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©REUTERS Japan's Suzuki shutters US car business Japan's Suzuki said Tuesday it would shut down its money-losing car business in the United States and file for bankruptcy, citing a strong yen and weak demand for its small cars in the US market.
06 November 2012
S. Korea decorates Psy for 'Gangnam Style' success South Korea has awarded one of its highest cultural honours to the rapper Psy for taking the world by storm with his "Gangnam Style" hit.
06 November 2012
©REUTERS Japan mulls gas pipeline from Russian far east Japan is considering a $5.0 billion pipeline stretching from Russia's far east to an industrial hub near Tokyo, as it eyes new energy supplies following the Fukushima crisis.
05 November 2012
Osamu Fujimura, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs for Japan. ©REUTERS Tokyo to host conference to boost Syria sanctions Tokyo will host an international conference later this month aimed at increasing pressure on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
05 November 2012
©REUTERS Two Japanese tourists die in Great Wall storm: state media Two elderly Japanese tourists died and another was missing after being trapped in sudden, heavy snowstorms during a visit to the Great Wall of China.
05 November 2012
Philippine communists kill four soldiers: military The Philippine military said Monday communist rebels killed four unarmed soldiers in an ambush, further hurting efforts to revive stalled talks aimed at ending one of Asia's longest-running rebellions.
05 November 2012
22 dead in floods, 60,000 displaced: govt official Torrential rains in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have killed at least 22 people and displaced tens of thousands of villagers over the past week.
05 November 2012
Indian wardens bang drums to halt peeing in public Volunteers in India armed with drums and whistles are to lead a crackdown on going to the toilet in public under a new scheme in the western state of Rajasthan.
05 November 2012
Britain urges Myanmar to resolve Rohingya issue Britain on Monday called on Myanmar to resolve the citizenship status of Rohingya Muslims caught up in deadly sectarian violence in a flashpoint western state.
05 November 2012
©REUTERS Toyota ups full-year profit target to $9.7 billion Toyota Monday hiked its full-year profit forecast to 780 billion yen ($9.7 billion) despite saying it expected to sell fewer cars due to weakness in Europe and China and a Sino-Japanese territorial row.
05 November 2012
S. Korea presidential favourite open to summit with North South Korea's presidential front-runner, Park Geun-Hye, promised Monday a new policy of engagement with Pyongyang and said she would be willing to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
05 November 2012
©REUTERS S. Korea shuts nuclear reactors, warns of power shortages South Korea was forced to shut down two nuclear reactors Monday to replace components provided with fake quality certificates.
05 November 2012
Crisis-hit Europe 'still economic power': France Top European leaders jetting into Laos for a major summit are on a mission to reassure Asia that their crisis-hit region is "still an economic power".
05 November 2012
Nathaniel Rothschild (L) and Bakrie & Brothers Chief Executive Officer Bobby Gafur Umar. ©REUTERS Rothschild mulls counter-bid in Bumi battle: report British financier Nathaniel Rothschild is mulling a bid for Bumi Plc coal assets to counter an offer by Indonesia's powerful Bakrie family, and has approached one of their rivals.
04 November 2012
Photo courtesy of Yermek Sarbassov© Kazakhstan militarymen will study in China Academic teaching staff of Chinese National University of National Defense visited Kazakhstan.
03 November 2012
New fight needed against killer malaria in Asia Asia accounts for 88 percent of all malaria cases and most of the 46,000 annual deaths occurring outside Africa, a new report shows Friday as experts demand more urgency in fighting the deadly disease..
03 November 2012
Penguins are seen in Antarctica. ©REUTERS Outrage as Antarctic ocean sanctuary talks end in failure Conservation groups expressed outrage Friday after resistance led by China and Russia stymied efforts to carve out new marine sanctuaries and protect thousands of species across Antarctica.
03 November 2012
China, Japan citizens back Obama for second term: poll Citizens of China and Japan overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama to win a second term, according to an AFP-Ipsos poll which suggests Mitt Romney's tough talk on the Asian powers could have dented his image.
02 November 2012
Samsung sells 3 mn Galaxy Note II smartphones since debut Samsung Electronics said Friday that global sales of its large Galaxy Note II smartphone had topped three million since its debut in late September, as archrival Apple's iPad mini hit stores.
02 November 2012
Australia wants closer ASEAN ties: FM Carr Australia will elevate its engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and seek to more closely align its foreign policy with that of the bloc.
02 November 2012
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