North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the country's rocket units to stand by to fire at U.S. bases in South Korea and the Pacific, Reuters reported March 29.

Two nuclear-capable U.S. B-2 stealth bombers flew over South Korea on March 28, AFP reported.

Anti-Muslim riots in Myanmar continued to spread March 27, The Irrawaddy reported March 28.

Thailand is holding peace talks with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional group, a Muslim insurgent organization, in Kuala Lumpur, in an effort to curb violence in the country's south, the BBC reported March 28.

North Korea is cutting a military hotline with South Korea, meaning all direct contact between the two countries' militaries and governments has been severed, AFP reported March 27, citing North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.

China and Brazil on March 26 signed an accord to use their own currencies in bilateral trade, Reuters reported.

A Chinese vessel fired on a Vietnamese fishing boat in the South China Sea and set its cabin on fire on March 20, Vietnamese authorities said March 26, AP reported.