Asia Pacific - NYTimes

1. In China, A.I. Finds Pancreatic Cancer That Doctors May Miss

2. How Japanese Scallops Became a Pawn in Diplomatic Tensions With China

3. New Year’s 2026 Celebrations Around the World: Photos and Videos

4. Bangladeshis Pay Last Respects to Former Leader in Tense Capital

5. Thailand Releases 18 Cambodian P.O.W.s

6. Slow Flood Recovery Stirs Anger in Far-Flung Corner of Indonesia

7. Inside China’s Six-Decade Campaign to Dominate Rare Earths

8. Masashi Ozaki, Japan’s Dominant Golfer Known as ‘Jumbo,’ Dies at 78

9. K-Pop Group NewJeans Faces New Uncertainty After Member Is Dropped

10. China Fires Rockets Near Taiwan in Display of Military Power

11. Yonaguni, the Japanese Island on the Front Lines of China’s Feud with Japan

12. Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s First Female Prime Minister, Dies

13. Meet a U.S. Start-Up Trying to Break China’s Rare-Earth Monopoly

14. Exploring Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, With an Airline Pilot

15. China Mobilizes Forces Near Taiwan for Live-Fire Drill

16. The World Wants More Ube. Philippine Farmers Are Struggling to Keep Up.

17. Twins’ Peaks: The Gilbertson Brothers Want to Rewrite Your Country’s Map

18. The Lure of a Rising Asian Metropolis? No Traffic.

19. Families Demand Answers a Year After Deadliest Plane Crash in South Korea

20. In Myanmar’s Election, ‘Voting Out of Fear, Not Hope’