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Trump, Kim to Hold Second Nuclear Summit With World Watching

HANOI — President Donald Trump is paying a courtesy call on his Vietnamese hosts while North Korea's Kim Jong Un was expected to take...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a habitual smoker, takes a pre-dawn smoke break Tuesday at the train station in Nanning, China, hours before his arrival in Vietnam for his high-stakes summit with President Donald Trump over resolving the international standoff over the North’s nuclear weapons and missiles. Image: Associated Press

TV Footage Shows Kim Jong Un Taking Smoke Break

SEOUL, South Korea — It's unclear whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is going to give up his nukes anytime soon, and the...
Bartender Ngo Dinh Tien presents "Rock It, Man" cocktail, inspired from Trump-Kim Hanoi summit at a bar Friday in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: Hau Dinh / Associated Press

Hanoi Postcard: Kim-Trump Summit Inspires Entrepreneurs

HANOI — For North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, this week's summit in Hanoi is a chance to advance the...
U.S. President Donald Trump impersonator Russell White, at left, and Kim Jong-un impersonator Howard X pose for photos Friday outside the Opera House in Hanoi. Photo: Minh Hoang / Associated Press

Kim, Trump Impersonators Draw Ire of Vietnam Authorities

HANOI — Vietnamese authorities are not amused by the antics of two impersonators of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.
This photo provided by Philippine National Police (PNP), shows militant Abu Sayyaf Group leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan in the PNP confidential report. Photo: Associated Press

Amid Loss of Leaders, Unknown Militant Rises in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — Unlike many of his slain comrades, the touted new leader of the Islamic State group in the southern Philippines lacks the...
Le Phuc Hai, 66, at left, and To Gia Huy, 9, sit after having Trump and Kim haircuts Tuesday in Hanoi. Photo: Hau Dinh / Associated Press

Kim or Trump? Hanoi Barber Offers Free Hairdos

HANOI — At a barbershop tucked away in a small Hanoi alley, Le Phuc Hai patiently waits for his hair dye to bleach his...
Pakistan's Muhammad Nooh Butt compete at the men's +105kg weightlifting at the 18th Asian Games in August in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Aaron Favila / Associated Press

Indonesia Makes 2032 Olympics Bid Official

JAKARTA — Indonesia has officially joined bidding to host the 2032 Olympics following its success staging the Asian Games last year, the deputy chairman...
War veteran Duong Van Dau walks in between a row of headstones Saturday at a memorial for North Korean fallen pilots in Bac Giang province, Vietnam. Photo: Hau Dinh / Associated Press

Vietnam Memorial to North Korea Pilots Marks Bygone Alliance

BAC GIANG, Vietnam — In a rice field in northern Vietnam, 14 headstones are an enduring symbol of the wartime friendship of Vietnam and...
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Unicorns Are Real: Indonesian Candidate Baffled by Tech

JAKARTA — Indonesia's presidential candidates debated some of the most pressing issues facing the world's third-largest democracy: dilapidated infrastructure, struggling farmers, forest fires —...
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi briefs the media after a meeting with Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at the Norway government guest house in 2012 in Oslo, Norway. Photo: Markus Schreiber / Associated Press

Myanmar Court Sentences 2 to Death for Killing Suu Kyi Aide

YANGON — A court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced two men to death for the killing of a prominent Muslim lawyer who was a...

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