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N. Korea names hawkish general new military chief North Korea has appointed as its new military chief a hawkish general, widely believed to have directed the 2010 shelling of a South Korean border island.

22 May 2013

US slams Iran's disqualification of candidates The United States on Tuesday condemned Iran's disqualification of hundreds of would-be presidential candidates, accusing the "unaccountable" clerical leadership of seeking to tighten its grip on power.

22 May 2013

Akhmetov's visit to Poland postponed The visit of Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov to Poland scheduled for the middle of May was postponed.

22 May 2013

US summit will help 'reduce suspicion': China media Chinese state media on Wednesday welcomed news of the first summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama, saying the meeting will help "reduce suspicions" in the relationship.

22 May 2013

Japan parliament approves child abduction treaty Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved an international treaty on child abductions after decades of pressure from the United States and other Western nations.

22 May 2013

Obama hails Myanmar leader but warns on Muslims US President Barack Obama on Monday threw his support behind Myanmar President Thein Sein in his drive to reform a former pariah state but warned that a wave of violence against Muslims must stop.

21 May 2013

Nazarbayev to hold foreign investors council meeting Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev will hold a meeting of the foreign investors council on May 22.

21 May 2013

British diplomats apologize to armless artist from Kazakhstan British Embassy in Kazakhstan has apologized to the armless artist from Karaganda Karipbek Kuyukov who was denied a visa because of lack of fingerprints.

21 May 2013

Kazakhstan to sign long-term cooperation program with China Kazakhstan will sign a long-term trade and economic cooperation program to be implemented until 2020 with China.

21 May 2013

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Majority reject Japan mayor on comfort women: poll A large majority of Japanese people disagree with a high-profile politician who said women forced to provide sex during World War II were a military necessity.

21 May 2013

China Communists must slash membership: academic China's ruling Communist Party should cut its more than 80 million members by nearly half to avoid the bloat that felled the Soviet Union, a political scientist has written in a party magazine.

21 May 2013

New Zealander fined over Prince Charles manure plan An elderly New Zealand anti-royalist was fined Monday over a plan to hurl manure at Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla during their visit to Auckland last year.

20 May 2013

N. Korea fires fifth missile in three days North Korea fired another short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the latest in a series of missile drills that have been condemned by South Korea and UN chief Ban Ki-moon.

20 May 2013

Scandals risk tainting Obama's second term With time ticking down to get things done in his final term, President Barack Obama risks suffering long-term consequences from a series of scandals that have hit the White House in recent days.

20 May 2013

Chinese premier pledges 'mutual trust' on India trip Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Monday to build up mutual trust and cooperation with India as he held talks in New Delhi, saying good relations between the countries were key to world peace.

20 May 2013

Gay marriage vote set to deliver Britain's Cameron more problems British Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament Monday.

20 May 2013

Kazakhstanis in the ranks of terror organizations: Head of the State Agency for Religions According to him, the number of people convicted for committing terror-related crimes in 2012 reached 105.

20 May 2013

S. Korea says ready for more North missile tests South Korea on Monday predicted further missile tests by North Korea which fired four short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan at the weekend, drawing criticism from Seoul and UN chief Ban Ki-moon.

20 May 2013

Aide to Japanese PM returns from North Korea 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.

18 May 2013