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Myanmar president, Suu Kyi visit Laos on first state trip
Published on 06/05/2016
» VIENTIANE - Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw made his first state visit to Laos on Friday, accompanied by Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, for a meeting with Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith at the presidential palace in Vientiane.
Honda reports Malaysia deaths with Takata airbags
Published on 04/05/2016
» KUALA LUMPUR - Japanese automaker Honda reported Wednesday two new deaths in Malaysia involving defective Takata Corp airbags.
Philippines agrees on lease of Japan training aircraft
Published on 02/05/2016
» TOKYO - Japan and the Philippines have agreed on the leasing of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) TC-90 training aircraft to the Southeast Asian nation, Japan's Defence Ministry said Monday.
China asks Indonesia to deport detained Uighur terror suspect
Published on 28/04/2016
» JAKARTA — China has asked Indonesia to deport a suspected Uighur terrorist detained here since December and alleged to have links with Islamic State, authorities said Thursday.
1,000 quakes recorded in Japan in 2 weeks
Kyodo News, Published on 28/04/2016
» More than 1,000 seismic events had been recorded in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures by Thursday in the two weeks since a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck southwestern Japan, while over 30,000 people remain evacuated from their homes.
Quakes in southwest Japan unlikely to cease soon
Published on 20/04/2016
» KUMAMOTO, JAPAN — The weather agency said Wednesday it sees no signs of seismic activity abating in Kumamoto and surrounding prefectures in southwestern Japan following powerful earthquakes last week, urging people to remain alert.
$360m Chinese-funded sugar mill opens in Cambodia
Kyodo News, Published on 19/04/2016
» A US$360 million, China-invested sugar production factory began operating Tuesday in Cambodia's northern province of Preah Vihear.
Scores feared buried alive after new Japan quake
Kyodo News, Published on 16/04/2016
» KUMAMOTO, JAPAN — Scores of people were feared buried alive on Saturday after two powerful earthquakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 35 people, and as a forecast storm threatened more devastating landslides.
9 killed, 860 hurt in magnitude 6.5 quake in southern Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 15/04/2016
» Nine people died and 860 others were injured after a powerful earthquake jolted southwestern Japan on Thursday night, local police said Friday as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged the government's best efforts in rescue and relief work.
China to build airport in Nepal's scenic Pokhara
Published on 13/04/2016
» KATHMANDU — The construction of Nepal's second international airport, to be both funded and built by China, began in the western resort town of Pokhara on Wednesday with the laying of foundation stones, officials said.