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China makes South China Sea proposals, slams US 'provocation'
dpa, Published on 23/11/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Sunday put forward a five-point proposal to ease rising tensions in the South China Sea, even as Beijing admitted to building military facilities in the area.
Gold-smuggling N. Korean diplomat flees Dhaka
dpa, Published on 11/03/2015
» DHAKA — A North Korean diplomat caught bringing unauthorised quantities of gold into Dhaka has left the country, officials said Tuesday.
2 dead, 4 missing in Korean boat fire
dpa, Published on 30/12/2014
» SEOUL — A fire on a fishing boat off South Korea killed two and left four others missing, a media report said Tuesday.
Beckham fan drives Vietnam nuts
dpa, Published on 17/11/2014
» HANOI — A photograph posted on David Beckham's official Facebook page showing a woman in Hanoi taking a picture of him from her scooter while not wearing a helmet and carrying an infant between her knees has sparked widespread criticism in Vietnam.
China likely to reject Abe meeting
dpa, Published on 06/11/2014
» TOKYO — Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to hold an official meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next week due to a territorial spat and the premier's visit to a controvrsial war shrine, Japanese media reported Thursday.
Illegal fishing earns Sri Lanka EU ban
dpa, Published on 14/10/2014
» BRUSSELS – The European Union's executive decided Tuesday to ban fish imports from Sri Lanka over its failure to tackle illegal fishing, in a move welcomed by environmentalists.
North Korea: 1 country, 2 systems
dpa, Published on 28/09/2014
» NEW YORK - North Korea said reunification with the South is its main goal, and proposed an arrangement of "one country, two systems," the United Nations General Assembly heard on Saturday.
Sola Aoi takes diplomacy to China
dpa, Published on 21/08/2014
» BEIJING - In her white sneakers, Sola Aoi tiptoes through the Beijing studio as if she were wearing 20-centimetre-high heels. Every finger nail is covered with a different combination of rhinestones, glitter and plastic.
Drunk American beats, robs cabbie
dpa, Published on 02/08/2014
» SEOUL - A drunken American soldier in South Korea was arrested on suspicion of beating a cab driver and stealing his taxi, police said Saturday.
Vietnamese still feel north, south divide
dpa, Published on 20/07/2014
» HANOI - A man in a luminous yellow T-shirt bobs up and down alongside a group of women at 5am doing aerobics - a typical morning activity in Hanoi. At the same time in Ho Chi Minh City, another man is sprawled across a bed, fast asleep.