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Malaysia's Ruling Coalition Suffers Upset
Saturday, March 08, 2008 8:22:00 PM
KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysia's opposition was set on Saturday to hand the ruling Barisan Nasional (National Front) coalition the biggest upset it its history, putting the premier's political future a ...   Full Story
 

U.N. Envoy Returns to Burma
Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:25:00 AM
U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Burma on Thursday amid waning optimism about his mission to get the military junta to start talks with the opposition on political reform.   Full Story
 

Philippine Court Offers Compromise on Graft Probe
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:24:00 PM
MANILA—The Philippine Supreme Court gave senators 24 hours on Tuesday to accept a deal that would see a top government official resume testimony in a Senate probe into suspected corruption that has ro ...   Full Story
 

China's Killer 'Yellow Dust' Hits Korea, Japan
Monday, March 03, 2008 8:12:00 PM
SEOUL—South Korea closed schools on Monday and its factories producing memory chips stepped up safeguards, as a choking pall of sand mixed with toxic dust from China covered most of the country and ot ...   Full Story
 

South Korea Names Moderate to Deal with North Affairs
Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:10:00 PM
SEOUL—South Korean President Lee Myung-bak named a career diplomat as his minister for dealing with communist North Korea on Sunday after his first nominee for the job had to withdraw over accusations ...   Full Story
 

Five Die in Attack on Office of Former Aceh Rebels
Sunday, March 02, 2008 8:08:00 PM
JAKARTA—A 100-strong mob set fire to the the offices of former separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province, killing four people and throwing another down a well, the head of local police said o ...   Full Story
 

Rips in Fabric of Japanese Society
Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:07:00 PM
WASHINGTON—Often the media report that Japan since the 1990s has been going through its deepest economic recession in half a century, but little is said of the nation's inward distress and violenc ...   Full Story
 

Hill May Return to Beijing for North Korea Talks
Thursday, February 28, 2008 6:54:00 PM
WASHINGTON—U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill could return to Beijing this weekend to meet his North Korean counterpart for talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear program, a U.S. official s ...   Full Story
 

China's Retired Athletes Left Destitute by Olympic Fervour
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:42:00 PM
Every morning through the deserted streets of her home town Lingao, Zhang Huimin, completes a half marathon before dawn.Driven by hopes of one day representing her country in the Olympics, Huimin w ...   Full Story
 

Public Protests Against CCP Interference In Divine Performing Arts Show in Pusan, Korea
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:43:00 PM
On February 26, after several hours of negotiation with the Korean sponsor of the U.S. Divine Performing Arts, Korea's state-operated KBS TV submitted to the pressure exerted by the Chinese Commun ...   Full Story
 

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