TOKYO, Aug. 27 Kyodo -
Repatriated abductee Kaoru Hasuike won an award Thursday for a nonfiction work

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry may get less than half
the increase in funding it had sought for next year, a source said Thursday,

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Dialog Group Bhd is to develop a
supply base at the Jubail Commercial Port (JCP) in Saudi Arabia.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian government proposal to
implement a prisoner transfer programme with neighbouring countries is based on

Timika, Indonesia, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - More than one thousand employees of PT Freeport Indonesia and its contractors returned to work in Tembagapura on Thursday after being absent for two weeks follo

Jakarta, Aug. 27 (ANTARA) - Extraordinary efforts and hard work are needed to complete bureaucratic reform in 2011, Head of the State Administration Institute Asmawi Rewansyah has said.

Palembang, Indonesia, Aug. 27 (ANTARA) - South Sumatra Province has around 1,483,662 hectares of peatland prone to fires, a local official said.

Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - Abu Jibril, the father of Mohammad Jibril who was arrested for alleged involvement in terrorism funding, came to the National Police Headquarters on Thursday to inquire a

DUBAI, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- A group of Saudis have come up with the
"NaqaTube", which has been described as a "clean" alternative to popular

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has no immediate plan to resume rice and
fertilizer aid to North Korea, despite the North's series of fence-mending moves,