North Korea Opens Door to Talks with South Korea
By KIM KWANG HYON / AP WRITER
Pyongyang is open to immediate talks with rival South Korea if Seoul responds to several preconditions for dialogue, according to a North Korean military official.
US Urges Monitoring of Burma By-elections
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON / AP WRITER
The United States has urged Burma to allow local and international monitors at April 1 by-elections, seen as an important step in the country's democratic transition. |
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China Courts the Middle East
By DILIP HIRO / ASIA SENTINEL
Thirsty for oil, China spurns the West’s call for sanctions on Iran. |
Tropical Storm Iggy Kills 17 in Indonesia
By THE JAKARTA GLOBE
The death toll from the extreme weather brought by Tropical Cyclone Iggy rose to 17, even as officials predicted the weather system was moving away from Indonesia. |
Japan's Industrial Output Rebounds 4 Percent
By ALCOLM FOSTER / AP WRITER
Japan's industrial production rebounded 4 percent in December from November, suggesting the still-weak economy is gaining some steam after last year's tsunami disaster. |
Corruption Costs Indonesia $238m in 2011
By EZRA SIHITE / THE JAKARTA GLOBE
Indonesia lost as much as $238.6 million to corruption in 2011, although authorities should have been able to easily detect the methods used for graft, according to a watchdog group. |
'Cap-and-Trade' in China
By ASIA SENTINEL
China, the world's second-largest producer of greenhouse gases, begins a trial emissions trading scheme with support from the Asian Development Bank. |
US Seeks Military Ties, Not Base, in Philippines
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON / AP WRITER
The United States says it shares a common interest with the Philippines in protecting freedom of navigation in the South China Sea but is not seeking to re-establish a military base in the country. |
Papua New Guinea Rebels Order PM to Step Aside
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rebel soldiers in Papua New Guinea replace the country's top defense official with their own leader and demand that Prime Minister Peter O'Neill leave office within a week. |
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Thai PM Navigates Foreign Policy Waters |
| By PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN / ASIA SENTINEL |
| Yingluck needs to open up the foreign policy decision-making process, making it transparent to the public to avoid any controversy, says Pavin Chachavalpongpun. |
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Assam Rebels Lay Down Weapons |
| By WASBIR HUSSAIN / AP WRITER |
| Hundreds of Assamsese rebels lay down their weapons as several insurgent groups sign ceasefires with the Indian government. |
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CIA Past of Jim Thompson Revealed |
| By DENIS D. GRAY / AP WRITER |
| A new biography of "Silk King" Jim Thompson reveals much about the American legend in Siam that the CIA tried to disown. |
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Military: Filipino Rebels Kill 100 Troops in 2011 |
| By JIM GOMEZ / AP WRITER |
| Communist guerrillas killed about 100 government troops and police and waged 447 attacks last year despite a continuing decline in their 43-year insurgency, according to the Philippines military. |
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Swede Blames Mossad for Bangkok Arrest |
| By KARL RITTER / AP WRITER |
| A Lebanese-Swedish man detained in a terror probe in Thailand has told a Swedish newspaper that he's innocent and blamed Israel's Mossad spy agency for his arrest. |
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Battle for Control of Asia's Seas Goes Underwater |
| By ERIC TALMADGE/ AP WRITER |
| Nearly every Asian country with a coastline is fortifying its submarine fleet amid territorial disputes stirred up by an increasingly assertive China and the promise of bountiful natural resources. |
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Vietnam, Cambodia Report Bird Flu Deaths |
| By TRAN VAN MINH/ AP WRITER |
| Vietnam confirms its first human death from bird flu in nearly two years, a day after neighboring Cambodia also logged this year's first fatality. |
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