Asia Pacific - NYTimes

1. Hegseth’s Message to Asian Partners: Do More to Get More

2. How Curry Shops Got Caught in Japan’s Immigration Crackdown

3. China’s Rise in Drug Development Looms Over U.S.

4. Vietnam’s Leader Warns Asia About the Risks of Superpower Conflict

5. Overlooked No More: Nancy Sheung, Whose Camera Captured Women on Their Own Terms

6. After China Orders a Times Reporter to Leave the Country, the U.S. Reciprocates

7. One of Five Gold Miners Is Rescued From Laos Cave After More Than a Week

8. How Fuel Price Shocks Rattled a Remote New Zealand Village

9. The Man Turning the Cockroach Into a Gen-Z Movement in India

10. YouTuber Defamed Movie Star Using A.I., South Korean Police Say

11. Australia Sues 3M for $1.4 Billion Over ‘Forever Chemicals’

12. Why Pakistan and Afghanistan Are Still Fighting

13. What Plunging Pork Prices Say About China’s Economy

14. Rubio’s India Visit Yields No Major Deals to Repair U.S.-India Relations

15. Five People Stuck in Flooded Laos Cave Are Found Alive

16. Samsung Unions Approve Pay Deal That Highlights Inequality of A.I. Age

17. A Quiet Pacific Village Becomes China’s Security Testing Ground

18. Where Time Is Always 15 Minutes Apart From Everywhere Else

19. Xi Jinping Quit Smoking. China Still Cannot.

20. A Dissident Escapes China by Rubber Boat and Lands in South Korea