SEOUL, - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Monday his government will put efforts on promoting the country’s traditional culture in the global community, urging his people to pay more attention to culture.
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CANBERRA, - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday welcomed discussions with the opposition on the emissions trading scheme (ETS) and asked them to reveal the costs of their proposed amendments. ...
SEOUL, - South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said on Monday it would be “difficult” for his country to cooperate and coexist with a nuclear-equipped Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), noting that denuclearization is the top emphasis of South Korea’s DPRK policy. ...
CANBERRA - The Australian state of Queensland considered declaring a state of emergency on Monday as 200 homes were at risk from out of control bushfires burning near Rockhampton in the state’s north. ...
JAKARTA, - U.S. President Barrack Obama would send a delegation to attend the inauguration of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono on Tuesday, a statement from the U.S. embassy website said Monday. ...
BANGKOK, Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Monday the government will not let the anti-government protesters to disrupt the forthcoming ASEAN Summit. ...
JAKARTA,- Indonesia’s Upper House on Monday formed an ad hoc committee for the country’s president inauguration scheduled on Tuesday. ...
CANBERRA - The boss of the Australian Workers Union on Monday urged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to show compassion and leadership on the asylum seeker issue. ...
Phnom Penh/Cambodia (WAM)–UAE Economy Minister HE Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri has met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, where they discussed potential resources of each side to explore setting up of joint investment ventures, particularly in the field of irrigation, agricultural land reclamation and tele...
Health experts around the globe were chilled earlier this year by the discovery that malaria in Cambodia has evolved resistance to the most promising drug in medicine’s arsenal. ...
SINGAPORE, — A job portal poll in Singapore found that teachers and trainers are the happiest, local media reported on Monday. ...
TOKYO, - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Sunday called on the United States to make a pledge not to use nuclear weapons first, local media reported Monday. ...
JAKARTA,– The marines of Indonesia and the United States conducted a joint amphibious landing exercise at the Banongan Beach, Asembagus, Situbondo in East Java on Sunday, the national Antara news agency reported. ...
KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysia said on Sunday that it would take stronger action against illegal immigrants in East Malaysia’s Sabah State next month and detain those unregistered. ...
TOKYO, - An international conference on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament opened Sunday in Hiroshima, the first city struck by an atomic bomb in 1945, said reports from the southwestern Japanese city of Hiroshima. ...
BANGKOK, - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Sunday that the red-shirted protestors would not be allowed to get near the venues for the ASEAN Summit since the Internal Security Act has been imposed. ...
SEOUL,- The South Korean government on Sunday ordered Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co. to call back around 3,000 trucks for problems in the steering column. ...
NEW DELHI,- Six fire fighters were killed when fighting a blaze in a multi-stories building in the city of Thane north of Mumbai Sunday morning, reported the Indo-Asian News Service. ...
NEW DELHI, — India Sunday forced a U.S. army plane, carrying 205 passengers including marine commandos, to land at Mumbai airport for violating Indian airspace, aviation sources said. ...
VIENNA, — Human trafficking has become a serious and under-detected crime all around the world, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported on the EU anti-trafficking day. ...
LUSAKA, - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to make a presentation on the sub-Saharan economic outlook in the Zambian capital Lusaka late in the month, a statement said on Saturday. ...
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