At the bottom of a sinkhole, ancient trees stretch nearly 130 feet high. Dense plants cover the ground, and a rare type of bamboo grows.

Michelle Bachelet is set to become the first United Nations human rights chief to visit China since 2005.

North Korean propaganda describes an all-out effort to fight a suspected COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened nearly 2 million people. But defectors say fear is palpable among North Korean citizens who lack access to hospital care and struggle to afford even basic medicine.

Two more vehicular crashes recently occurred at a spot near this Marine Corps base where two earlier incidents claimed two lives.

Japan will host a meeting of the Indo-Pacific strategic alliance known as the Quad next week. China sees the group as an attempt to contain its economic growth and influence.

David Chou, the gunman behind an attack on a California church, nurtured a resentment toward the Taiwanese and reportedly had ties to a China-backed organization dedicated to furthering Beijing's goal of annexing the self-governing island, by force if necessary.

The discovery started with a retired air marshal's effort to save archives threatened when an air force museum in Bangkok flooded. He found a police officer's notes about a 1944 plane crash in northern Thailand that matched a U.S. reconnaissance flight where the pilot never returned.

The annual Land Forces of the Pacific symposium, which had gone virtual the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, highlights the role of the Army and its allied and partner land forces in the Indo-Pacific.

A new program allows active-duty, Reserve and retired service members, Defense Department civilians, contractors and their families living in the US to renew passports without having to mail applications and supporting documents.

Hawaii has a feral chicken problem — and it’s being discussed everywhere from city councils to the state legislature.