Julie McCarthy

Myanmar is slipping deeper into danger as the newly installed military junta asserts control. But police raids against opposition figures and critics have done little to deter ongoing protests.

The Philippines is lagging behind in securing stockpiles of the coronavirus vaccine. The challenges it faces are emblematic of much of the developing world.

While Israel has already vaccinated half a million citizens against the coronavirus, the vaccine timeline for poor countries will be much longer. We look at Israel, Pakistan and the Philippines.

The Japanese army forced some 200,000 women into sexual slavery during World War II. They were known as "comfort women." This special report tells the stories of the survivors in the Philippines.

A survivor recounts her experience in the Japanese Imperial Army's institutionalized system of sexual enslavement during World War II and her struggle to win recognition and reparations.

Shoppers encountered temperature checks and mall Santas behind plexiglas shields. But online sales may have stolen the show.

What it means for the U.S. to be on the sidelines of another major trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, which 15 countries agreed to Sunday.

China and 14 other Asia-Pacific nations have signed one of the world's biggest trade pacts, leaving the U.S. on the sidelines.

Southeast Asian nations are expected to sign a trade deal Sunday, backed by China, at a time of uncertainty over the engagement of the U.S. in the region.

A local community leader says the water in one area is so intense that only the rooftops of the houses are visible. Forecasters warn that another typhoon, Atsani, is forming behind Goni.

The country voted to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill but no to legalizing marijuana. Two separate referendums were held along with the general election won Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Quimberly 'Kym' Villamer, a nurse at a hospital in New York City, shares what it was like to grow up in the Philippines while her parents worked in the U.S.

In the Philippines, the surprise pardon of a US Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman has stirred old resentments about preferential treatment for American forces who run afoul of the law.

Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton, 25, was sentenced in 2015 to a term of six to 12 years for homicide, a sentence that was later reduced to 10 years.

Nurses are among the Philippines' most sought-after exports. One front-liner in New York City has won over colleagues with a morale-boosting performance and has mentored health care workers back home.

We take a look the life of media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who escaped Mainland China for Hong Kong in the hole of a fishing boat to become one of the territory's richest men.

Petitions have piled up at the country's Supreme Court to overturn the new legislation championed by President Rodrigo Duterte, which could jail suspects without charge for weeks.

Petitions are piling up at the Philippines Supreme Court to overturn a new anti-terror law championed by President Duterte that could jail suspects without charge for up to 24 days.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's approach to curbing COVID-19 has slammed the breaks on the economy and caused untold pain for millions Filipinos, with hunger and begging on the rise.

As Beijing debates a new national security law for Hong Kong that critics say would undermine the territory's autonomy, worried activists wonder what their best options might be.