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An F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet lands Tuesday on the deck of the U.S. Navy USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea. Photo: Kin Cheung / Associated Press

US Carrier in Hong Kong After Bombers Fly Over S. China Sea

HONG KONG — A U.S. aircraft carrier docked in Hong Kong on Wednesday, days after a pair of American B-52 bombers flew over the...
A fishing crew checks for damage on the Sea Queen IIA on Nov. 6, 2015, at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Photo: Eric Risberg / Associated Press

Indonesian Fishermen Settle Trafficking Suit With US Boat Owner

HONOLULU, Hawaii — A human trafficking lawsuit just settled between two Indonesian fishermen and an American boat owner will not impact nearly 800 other foreign fishermen in Hawaii's fleet who are banned from leaving boats when the vessels reach shore, industry officials say.
Journalists Uon Chhin, left, and Yeang Sothearin, right, arrive at the municipal court, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. A Cambodian court has ordered a new investigation and postponed a verdict in the espionage trial of two journalists who had worked for a U.S. Government-backed radio station. Photo: Heng Sinith / AP

Cambodian Judge Orders New Probe in Reporters’ Spying Case

PHNOM PENH (AP) — A court in Cambodia on Thursday ordered a new investigation and postponed a verdict in the espionage trial of two...

Myanmar’s Betel Chewers Swallowing Hard at High Prices (Photos)

THANPHYUYONE, Myanmar — It's as vital to life in Myanmar as cheese is to France or tea to Britain. For millions of people in the Southeast Asian country, the day is incomplete without chewing the juicy, teeth-staining parcels of betel leaf wrapped around areca nut and a slake of lime.

Vietnam Puts Pork on Menus as Farmers Face Glut, Low Prices

XUAN SON, Vietnam — Pork may be hogging menus in Vietnam's factories and army canteens for some time to come, as the country tries to keep pig farmers stricken by a glut in supply from going under.

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