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S. Korea readies third bid to join global space club South Korea hopes to launch a satellite into space on Friday in its third attempt to join an elite club that includes Asian powers China, Japan and India.
26 October 2012
©REUTERS Australia defends mining tax after 'zero earnings' Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan defended the government's mining profits tax Thursday after reports that no revenue had collected in the first quarter due to China-driven cooling in the sector.
25 October 2012
Zulfiya Chinshanlo regained Chinese citizenship or not? Gold-winner of the 2012 London Olympics, member of Kazakhstan national weightlifting team Zulfiya Chinshanlo is returning to China, some say.
25 October 2012
Bali's 'largest' ancient Hindu temple discovered Construction workers in Bali have discovered what is thought to be the biggest ancient Hindu temple ever found on the Indonesian island.
25 October 2012
Photo courtesy of advertisingindepth.com Singapore may bin phone books over privacy fears Singapore is considering stopping the publication of free telephone directories listing residential and office numbers as privacy concerns mount.
25 October 2012
Muslims flee Myanmar unrest as death toll rises A new wave of sectarian violence in western Myanmar has left five people dead and dozens injured in recent days, triggering another exodus of Muslims to emergency camps.
25 October 2012
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry. Photo by Vladimir Dmitriyev© Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry commented row over Chinese article insulting Kazakh women This is merely an opinion of one person: Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry's press-service.
25 October 2012
Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation refutes rumors on Chinshanlo and Maneza moving to China Secretary General of Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation denies that Kazakhstan Olympic champions Zulfiya Chinshanlo and Maya Maneza are leaving Kazakhstan's national team.
25 October 2012
Photo courtesy of tx.english-ch.com Women still face gender gap in jobs, wages: report Women are closing the gender gap with men in health and education but struggle to get top jobs and salaries, data from a study of 135 countries showed on Wednesday.
25 October 2012
Ban's 'Gangnam-style' day with rapper, daredevil UN leader Ban Ki-moon had to admit Tuesday that he is no longer the world's most famous South Korean as he came face-to-face with "Gangnam Style" rap phenomenon Psy.
24 October 2012
Australia's Antarctic runway melting Australia said Wednesday it was searching for a new aircraft landing site for planes supplying its three bases in Antarctica because the current runway is melting.
24 October 2012
A set of remote islands called Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese. ©REUTERS S. Korean MPs to visit islands disputed with Japan A group of South Korean lawmakers were set Tuesday to visit an isolated set of islands at the heart of a territorial dispute with Japan -- a move likely to stoke tensions with Tokyo still more.
24 October 2012
S. Korea irked by Japan indifference to 'Gangnam Style' While South Korean rapper Psy's "Gangnam Style" has taken the world by storm, it has largely fallen flat in Japan -- an anomaly viewed with grave suspicion by some in the singer's home country.
24 October 2012
Writer Hu Hun Ba. Photo courtesy of megapolis.kz Chinese writer insulted Kazakh women His article speaks of “unbelievable hospitality of Kazakhs who are ready to offer their daughter to a guest spending a night in their house”.
24 October 2012
Japan's yakuza-linked justice minister quits Japan's justice minister, who has admitted past links with organised crime, resigned Tuesday just three weeks into the job, citing "health problems".
24 October 2012
Leonardo DiCaprio. ©REUTERS Leonardo DiCaprio urges Antarctic ocean sanctuary Leonardo DiCaprio urged a high-level Antarctic conservation meeting in Australia Tuesday to approve a sweeping Southern Ocean marine sanctuary to protect thousands of polar species.
24 October 2012
Singapore opens new cruise terminal, eyes Asian market Singapore has opened a new cruise terminal capable of berthing the world's biggest luxury liners, in a bid to boost the city-state's position as a regional travel hub.
24 October 2012
Australia's Abbott says sorry to childless PM in new row Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott apologised Tuesday after saying the government was inexperienced when it comes to having babies, a comment seen as a dig at childless Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
24 October 2012
Photo courtesy of kalyan-city.blogspot.com Chinese, US, Russian firms to set up ratings agency Chinese ratings agency Dagong said Tuesday it was tying up with US and Russian partners to form a new "independent" group to rival US-based agencies it claims have "proven inadequate".
23 October 2012
Japan's radiation monitoring unreliable: Greenpeace Government radiation monitoring in areas near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is unreliable, Greenpeace charged on Tuesday, with heavily populated areas exposed to 13 times the legal limit.
23 October 2012
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