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Apec summit fails to reach consensus amid US-China spat
Published on 18/11/2018
» PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea: Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum failed to reach a consensus on a post-summit declaration amid discord between the United States and China, as they wrapped up a two-day meeting, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said on Sunday.
Japan submarine joins South China Sea drill
Kyodo News, Published on 17/09/2018
» BEIJING: A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine joined a drill last week in the South China Sea for the first time, the MSDF said Monday, signalling Tokyo's intention to keep China's muscle-flexing in the area in check and prompting an immediate rebuke from Beijing.
Hundreds stranded on ferry in western Japan since Sunday
Kyodo News, Published on 19/03/2018
» TOKYO: More than 500 people have been left stranded aboard a ferry in waters in western Japan after the vessel hit a steel buoy Sunday night and apparently damaged its propeller, the local coast guard office said Monday.
Success to savour
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 15/01/2018
» We arrive at the House of Jack Rabbit on the Bellarine Peninsula after the normal lunch hour on a Wednesday but the tables at its café are almost fully occupied. From the outside, the panoramic view is unrivalled, taking in Port Phillip Bay to Geelong, the You Yangs and Melbourne.
China's trade growth cools in December
Associated Press, Published on 12/01/2018
» BEIJING: China's trade growth cooled in December in a possible sign of weaker global and domestic demand, but last year's total exports rose 7.9% over 2016 while imports were up 15.9%.
Pakistani father of slain girl blames police for slow action
Associated Press, Published on 11/01/2018
» LAHORE, Pakistan: The father of an 8-year-old Pakistani girl whose rape and killing shocked the nation accused the police on Thursday of being slow to respond when his daughter went missing in eastern Punjab province.
China's new Silk Road hits political, financial hurdles
Associated Press, Published on 11/01/2018
» BEIJING: China's plan for a modern Silk Road of railways, ports and other facilities linking Asia with Europe hit a $14 billion pothole in Pakistan.
Iranian oil tanker burns for third day as winds, waves lash rescuers
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» BEIJING: Lashing winds, high waves and toxic gases are hindering dozens of rescue boats struggling to locate missing sailors from a stricken oil tanker in the East China Sea and to extinguish a fire that has burned for the past three days on the ship.
Police arrest N. Korean fishing boat crew for theft
Published on 09/12/2017
» SAPPORO: Police in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main islands, said Saturday they had arrested three of the crew members of a North Korean fishing boat on suspicion of plundering a remote fishing hut.
4 bodies, likely from N. Korea, found along Japan coast
Kyodo News, Published on 04/12/2017
» TOKYO: Four bodies, suspected of being from North Korea, were found Monday along Japan's northern coast on the Sea of Japan, local authorities said.