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US urges Asean to criticise N.Korea 'strongly'
Kyodo News, Published on 25/04/2017
» SINGAPORE - The United States is urging Asean to issue a statement strongly criticising North Korea during its leaders' summit in Manila this week, according to Asean diplomats.
Boxing: Noknoi beaten in Ioka's record-matching title win
Kyodo News, Published on 24/04/2017
» OSAKA - Japan's Kazuto Ioka defended his WBA bantamweight crown for the fifth time on Sunday, winning a unanimous decision over Noknoi Sitthiprasert of Thailand.
Asean, China debate South China Sea code
Kyodo News, Published on 31/03/2017
» SIEM REAP - Senior officials of Asean and China on Thursday produced the first draft of a legal framework on a code of conduct in the South China Sea at the 20th Asean-China meeting, diplomatic sources said.
Malaysia detains 7 suspected IS militants - 5 Filipinos
Kyodo News, Published on 14/03/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police said Monday that five Filipinos and two Malaysians including an immigration officer have been arrested for suspected ties to the Islamic State terror group.
14 students killed in bus crash in Philippines
Kyodo News, Published on 20/02/2017
» MANILA - Ten of the dead were instantly killed in the crash in Tanay, Rizal province, according to Berlito Bati Jr of the provincial government's Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.
N. Korea viewed as China's 'No.2 threat' after US
Kyodo News, Published on 30/01/2017
» TAIPEI - North Korea is positioned as China's No.2 threat after the United States, according to a recent document written by strategists of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and seen by Kyodo News.
Malaysia arrests 4 linked to Philippines IS cell
Kyodo News, Published on 24/01/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police said Monday they have arrested four people including three foreigners over links to a new Islamic State cell on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
Japan to aid Manila 'war on drugs'
Kyodo News, Published on 13/01/2017
» MANILA - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged a 1 trillion yen ($8.7 billion) aid package, including government aid and private investment in infrastructural development in the Philippines over the next five years, as Japan moves to strengthen ties with a key nation in the Asia-Pacific region to counter China's growing maritime assertiveness and influence.
Japanese job-matching company focuses on SE Asian students
Kyodo News, Published on 20/10/2016
» TOKYO - A job-matching company is pairing students from Southeast Asian nations, especially Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, with Japanese employers via an online service.
309 kg of elephant ivory from Africa seized in Vietnam
Kyodo News, Published on 04/10/2016
» HANOI - Vietnamese customs officers seized 309 kilogrammes of elephant tusks from Africa over the weekend, official media reported.