China Construction Bank has stopped doing business with two North Korean banks, the Chosun Ilbo daily reported May 9, citing diplomatic sources in Beijing.

Thousands of Malaysians gathered in a stadium outside Kuala Lumpur to protest the May 5 election results, which they claim are fraudulent, Al Jazeera reported May 8.

North Korea has taken two Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missiles off launch-ready status and moved them from their position on the country's east coast, unnamed U.S. officials said May 6, Reuters reported.

Malaysia's ruling National Front coalition retained its 56-year hold on power by winning a simple majority of 112 seats in the 222-seat national parliament in polls May 5, the country's Election Commission said, AFP reported.

Indonesia will host an ASEAN Plus Eight joint counterterrorism training exercise in Bogor, West Java, in September, the Indonesian Defense Ministry said May 4, Xinhua reported.

Kenneth Bae, an American detained for nearly six months in North Korea, has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced May 1, AP reported.

Several thousands workers have gathered in front Indonesia's Presidential Palace in Jakarta to commemorate May Day, Antara News reported May 1.

China has allegedly sold helicopter gunships to ethnic Wa rebels in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, The Irrawaddy reported April 30, citing Jane's Information Group.