Good Sign The concentration of Sumatran tigers in Indonesia’s protected forests has gone up, a researcher says, but probably because they are fleeing deforestation elsewhere. By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
China Will Lead an Electric Car Future, Ford’s Chairman Says Ford Motor said Tuesday that it planned to offer 15 new models in China by 2025 that run at least in part on batteries. By KEITH BRADSHER
Jet Pilots Say They Saw North Korean Missile in Flight Crews from three commercial flights reported seeing what appeared to be the missile the North launched last week. Experts said the risk to planes was low but real. By AUSTIN RAMZY
Surin Pitsuwan, Envoy and Voice of Southeast Asia, Dies at 68 As secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Mr. Surin sought to promote democracy and human rights in a fractious region. By SAM ROBERTS
Bali’s Rumbling Volcano Leaves Tourist Industry Gasping for Air Indonesia’s top tourism spot is uncharacteristically quiet as uncertainty over the Mount Agung volcano keeps visitors away. By MUKTITA SUHARTONO and RICHARD C. PADDOCK
Ghostly Boats Carry North Korean Crews, Dead and Alive, to Japan This year, 76 North Korean vessels have washed up, many carrying dead crew. The ghostly armada appears to be disabled fishing boats that drifted on currents. By MOTOKO RICH
Nikki Haley Calls U.S. Presence at South Korea Olympics an ‘Open Question’ The American envoy to the United Nations expressed concerns about whether tensions on the Korean Peninsula could pose a threat to athletes. By GERRY MULLANY
Memoirs of an Emperor: Hirohito’s Account of World War II Sells for $275,000 The memoirs include the emperor’s account of the attack on Pearl Harbor and Japan’s surrender. By MOTOKO RICH
Trilobites This Duck-Like Dinosaur Could Swim. That Isn’t the Strangest Thing About it. With a swan-like neck and flippers, this raptor’s hodgepodge of features left paleontologists working to confirm that this fossil was a fraud. By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR
China Says It’s Open for Business. Foreign Firms Find It’s Not That Simple. Chinese officials reiterated a welcoming message to corporate leaders at a conference on Wednesday, but the reality on the ground is more complex. By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON
Asia and Australia Edition Jerusalem, Donald Trump, Russia: Your Thursday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By CHARLES McDERMID
The World’s Biggest Starbucks Opens in Shanghai. Here’s What It Looks Like. The company’s new store in China is aimed squarely at a country of tea drinkers that has emerged as a major core of its business. By AILIN TANG
Near North Korea’s Border, a Chinese Paper Offers Tips on Nuclear Fallout The main official newspaper for a province abutting North Korea listed ways to limit radiation exposure, with cartoon illustrations. By KEITH BRADSHER
China Scolds Australia Over Its Fears of Foreign Influence The Chinese Embassy accused Australian officials of damaging “mutual trust,” a day after laws were proposed to curb interference by other countries in Australian politics. By DAMIEN CAVE
State of the Art The Hidden Player Spurring a Wave of Cheap Consumer Devices: Amazon Numerous electronics brands have sprung up offering inexpensive gadgets. Here’s how Amazon enables them, and how other brands may copy that success. By FARHAD MANJOO
A Long-Dead Cambodian King Is Back — and He Looks Familiar Some think Prime Minister Hun Sen considers himself the reincarnation of a 16th-century ruler. Recently built statues certainly suggest a resemblance. By JULIA WALLACE
New This Season in a Canadian Hockey League: Road Trips to China The two newest teams in Canadian Women’s Hockey League play nearly 8,000 miles from Toronto — in Shenzhen, China. By MIKE IVES
Myanmar’s Rohingya Actions May Be Genocide, U.N. Official Says Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, detailed “acts of appalling barbarity” by the Myanmar military. By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE
Asia and Australia Edition Jerusalem, Winter Olympics, Yemen: Your Wednesday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By CHARLES McDERMID
Inside China’s Big Tech Conference, New Ways to Track Citizens The technologies for tracking citizens, and their wide acceptance in China, were on display at the World Internet Conference. By PAUL MOZUR
Trilobites Sometimes Seeing More Endangered Tigers Isn’t a Good Sign The concentration of Sumatran tigers in Indonesia’s protected forests has gone up, a researcher says, but probably because they are fleeing deforestation elsewhere. By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
China Will Lead an Electric Car Future, Ford’s Chairman Says Ford Motor said Tuesday that it planned to offer 15 new models in China by 2025 that run at least in part on batteries. By KEITH BRADSHER
Jet Pilots Say They Saw North Korean Missile in Flight Crews from three commercial flights reported seeing what appeared to be the missile the North launched last week. Experts said the risk to planes was low but real. By AUSTIN RAMZY
Surin Pitsuwan, Envoy and Voice of Southeast Asia, Dies at 68 As secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Mr. Surin sought to promote democracy and human rights in a fractious region. By SAM ROBERTS
