Indonesia launches free meals program to fight stunting Indonesia's new government started an ambitious project to feed nearly 90 million children and pregnant women to fight malnutrition and stunting, as critics question whether the program is affordable. The Associated Press
China's plan to build dams along a contested border with India is raising tensions China is planning to build a series of enormous hydropower dams. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Georgetown University professor Mark Giordano about the project and its effect on Sino-Indian relations. Ayesha Rascoe
Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person at 116 has died Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. The Associated Press
Police in South Korea tried but failed to arrest the impeached president It's a new setback in the country's political crisis, which began one month ago, when Yoon Suk Yeol briefly put the country under martial law. Anthony Kuhn
Myanmar's civil war has killed thousands — yet it feels like a forgotten crisis A civil war in Myanmar has displaced millions, killed or maimed thousands more and left the country in poverty. Now China is flexing its muscle to protect interests in the region. Michael Sullivan
Reporters' notebook: revisiting Afghan refugees starting anew in the U.S. NPR reporters revisit Afghans who fled their home country after Taliban's takeover in the summer of 2021. Lauren Hodges
What's changed in Wuhan 5 years after the COVID-19 outbreak? The epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak was in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Five years on, NPR returns to get a sense of what's changed — and what hasn't. John Ruwitch
Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed documents in 'major' cyber incident The revelation comes as the U.S. grapples with a massive cyberespionage campaign that gave Chinese officials access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. The Associated Press
South Korea mourns plane crash that killed 179 out of 181 on board The day after the worst plane crash by a South Korean airline on Korean soil, the focus turned to returning victims' bodies to their families and investigating the cause of the crash. Anthony Kuhn
South Korea begins week-long national mourning period, following air disaster Nearly everyone was killed when the plane's landing gear failed to deploy and the plane skidded off the runway and crashed into a wall. Of the 181 people aboard, 179 were killed. Steve Inskeep
