Joe Biden

President Biden just hosted French President Emmanuel Macron at the administration's first state dinner. South Korea’s president is about to host his first state dinner as part of a broader summit—with a very different leader. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

Vice President Kamala Harris is leading the U.S. delegation to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting in Thailand. The gathering lasts through Saturday and caps a week of high-level talks in Southeast Asia. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in this Asia Minute.

President Biden met Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Indonesia. It's just one of a series of top-level international meetings that continue this week. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

President Biden says the United States is committed to increasing its presence in the Pacific Islands. That was his message last week to visiting leaders from 14 countries in the region. With the Pacific News Minute, HPR’s Derrick Malama reports.

Vice President Kamala Harris is back in the United States after spending most of this week in Northeast Asia. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in this Asia Minute.

The legislation has been a year in the making, with tense negotiations leading to a narrower spending package that focuses on climate investments and health care costs.

President Joe Biden has bestowed the nation’s highest military honor to four Army soldiers, including two from Hawaiʻi, for heroism that he says went above and beyond the call of duty during the Vietnam War.

President Biden was in South Korea on Friday starting his first trip to Asia as president. He’ll also travel to Japan and meet with other members of the “Quad” — leaders of Australia, India and Japan. One topic will be a new regional economic plan. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in this Asia Minute.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Hawaiʻi to discuss the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang began the year with a series of missile tests.

This past weekend, the Senate confirmed the appointment of American ambassadors to more than forty countries. South Korea was not on that list—and that’s a point of rising annoyance in Seoul. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more.