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DPRK preparing for large-scale air land exercise along Yellow Sea coast ROK
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is preparing to conduct a large-scale air, land combined forces exercise along its Yellow Sea coast, as it lets loose a steady barrage of verbal attacks against South Korea and the United States for conducting joint military drills. South Korea said intelligence picked up signs that the country may conduct an exercise around Nampho that ...
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DPRK Kaesongs fate at critical point
The DPRK says the fate of the Kaesong industrial complex is at a critical point, but has not given any more details about what it plans for the future. The spokesman says his country is watching closely whether South Korea's latest move is confrontational behavior, for which it will pay a heavy price. He says the DPRK attaches much importance to the complex. But he says it is South Korea ...
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36 killed in floods in southern China
At least 36 people have died and ten others have been reported missing in downpours that have swept south China's Guangdong Province since Wednesday. Rainstorms battered five cities, including the provincial capital Guangzhou, on Wednesday and Thursday, triggering heavy flooding in some areas. The flood water levels of some rivers in Guangdong have surpassed warning lines and the Beijiang ...
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Chengdu key for China on economic integration says Spanish
Pankaj Ghemawat, a professor of global strategy at the IESE Business School, believes that the Chinese southwestern city of Chengdu will play a very important role in China's integration in the global economy.Chengdu, the capital city of China's Sichuan Province, "will carry out a very important role in not only assuring that China is increasingly integrated in the global economy, ...
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Japan confirms DPRKs missile launches
Japanese government confirmed the DPRK's missile launches on Saturday, saying none of the missiles have landed in Japan's territorial waters, Kyodo news agency reported.South Korea's Yonhap News Agency earlier reported that the DPRK launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday, citing the country's defense ministry.It is reported that the ...
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9th China Intl Garden Expo opens
Singer Liu Yuanyuan performs during the opening ceremony of the 9th China (Beijing) International Garden Expo in Beijing, capital of China, May 18, 2013. The expo opened in southwestern Fengtai district in Beijing on Saturday and will last till Nov. 18, 2013. Garden designs from 69 Chinese cities and 29 countries will be presented. (Xinhua/Li ...
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Northeast Japan Jolted by Earthquake
two nuclear plants in Fukushima reported no new irregularities after the quake, Kyodo news agency said. Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi prefecture further north also detected no irregularities, operator Tohoku Electric Power Co said. In Miyagi prefecture, where the shaking was the strongest, there were no information on injuries, Kyodo added. The United States Geological Survey recorded the ...
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Tamils want to live in one country Rajapaksa
LTTE . Rajapaksa said that Tamils now want to live peacefully in a single country. His government had faced various machinations by way of human rights accusations. "The hidden idea was to crush us, how to make us kneel before them," he said. Rajapaksa, paying tribute to his troops in a colourful military parade, said he would not allow the separation of the land that troops had ...
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5.9 earthquake strikes Japan off Fukushima coast
Tsunami An earthquake with a magnitude measured at 5.9 by Japan's Meteorological Agency has struck the northeast of the country. The epicenter was close to the Fukushima coast and only 200km from Tokyo, causing buildings in the capital to shake. The quake struck at 2:48 pm (05:48 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 50km (31 miles) from land. The United States Geological Survey ...
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North Korea Fires Three More Missiles
North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast, according to the South's defence ministry. Launches by Pyongyang of such missiles are not uncommon, but the ministry would not speculate whether these latest ones were part of a test or training exercise. It comes during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions between the two countries. ...
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China April housing inflation quickens to two year high
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's housing inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in April in two years, driven by a jump in prices in Beijing and Shanghai, complicating the task of policymakers trying to cool the property sector while supporting economic ...
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Chinese held in PoK over Quran abuse
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: A Chinese man working on an energy project in PoK was held on Saturday after hundreds of protesters attacked his company offices over the alleged desecration of a Quran, officials said. Lee Ping, administration manager of a Chinese consortium building the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project, was accused by co-Pakistani workers of throwing ...
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Pentagon report sees DPRK as U.S. security threat in NE Asia
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) poses one of the most critical U.S. security challenges in Northeast Asia as it is pursuing nuclear capabilities and developing long-range ballistic missiles, the Pentagon said Thursday. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered the first report on the DPRK's military development to Congress, as required by the National Defense ...
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Afghan Police Chief Assassinated
Officials say Police Chief Abdul Ghani was near his home late Friday when gunmen shot him. No one has been detained in the case. The Associated Press quotes a local official as saying Ghani had led a crackdown on insurgents in his district of Khaki Safad that resulted in the killing and capture of several Taliban leaders. The spokesman said that made him a target for Taliban ...
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Airline bomb hoax suspect caught in E China
A man who allegedly made false bomb threats that affected flights in five Chinese cities was caught on Friday afternoon in Yancheng City of east China's Jiangsu Province, the municipal police said on Saturday.From 5:22 pm to 5:25 pm on Friday, police in the cities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Guangzhou received phone calls claiming there were bombs on airplanes bound for ...
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DPRK launches 3 short-range missiles report
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's defense ministry.It is reported that the defense ministry detected two missiles launched in the morning and the last one was in the afternoon.The defense ministry said the launching might be a training or a test ...
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Afghanistan turns to Australia for mining expertise
Afghanistan Australia could help Afghanistan develop its fledgling mining industry and tap into mineral and energy reserves estimated to be worth trillions of dollars. The country is eager to find a new source of revenue when international aid starts to decline and foreign forces withdraw next year. Afghan mining minister Wahidullah Shahrani, has already met with various Australian Government ...
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South Korea Says North Launches 3 Missiles Into Sea
SEOUL, South Korea ...
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Philippine spokeswoman responds to Taiwanese fishermans death with smile
Philippine deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte, at a press briefing on Friday, said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) "responded accordingly" to the situation. "It was an aggressive act, the ramming of the boat into our vessel was certainly an aggressive act, so the PCG responded accordingly," she said. However, the spokeswoman said with a clear smile over such a ...
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No decision yet on ROK staffs return from Kaesong
No decision has been made on the return of the last seven South Korean personnel from the inter-Korean complex in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as the two sides remain divided over the settlement of various accounts, a South Korean government official said Friday. "Discussion on the settling of accounts and other issues is underway, but nothing has been decided on ...
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DPRK to put US citizen on trial
The DPRK says it will put a US citizen on trial for conspiracy to overthrow the government. 44-year-old Bae Jun-ho, known in the US as Kenneth Bae, is said by authorities in Pyongyang to have "admitted that he committed crimes aimed at toppling the DPRK with hostility toward it". Bae was arrested last November when he entered the country as a tour guide. It is reported that DPRK ...
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Earthquake Hits Northern Japan No Reports of Damage
Seismologists say a strong earthquake has struck off the northeastern coast of Japan's main Honshu island, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of ...
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Aide to Japanese PM returns from North Korea
TOKYO (AFP) - An aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned home from a trip to North Korea on Saturday but declined to shed any light on the reason for his mysterious visit.Isao Iijima, a senior adviser to Abe, was tightlipped when confronted by reporters in Beijing on his way home. "I won't accept any interview on this issue," he told reporters, according to ...
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Afghan police chief shot dead outside home
KABUL, Afghanistan -; An official says motorcycle-riding gunmen have shot dead a police chief who led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan in front of his ...
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Three new suicides at Foxconn China
Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three weeks, state media and a labour rights group say.All three jumped to their deaths at a plant in the central city of Zhengzhou run by the Taiwanese electronics giant.A 30-year-old married man killed himself on Tuesday following the similar deaths of a 23-year-old woman on April 27 and a 24-year-old man three days ...
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Asia Pacific leads world in creating wealth
The Asia Pacific region houses a higher proportion of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) than any other region on earth.
The claim is part of the World Wealth Report prepared by Merrill Lynch which studied wealth effects in seventy one countries, which account for 98% of global gross income and 99% of world stock market capitalization. Read more
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