HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City ’s authorities on January 5 paid tribute
to Abdurrahman Wahid, the former President of Indonesia, at the Indonesian Consulate

SHIZUOKA, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo -
A ''life-size'' statue of Gundam, a giant robot from a classic sci-fi animation

NARATHIWAT, Jan 6 (TNA) - Security has been stepped up in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's visit to the province on Thursday to hand over homes to f

TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo -
Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii told Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Tuesday

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Koreans have been studying an official New Year's
editorial released by the country's leading newspapers, with factories and

TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo -
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Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii will step down from his post due to poor

Singh said if the tribal areas' problems were not given
the attention they deserve, then it could raise to naxalism as
has been seen in some parts of the country.

New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) Listing terrorism, naxalism,
regionalism and communalism as four sources of strain in the
country's law enforcement, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan

SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South
Korean newspapers on Jan. 6.

SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- The number of people "actually" out of work and not
counted in official jobless figures in South Korea surged last year from a year