Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It's become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been forced to give up their livelihoods since China took control oFull story
A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan's main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their own currencies will be offset by gains from a recovery in the world's third-largest economy. It's not such good news for ent Full story
Scientists have discovered a strangely patterned new insect in the Philippines, dubbing it the pirate ant because of a dark stripe over its eyes that makes it look like it's wearing an eye patch. Full story
Bob Turner, Turner Investment Partners, explains why he is bullish on Turkey, Indonesia, Mexico and the Philippines.
Adventure enthusiasts have been traveling to the northern Philippines to surf on the country's sand dunes. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes rumbled to life, killing five climbers. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Rachel Maddow updates the reporting on the USS Guardian, a U.S. Navy minesweeper stuck on an ecologically significant and fragile coral reef in the Philippines, being chopped into pieces to avoid further damage to the reef (and further incursion of fines for damage already done).
About 300 couples in the Philippines took part in a government-sponsored mass wedding on Valentine's Day. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
A girl carrying her younger sister on her back collects their free meals during a feeding program at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila May 22, 2013. More Filipinos experienced hunger in March with about 3.9 million Filipino families saying they had nothing to eat at some point during
Children reach to get a stub for a free meal during a feeding program at a slum area at Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila May 22, 2013. More Filipinos experienced hunger in March with about 3.9 million Filipino families saying they had nothing to eat at some point during that time, according to a new
A boy and his younger brother eat their free meals during a feeding program at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila May 22, 2013. More Filipinos experienced hunger in March with about 3.9 million Filipino families saying they had nothing to eat at some point during that time, according to
A father feeds his son his free meal during a feeding program in the slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila May 22, 2013. More Filipinos experienced hunger in March with about 3.9 million Filipino families saying they had nothing to eat at some point during that time, according to a new surve
