Jakarta, Oct. 25 (ANTARA) - Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic upheavals, was hit by five earthquakes on Sunday morning.

The CAG had noted that the project to construct six
Scorpenes at Mazagon Dockyards Limited (MDL) had already
slipped two years behind schedule, though the delivery of the

PAC-SCORPENE

HUA HIN, Oct 25 (TNA) -- The 15th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with its six dialogue partners, hosted by Thailand, ended successfully in Hua Hin resort Sunday.

The federal government is set to boost assistance to two key international refugee
agencies to meet the challenge of a surge in asylum seekers across the region.

The kookaburra sits in the old gum tree ... or so the song goes.
But with research showing more than 80 species of birds are in decline in Victoria,

SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South
Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Sunday.

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photographs, graphics, audio and video images, and illustrations (collectively,

SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has urged Japanese Prime Minister Yukio
Hatoyama to officially apologize and compensate for Japan's past colonization of

(LEAD) N. Korean leader encourages silk production
(ATTN: UPDATES with another visit to mountain resort at bottom)