Taiwan has surpassed Singapore as the happiest place in Asia, according to the World Happiness Report. But what do residents think?

Chinese robots are being used to move parts in electric-vehicle factories and to carry out search-and-rescue operations in disaster zones. They are delighting audiences by performing complex dance routines. And robot dogs with automatic rifles attached to their backs are even being tested by the People&s Liberation Army.

South Korean police detained a man suspected of performing an ancestral rite that later grew into the country&s worst wildfire, killing at least 26 people and destroying ancient temples.

&We&re in the same boat with our trading partners. If one partner shoots a hole in the boat, does it make sense for the other one to shoot another hole in the boat? Some say yes, and call that getting tough. Well, I call it stupid.& These were the words of US president Ronald Reagan in a 1987 radio address from Camp David.