A native of South Korea's Gyeongsangnam-do, Yoo was once a celebrated Greco-Roman wrestler. After a distinguished career on the mat-and a successful coaching stint that produced two-time Olympic ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

Hairdresser An Jong Euk is from Suwon, South Korea. He has been working and living in northwest China's Xinjiang for over 20 ...

A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or “Life oasis” for terrestrial plants ...

An Jong Euk gives a free haircut to a senior customer at a hair salon in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous ...

Xinjiang Communist Party chief Ma Xingrui hosts high-level Thai delegation as part of a deal struck when Bangkok agreed to send back 40 Uygurs.

URUMQI, China—About a decade ago, some Western companies answered Beijing’s calls to invest in Xinjiang, an underdeveloped region in the country’s remote west. Some were drawn by the natural ...

Thailand caved to China, instead of releasing the men and letting them travel to a safe, third country. Thai authorities ...

The Thai government on Friday claimed the group were living in good conditions in Xinjiang, after cabinet ministers, including Phumtham, returned early in the morning.

Xinjiang plays a vital role in China's opening-up, said Xing Guangcheng, a deputy to the 14th NPC, and head of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Chinese Borderland Studies.

Shi Jifang welcomes a customer at a hair salon in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 17, 2025.