East Asia

South Korea: Parliament To Discuss U.S. FTA
May 12, 2008 1240 GMT
South Korean legislators will discuss a controversial proposed U.S. free trade agreement in a May... [more]
China: April CPI Inflation At 8.5 Percent
May 12, 2008 1234 GMT
China saw consumer prices rise by 8.5 percent in April, driven mostly by rising food costs, the... [more]
Japan: Upper House Rejects Gas Tax Bill, Lower House To Override
May 12, 2008 1224 GMT
Japan's upper legislative house, controlled by the opposition, rejected a bill May 12 that would... [more]
Myanmar: Referendum Turnout 'Massive'
May 12, 2008 1218 GMT
Myanmar saw "massive turnout" in a nationwide constitutional referendum May 10 in spite of the... [more]
North Korea: Kim Urges 'All Efforts' For Army Training
May 12, 2008 1212 GMT
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il called for "all efforts on military training" in his sixth... [more]
Myanmar: EU To 'Beef Up' Response
May 12, 2008 1207 GMT
EU leaders are set to meet May 13 to "beef up" the union's response to the aftermath of Cyclone... [more]
China: Man Detained For Online Threat To Olympic Torch
May 12, 2008 0044 GMT
A 28-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly wrote in an Internet chat room that he wanted... [more]
China, Japan: Hu's Japan Visit A 'Complete Success'
May 11, 2008 1436 GMT
Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Japan was a "complete success" that ushered in a new phase... [more]
Myanmar: Junta Seizes Supplies, U.N. Blocks Aid
May 9, 2008 1558 GMT
The United Nations halted aid to Myanmar May 9 after the junta seized aid shipments headed for... [more]
Russia, Vietnam: ZarubezhNeft, PetroVietnam To Develop Siberian Oil Blocks
May 9, 2008 1339 GMT
A joint venture of Russian and Vietnamese state oil firms, ZarubezhNeft and PetroVietnam, will... [more]
Vietnam: Government Willing To Help Stabilize Food Prices
May 9, 2008 1326 GMT
Vietnam is willing to help support global efforts to stabilize world food prices, media reported... [more]
Global Economy: Rice Price Continues To Rise After Myanmar Cyclone
May 9, 2008 1307 GMT
Global rice prices rose for the sixth consecutive day as Cyclone Nargis' damage to rice crops in... [more]
Taiwan: President-Elect Will Not Visit U.S. Before His Inauguration
May 9, 2008 1252 GMT
Taiwanese President-elect Ma Ying-jeou will not visit the United States before his May 20... [more]
Myanmar, Thailand: Thai PM To Go To Myanmar
May 9, 2008 1245 GMT
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej will fly to Myanmar, following the devastating cyclone... [more]
China, Australia: China Huaneng Group Might Buy $15 Billion Of Australian Energy Assets
May 9, 2008 1226 GMT
China's biggest electricity producer, China Huaneng Group, might buy $15 billion of Australian... [more]
North Korea: Envoy To Bring Nuclear Documents To U.S.
May 9, 2008 1212 GMT
U.S. nuclear investigator Sung Kim is set to bring documentation of North Korea's nuclear... [more]
Japan: Proposed Law Would Allow Military Satellites
May 9, 2008 1149 GMT
A Japanese parliamentary committee approved a bill May 9 that would allow the Japanese... [more]
China: Creating Rice Farm In Tanzania
May 9, 2008 1142 GMT
China's Chongqing Seed Corp. plans to grow rice on 700 acres of land in Tanzania beginning in... [more]
South Korea: H5N1 Bird Flu Widespread
May 9, 2008 1127 GMT
The highly virulent H5N1 form of bird flu has spread widely in South Korea despite containment... [more]
South Korea: Protests Against U.S. Beef Imports
May 9, 2008 1122 GMT
Some 30,000 people are expected to attend a candlelight vigil the evening of May 9 in central... [more]
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