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Protesters hold up banners that reads
Protesters hold up banners that reads "Impeach Yoon Suk Yeol " at a candlelight vigil against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Asia-Pacific

Yoon replaces the defense minister as South Korea’s parliament moves to vote on their impeachments

DEC. 5, 2024

People hold candles during a candlelight vigil against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
People hold candles during a candlelight vigil against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Asia-Pacific

South Korea’s opposition parties move to impeach president over sudden declaration of martial law

DEC. 4, 2024

A man shouts to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A man shouts to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asia-Pacific

South Korea lifts president’s martial law decree after lawmakers reject military rule

DEC. 3, 2024

Laos Tourists Poisoned
Health officials come out of Nana Backpackers hostel after checking documents in Vang Vieng, Laos, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Asia-Pacific

AP delivers unmatched coverage in Laos after mass methanol poisoning of foreign tourists

DEC. 2, 2024

China Bookstore Crackdown
Yu Miao, owner of JF Books, speaks to The Associated Press in his bookstore in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Asia-Pacific

AP sheds light on a little-noticed crackdown unfurling on independent bookstores in China

DEC. 2, 2024

China Raves
Rave attendees dance to electronic music in Changchun in northeastern China's Jilin province on Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Asia-Pacific

AP offers rare look at China’s techno rave subculture, and the rebellious angst behind it

NOV. 22, 2024

Climate COP29 Indigenous Peoples Photo Gallery
Members of various Indigenous communities pose for a photo while attending the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. From top left, Saina Ekaterina Savvinova, 53, of Yakutsk, Russia, Antumalen Ayelen Antillanca Urrutia, 26, of Huapi Island, Chile, Sydney Males, 27, of Otavalo, Ecuador, Big Wind Carpenter, 31, of Wind River Reservation, United States, Flora Vano, 39, of Port Vila, Vanuatu, Puyr dos Santos Tembe, 47, of Belem, Brazil, Mingma Chhiri, 40, of the Khumbu Pasanglhamu Municipality District, Nepal, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, 41, of N'Djamena, Chad, Ninawa Inu Pereira Nunes, 50, of Feijo, Brazil, Marynne Rimbao, 42, of Unda village, Papua New Guinea, Didja Tchari Djibrillah, 30, of the Mayo-Kebbi East, Chad, and Jackson Michael, 40, of the Borneo, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Asia-Pacific

Photographer at UN climate conference takes intimate portraits of Indigenous attendees and asks about effect of climate change on their communities

NOV. 22, 2024

Berta Sanyi and Paula Hamadi, left, stand chest deep in water as they collect clams in a mangrove forest where only women are permitted to enter in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Berta Sanyi and Paula Hamadi, left, stand chest deep in water as they collect clams in a mangrove forest where only women are permitted to enter in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Asia-Pacific

Papuan women’s mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution

NOV. 21, 2024

Nick Chow, part of the COP29 Singapore Pavilion team, poses for a photo with NEWBrew, beer made with treated wastewater, during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Nick Chow, part of the COP29 Singapore Pavilion team, poses for a photo with NEWBrew, beer made with treated wastewater, during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Asia-Pacific

At UN climate talks, “sewage” beer from Singapore highlights water scarcity and innovations

NOV. 21, 2024

Xing Long, a DJ and rave organizer, plays music at a friend's bar in his hometown of Changchun in northeastern China's Jilin province on Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
Xing Long, a DJ and rave organizer, plays music at a friend's bar in his hometown of Changchun in northeastern China's Jilin province on Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Asia-Pacific

Welcome to China’s underground raves, from street techno to quotes from Chairman Mao

NOV. 13, 2024

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon makes a
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon makes a "formal and unreserved" apology in Parliament for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care, in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Robert Kitchin/Stuff via AP)

Asia-Pacific

New Zealand’s leader formally apologizes to survivors of abuse in state and church care

NOV. 12, 2024

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Nuclear Power Institute of China's Site No. 1, also known as Base 909, in Mucheng Township, Sichuan Province, China, July 5, 2023. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Nuclear Power Institute of China's Site No. 1, also known as Base 909, in Mucheng Township, Sichuan Province, China, July 5, 2023. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Asia-Pacific

Satellite images and documents indicate China working on nuclear propulsion for new aircraft carrier

NOV. 11, 2024

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