One hundred and one years ago, as the U.S. approached the Mexican War of 1846, a Democratic editor found a defiant and memorable phrase: “Manifest Destiny.” The phrase fitted the temper of the times, ...

Three years ago the Philippines formally received their independence from the U.S. By precept and practical help, the U.S. gave the new nation a great chance to build a working democracy in a chaotic ...

Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Romualdez, center, answers questions from reporters during a news conference with the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines in Manila, ...

Location: An archipelago east of Vietnam, between the Philippine Sea and South China Sea, the Philippines cover an area slightly larger than Arizona. Capital is Manila. Language: Filipino and English ...

This article is a collaboration between The Atlantic and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. MANILA—On a recent afternoon, Antonio Carpio, a retired Filipino supreme court judge, stood before a ...

The Philippines is still recovering from Tropical Storm Ketsana in late September, which triggered the worst flooding in Manila in over 40 years, and the Oct. 3 landfall of Typhoon Parma, which ...

A special exhibition hosted by the Korean Film Archive on the golden age of film in the Philippines will continue until June 12 at the Cinematheque in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. Nine films that have ...

Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue. Manila The Bush Administration’s opening of a so-called second front against terrorism in the Philippines has stunned ...