The abduction of a young Chinese actor, who was trafficked from Thailand to Myanmar, prompted an unusually powerful public-pressure campaign and official actions.

The weather may be in the single digits but there’s skating, vintage luxury shops, an ice hotel, a jazz bar to cozy up in.

In a darkened forest of central Vietnam, a 2-foot-long creature with “enlarged” teeth climbed through a tree. Its “secretive” lifestyle made it “uncommon” to see, and, when occasionally found, its ...