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The US needs a proactive cyber foreign policy that goes beyond naming and shaming. Here are four steps the US can take to bolster its diplomatic efforts to address cybersecurity threats.

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Hot summer for Japan and China disputes

Prime Minister Abe made some pointed comments this week, highlighting Japan's determination not to yield to China on territorial issues.
Asiana Airlines scraps lawsuit over racist pilot names

Asiana Airlines said Wednesday it no longer plans to sue a San Francisco TV station over the use of racially offensive names. KTVU-TV has already apologized for using fake names for four pilots on a plane that crashed in San Francisco on July 6, Asiana Airlines said.
Asiana Airlines: Some passengers face long odds for compensation

Because of international regulations, passengers aboard the Asiana Airlines flight that crashed in San Francisco on July 6, 2013 could receive drastically different amounts of monetary compensation from Asiana Airlines — even if they were sitting right next to one another, an attorney says.
USA Update KTVU apologizes for airing racist pilot names, but Asiana says it will sue

KTVU apologizes, but still, the broadcast 'seriously damaged' Asiana Airline’s reputation, a company spokesman said. An anchor for the California TV station read incorrect and racially offensive names of the pilots.
Asiana Flight 214: Was the pilot training program to blame?

After Asiana Flight 214 crash-landed in San Francisco, the airline announced plans to intensify its training program in an effort to prevent accidents in the future.
Rising hate speech in Japan has even some on far right saying 'enough'

The venom in anti-Korean demonstrations in Japan has shocked many and been widely reported in South Korea and China.
USA Update Asiana crash: five clues to help understand what happened

Investigators are interviewing the flight's pilots and crew to help determine the cause of the Asiana crash at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday. Here are several factors under scrutiny.
Terrorism & Security Japan to China: Stop trying to change the region by force

China blasted Japan's 'white paper' defense report about its maritime activities as 'untruthful.'
Koreas agree to further talks, inspect joint factory

After 16 hours of negotiation North Korea agreed in principle to normalize operations at the inter-Korean industrial complex, which has been idle for nearly three months.
Asiana Airlines San Francisco crash: piecing together the evidence

Investigators have found the 'black boxes' from the Asiana Airlines crash landing in San Francisco. Weather was clear and there had been no reports of mechanical difficulties, which points to pilot performance.
Asiana Airlines crash: Details point to short landing, possible pilot error

The NTSB and other agencies have begun investigating the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco. Of the 307 passengers and crew, two were killed and 48 injured. Several dozen are unaccounted for, but many survived unhurt due to safety designs in the Boeing 777.
Officials look for causes of Asiana Flight 214 crash in San Francisco

Early reports indicate Asiana Flight 214 from Seoul, South Korea, was not in an emergency situation when it crash-landed at San Francisco Airport. Casualty figures are unavailable so far, but many passengers were able to escape.
Terrorism & Security On anniversary of Korea War, cyber fireworks fly

On the 63rd anniversary of the Korean War that divided the peninsula, hackers hit systems in both North and South Korea.
Energy Voices Record US coal exports fuel climate change debate

With cleaner-burning natural gas cutting into the US electricity mix, American coal companies have found an eager customer in the East, fueling urbanizing economies in Asia with cheap steelmaking coal. It's why coal export terminals are emerging as a flash point in the fight against climate change.
North Korea proposes 'senior-level' talks with US, but are they serious?

Just days after calling off talks with South Korea, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put forward a rare proposal on Sunday, calling for 'senior-level' talks with the US to ease tensions and formally end the Korean War. There has been no immediate response from Washington.
In vitro fertilization becomes popular in Asia as women delay having children

In vitro fertilization is a fast-growing industry in Asia as women hold off on giving birth, leading to low fertility rates that could have a large impact on economic growth in countries such as Japan.
Robert Reich Wanted: A national economic strategy for better jobs

Jobs are returning slowly — too slowly — and most of them pay less than the jobs that were lost in the economic recession, Reich argues. The US needs to implement national economic strategies to build good jobs.
Terrorism & Security South Korea calling, but North pretends that nobody is home

North Korea's refusal to take South Korea's phone calls has dashed hopes for proposed peace talks.
North, South Korean officials meet for first time in two years

The two governments are showing signs of restarting cooperation after months of elevated tensions.
Terrorism & Security North Korea will talk to South Korea in bid to ease tension on the peninsula

Relations between the North and the South have been more strained than usual lately, but an agreement to discuss reopening a joint factory venture could shift the mood in the region.
Jumper kills 5-year old girl in South Korea

Jumper kills 5-year old: A man jumped from the 11th floor of a building, committing suicide. But he also killed a 5-year girl walking by on the sidewalk.
Modern Parenthood Diaper-free babies and co-sleeping: Global parents use techniques we shun

In 'Parenting Without Borders: Surprising Lessons Parents Around the World Can Teach Us,' author Christine Gross-Loh reminds us that our ideas of parenting are products of local culture. What's nixed in one locale trumps in another.
Focus One man's escape from Camp 14 and North Korea

Only one prisoner born in North Korea's gulag is known to have escaped to tell his story. A Q&A with Blaine Harden, the journalist who wrote about Shin Dong-hyuk.
Decoder Wire North Korea missile launches: Pyongyang toying with foes? (+video)

That's one explanation for Day 3 of provocation from North Korea, which again fired short-range missiles or rockets into the ocean. So far, the medium-range North Korea missiles that caused a flap in April are nowhere to be seen.
Why did North Korea launch 6 missiles in 3 days?

The launches may be more an effort to get attention and test weaponry rather than actually provoke the region, following the end of the joint South Korea-US military exercises last month.