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Storm leaves five dead in Philippines Tropical Storm Wukong left five people dead and three missing as it cut through the central Philippines, following devastating Typhoon Bopha that killed hundreds earlier this month.

28 December 2012

Philippines to buy three naval helicopters The Philippines said Thursday it would buy three naval helicopters from an Anglo-Italian manufacturer as part of its military modernisation programme amid a territorial dispute with China.

28 December 2012

Asian student survivors of Hiroshima to be honoured Hiroshima University said Thursday it would bestow honorary doctorates on three former students from Southeast Asia who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city.

28 December 2012

China boom savaging coral reefs: study China's economic boom has seen its coral reefs shrink by at least 80 percent over the past 30 years, a joint Australian study found Thursday, with researchers describing "grim" levels of damage and loss.

27 December 2012

Australia plans war games with China: report Australia and China are planning joint military exercises which may also include the United States as the nations work to ensure stability in the region.

27 December 2012

Samsung hits back at Ericsson in patent battle South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it had filed a complaint to seek a US import ban on some Ericsson products in an escalating patent battle with the Swedish mobile giant.

27 December 2012

Myanmar probes deadly plane crash-landing Myanmar was on Wednesday investigating the cause of an air accident that left two people dead and 11 injured when a passenger jet packed with foreign tourists crash-landed and caught fire.

27 December 2012

Family planning official snared in China trafficking ring Police have detained two officials including one involved in family planning in China's latest crackdown on child trafficking that has ensnared 355 suspects.

27 December 2012

Toyota says to sell 9.7 mn vehicles this year, up 22% Toyota said Wednesday that it expects to sell 9.7 million vehicles globally this year, up 22 percent from 2011 as Japan's biggest automaker accelerates a recovery after last year's natural disasters.

27 December 2012

China suspends officials after 11 kids die in road wreck A city in east China suspended 12 officials Wednesday, including a vice mayor, policemen and education administrators, after 11 children were killed in a road wreck involving an overloaded vehicle.

27 December 2012

Thousands flee Malaysia floods Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres.

27 December 2012

Bangladesh slaughters 150,000 birds over avian flu Bangladesh's livestock authorities are slaughtering around 150,000 chickens at a giant poultry farm near Dhaka after the worst outbreak of avian flu in five years.

27 December 2012

S. Korea's KT bids for Vivendi stake in Maroc South Korean mobile operator KT said Wednesday it has submitted a preliminary bid for French group Vivendi's stake in Moroccan carrier Maroc in a deal estimated to be worth more than $7 billion.

27 December 2012

Seoul says has other drone options than Global Hawks South Korea is not necessarily committed to buying US Global Hawk surveillance drones, a spokesman said Wednesday, after the Pentagon requested congressional permission for such a sale.

27 December 2012

China and emerging powers to pay more for UN China, Brazil, India and other emerging powers agreed to major increases in their United Nations payments as the global body hammered out a new budget deal this week to avoid its own fiscal cliff.

26 December 2012

Hawkish Abe to be named Japan's next prime minister Japan's conservative leader Shinzo Abe is to be named as the country's new prime minister Wednesday, after he swept to power on a hawkish platform of getting tough on diplomacy while fixing the economy.

26 December 2012

World's longest bullet train service begins in China China started service Wednesday on the world's longest high-speed rail route, the latest milestone in the country's rapid and -- sometimes troubled -- super fast rail network.

26 December 2012

Kazakhstan has perfect conditions for oil transit from Transneft to China I think that Russians just don’t want to go to China: Samruk-Kazyna Managing Director.

26 December 2012

US-Japan joint venture picked for Mozambique gas project A joint venture consisting of US company CB&I and Japan's Chiyoda Corporation has been picked to participate in a liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique.

26 December 2012

'Lost tribe' members migrate from India to Israel Fifty members of an Indian community believed to be descendants of one of the lost tribes of Israel arrived on Monday in the Jewish state, completing their immigration.

26 December 2012

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