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If caught, defectors can be "shot on the spot" by North Korea's border patrol.

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Chelyabinsk meteorite event, 10 Sochi Olympic gold medalists will receive a medal containing a piece of the space rock.

Three nations are holding more journalists in jail than the rest of the world combined.

Though abandoning a child is illegal in China, authorities are recognizing that people increasingly do it

A New York company says the Outernet will bypass government censors and create an international emergency awareness system.

China's 76-mile-long project would serve as an important link between frigid northern China and its tropical south.

Coca-Cola has been through much, but investors should keep in mind the Wall Street axiom: "No one ever went broke, holding Coke."

The Internet giant is planning to purchase Dianping, a popular Chinese restaurant- review site. Here's why Tencent wants in.

What is causing the sudden losses in the poultry industry there?

This 22-year-old Brooklynite worked 16 months for $7.50 an hour before receiving her first raise. Now she has fewer hours.

A deadly clash between Chinese police and Uyghurs has left 15 dead. But was it a terrorist attack, as authorities label it?

This subgroup of shoppers may not have much money to spend, but their sheer numbers make them powerful.

Dr. John Lee heads research about forecasting reserves of oil and gas in unconventional formations at the University of Houston.

Meanwhile, assets under management in Chinese trust firms surged to a record 10.9 trillion yuan, or $2.3 trillion, in 2013.

The Chinese drove up demand for ivory and rhino horns last year dramatically, but the situation could improve soon.

By adopting the international gold measurement standard, the Southeast Asian takes another step away from isolation.

Amid giant wind farms and solar panels, noxious fumes remind visitors that China's not done with coal yet.

The order will give the company the right seat capacity to cater to future target markets.

Meanwhile, the PPI experienced its biggest drop since August 2013 by falling 1.6 percent in January from a year earlier.

A recent prostitution raid exposed China's rampant sex trade industry. Some say legalizing is the way to get it under control.

An ancient fossil of a Chaohusaurus shows the marine mammal giving birth to triplets on land.