A photo exhibit explores the story of Japanese Americans forced into internment camps with reproduced historical photos paired with the originals.

An art exhibit has opened at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial to commemorate the WWII battle to free the Philippine ...

Feb. 19 marks the anniversary of an executive order that led to the involuntary detention of thousands of Japanese-Americans ...

Welcome to another fascinating installment of 'This Day in History,' where we explore significant events that have shaped our ...

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The disaster occurred on February 3, 1942, when the mine’s ceiling collapsed under the weight of the seawater above, leading to the deaths of 136 Korean labourers and 47 Japanese miners.

A sacred city in Sri Lanka holds an ancient carving believed to be the world's oldest map or an ancient stargate revealing the secrets of the Universe. Sakwala Chakraya is an ancient carving ...

On 31 January 1942 the last British Commonwealth troops withdrew across the Straits of Johore to Singapore, and a large gap was blown in the causeway behind them. The rapid success of the Japanese ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Google Maps will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on ...

Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

MANILA – The Philippine military said a “foreign power” could be attempting to map out the South-east Asian nation, following the arrest of a suspected Chinese spy last week and the recovery ...