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Asean crisis; Malaysia rejects Rohingya stance
Kyodo News, Published on 26/09/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has rejected an Asean statement on the crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine State as a "misrepresentation of the reality" and faulted it for not mentioning atrocities being perpetrated by that country's security forces against the Rohingya Muslims including 400,000 fleeing refugees.
Asean statement to downplay S. China Sea dispute
Kyodo News, Published on 31/07/2017
» The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not explicitly mention China's militarization of disputed areas in the South China Sea in a joint statement to be issued at a forthcoming meeting in the Philippines, Asean sources said Monday.
Malaysia still waiting for Kim's kin to come forward
Kyodo News, Published on 21/02/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia said Tuesday it is still waiting for the next of kin of Kim Jong Nam, the murdered half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, to claim his body.
Mitsubishi passenger jet arrives in US for flight tests
Business, Kyodo News, Published on 30/09/2016
» MOSES LAKE, Washington: A new passenger jet being developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp arrived at its test-flight base in the United States on Wednesday, after being forced to turn back twice due to problems with its air-conditioning system.
N. Korea's new foreign minister heads to Laos
Kyodo News, Published on 23/07/2016
» VIENTIANE/PYONGYANG - North Korea's new foreign minister on Saturday left for Laos to make his overseas debut at a major security forum, at a time of high tensions over Pyongyang's series of weapons tests.
26 dead after fire on Chinese bus in Taiwan
Kyodo News, Published on 19/07/2016
» A fire that engulfed a tour bus in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, on Tuesday left 26 people dead, including three children aged between 12 and 13, local authorities said.
In China, Myanmar drugs more popular than heroin
Kyodo News, Published on 25/06/2015
» BEIJING - Cheap and easy-to-manufacture synthetic drugs edged past heroin as the country's high of choice for the first time last year, China's drug control agency said Wednesday, a trend that comes as the country is increasingly seen as a worldwide supplier of the substances.
Tokyo's Narita airport opens budget-airline terminal
Kyodo News, Published on 08/04/2015
» Narita International Airport, Japan's largest international gateway, opened a new terminal for budget airlines Wednesday in a bid to court a growing number of low-cost carriers for domestic and short-haul international flights.