Will Bitcoin replace PayPal?

Will Bitcoin replace PayPal?
Can Abenomics help Japan?
How K-pop cashes in on image
What Kim learnt from Saddam
15 dead in blaze at Chinese market
Bangladesh is about to hang a top Islamist leader
Caroline Kennedy meets atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki

Posted: 10 Dec 2013 08:15 AM PST

On the heels of China failing to back Bitcoin as a legitimate currency, CNN examines whether this is the future of e-commerce or just another monetary fad.

Can Abenomics help Japan?

Posted: 10 Dec 2013 07:04 PM PST

After decades of economic stagnation bling is back in Japan. Many Japanese are loosening their purse strings and don't hesitate to splurge $10,000 or more on precious things like a gold and diamond ring.

How K-pop cashes in on image

Posted: 10 Dec 2013 06:42 PM PST

It's a rapidly spreading pop culture phenomenon, fueled by the Internet.

What Kim learnt from Saddam

Posted: 10 Dec 2013 08:57 AM PST

Frida Ghitis says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has purged his uncle from power and memory, a lesson learned from Saddam Hussein, the most ruthless and long-lasting of modern dictators.

15 dead in blaze at Chinese market

Posted: 10 Dec 2013 07:11 PM PST

Fifteen people have been killed and five others injured in a fire early Wednesday at a market in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the local fire department said.

Bangladesh is about to hang a top Islamist leader

Posted: 10 Dec 2013 08:05 AM PST

Shortly after midnight in Bangladesh (1 p.m. ET), authorities plan to hang a top Islamist figure.

Caroline Kennedy meets atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki

Posted: 09 Dec 2013 09:14 PM PST

Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, visited Nagasaki on Tuesday, one of two Japanese cities on which the United States dropped atomic bombs during the final days of World War II.