Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia Pacific News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Asia Pacific Star.com http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/cat/4a8b544d0e80ba53/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 20:53:51 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:53:51 -0400 30 It was a violent day in Iraq Saturday with at least 11 people killed and 10 policemen kidnapped as hatred simmers between the ruling Shi'ite majority and the Sunni minority. Gunmen broke into the home of an anti-terrorism policeman in the Baghdad suburb of Rasheed, killing him, his wife, and two children. Another security officer was killed elsewhere in Rasheed. Police say gunmen killed a ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606427/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:06 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606427/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 VATICAN CITY Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heartrdquo; that the death of a homeless person is not news. Francis, who has made straight talk and simplicity a hallmark of his papacy, made his unscripted comments in answers to questions by four people at a ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606426/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:04 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606426/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, calls her killing an act of terrorism. Hussain was a senior vice president of PTI, which ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606425/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606425/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Cricket Australia (CA) is investigating a Twitter rant by cricketer David Warner, who launched a scathing attack on reputed Australian cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. "CA is aware of comments made on David Warner's twitter account overnight. CA is attempting to contact Warner and will continue to investigate the matter. CA will make further comment once it has conducted a ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600893/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:50:01 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600893/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Arunachal Pradesh Member of Parliament Takam Sanjoy on Saturday urged the Indian Government to be assertive in asking China to stay away from his state. "We are optimistic that the Indian Government will be very assertive on various issues affecting the two nations. All that we would ask from the Indian Government is that talks are held on the border issue. India should be assertive in placing ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600768/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:05 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600768/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is slated to pay official visit to Japan from May 27 to 29 and to the Kingdom of Thailand on May 30 and 31. The visit to Japan is at the invitation of Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe. The Annual Summit between the Prime Ministers of India and Japan is expected to enhance and strengthen the Strategic and Global Partnership between the two countries. ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600766/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:03 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600766/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 North Korea Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's defence ministry. It was reported that the defence ministry detected two missiles launched in the morning and the last one was in the afternoon. The defence ministry said the launching might be a training or a test launch, according to their observation, and ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599826/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:40:01 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599826/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Japanese government confirmed the DPRK's missile launches on Saturday, saying none of the missiles have landed in Japan's territorial waters, Kyodo news agency reported. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency earlier reported that the DPRK launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday, citing the country's defense ministry. It is reported ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599373/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:20:04 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599373/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The choice of India as the first leg of Li Keqiang's maiden overseas trip as Chinese premier has sent out a clear signal that Beijing's new leadership prioritizes enhancing ties with New Delhi but that "the two nations cannot fully restore mutual trust without resolving the border dispute", Xinhua news agency said in a commentary on Saturday. "The rationale is simple: With China and India being ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599363/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:02 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599363/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Archaeologists in southern subtropical China have uncovered evidence for the first time that people living in Xincun 5,000 years ago may have practised agriculture -before the arrival of domesticated rice in the region. Current archaeological thinking is that it was the advent of rice cultivation along the Lower Yangtze River that marked the beginning of agriculture in southern China. Poor ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598217/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00:02 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598217/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214596885/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:07 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214596885/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 In a bid to track its wildlife and hunt down poachers, Russia is all set to test unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a nature reserve on the country's Pacific coast this summer. The drones in question, weigh about two kilogramme each and have a range of 60 km. They would be equipped with inexpensive cameras capable of snapping a shot every two seconds. "UAVs are silent and can fly at a very low ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214596617/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:30:01 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214596617/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A total of 50 people have died while 14 reported missing due to latest rain and hailstorms that have hit south China, the government statistics said Friday. The worst-hit Guangdong province reported 36 deaths and 10 missing people, reported Xinhua citing authorities related to disaster reduction. In the evening, the National Committee for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Civil Affairs ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214595414/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:30:02 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214595414/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Saturday night's Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to an astronomical $600 million for a single winner, and may be even higher by the time the numbers are drawn. Winners must match five numbers picked from machines holding 59 white balls, and a special Powerball pulled from a machine filled with 35 red balls. Even if the chances of winning are tiny -- one in 175 million -- those ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607746/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:24:05 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607746/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Soldiers in Ivory Coast have arrested a militia leader who was allegedly involved in a 2011 massacre of political opponents. Military officials say Amade Oueremigave himself up Saturday as soldiers began to converge near his hideout. Oueremi and his fighters backed President Alassane Ouattara in the violence that broke out after the 2010 election when former president Laurent Gbagbo refused ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607747/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:24:05 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607747/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says in a newspaper interview that he will not step down before next year's elections. Assad's comments were published Saturday in the Argentine ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607748/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:24:04 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607748/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China Announces Its Full Support of Palestinian Move Date : 24/8/2011 Time : 23:34 Palestine-China, Politics, 8/26/2011 The Chinese Middle East envoy to the peace process, Wu Sike, transferred on Wednesday a message from the Chinese leadership confirming China's full support for the Palestinian UN bid in a meeting with Presidential General Secretary, Tayyeb Abdul Rahim, in the ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607758/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:48:30 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607758/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607765/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:48:03 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607765/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 South Korean President Park Geun- hye on Wednesday vowed at the U.S. congress to push forward trust- building on the Korean peninsula. "I will remain steadfast in pushing forward a process of trust- building on the Korean peninsula," Park said before a joint meeting of the U.S. congress. "I'm confident that trust is the path to peace, the path to a Korea that is whole ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607766/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:45:43 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607766/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 WASHINGTON, DC -- In sub-Saharan Africa, many economies are growing briskly, thanks to the continent’s abundant natural resources and global commodities boom. Development experts say revenues from minerals, oil and gas could help many countries fund much needed roads, bridges, dams and other infrastructure. A recent report by the Africa Progress Panel, a group of influential business and ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607067/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:29:12 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607067/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Jointly hosted by China Angling Association and China Cruise and Yacht Industry Association, the launching ceremony of first China Series of Angling Tournament was kicked off on May 12, 2013 in ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607073/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:28:55 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607073/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Emmelie de Forest of Denmark performs her song "Only Teardrops" during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2013. The contest is run by European television broadcasters with the event being held in Sweden as they won the competition in 2012, the final will be held in Malmo on May 18. (AP Photo/Alastair ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607020/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:25:46 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607020/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING: China is making a major shift towards financial diplomacy with India compared to its earlier focus on winning construction contracts and selling heavy equipment. This is revealed in the composition of the business delegation accompanying Chinese premier Li ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607074/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:50 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607074/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 curfew on Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign in the region, with authorities saying they killed 10 suspected insurgents. A statement Saturday on behalf of Lt. Col. Sagir Musa named 11 areas ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607071/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:49 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607071/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Bashar al-Assad insisted he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2014 as a car bomb exploded in the capital Damascus on Saturday killing at least three people. "To resign would be to flee," Assad said in an interview with the Argentine newspaper Clarin when asked if he would consider stepping aside as called for by US Secretary of State John Kerry. "I don't know if ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607093/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:48 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607093/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Nawaz Sharif and briefed him on the security situation of the country. Kayani, who sought the meeting, called on Sharif at his brother Shahbaz Sharif's residence in Lahore on Saturday. This was the first meeting between Kayani and Sharif since the PML-N emerged victorious in the elections. The meeting lasted over three hours and the leaders had lunch together. The army chief briefed the ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607017/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:46 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607017/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING: China is developing robots with a lot more capabilities for battle, "information acquisition, command and control, and collaborative support," official sources said. But the official Chinese media is saying its effort is different from the manner in which military robots have been developed in the US. "The Chinese military has its own orientation and direction, and is very ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607075/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:42 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607075/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 New York City Friday injured 60 passengers, five of them seriously. A spokesman for the Metro North commuter train line said the incident involved a train headed into the city and one traveling in the opposite direction toward New Haven, Connecticut. "Sixty people have been taken to the ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607078/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:47 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607078/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tamil diaspora for the lack of support in his reconciliation and rebuilding efforts in the former conflict zones. "Diaspora and the Tamil parties who foster separation still try to take the Tamil society towards destruction", he said while speaking at the Victory Day celebrations marking the fourth anniversary of the military victory over ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607079/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:46 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607079/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Imran Khan has held the chief of Mutthaida Qaumi Movement (MQM) directly responsible for the killing of a senior leader of his party in the city. "I ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607081/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:44 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607081/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday that aims to protect women's freedoms, with some arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles or encourage women to have sex outside of marriage. The failure highlights how tenuous women's rights remain a dozen years after the ouster of the hard-line Taliban regime, whose strict interpretation of Islam kept Afghan women virtual prisoners in ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607082/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:42 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607082/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Pandit Ravi Shankar . Curators in the UK sifting through thousands of objects belonging Britten and Pears have stumbled upon an ink written page in their private diaries which recalled their experience of having heard Shankar perform live. Britten and Pears had visited India in the early 1950s. Their diary called Shankar "the real thing". The letter will be part of a museum in the Red ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607083/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:41 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607083/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING: A Chinese man kidnapped 23 years ago at the age of five and sold to a family 1,500km from his home, has been reunited with his family again, ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607084/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:39 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607084/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper on Saturday. Speaking in Syria with the newspaper Clarin, Assad said he was doubtful that mediation the United States and Russia have proposed could settle a deadly conflict that has convulsed the country for two years. "There is confusion in the world between a political solution and terrorism. They think a political ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607085/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607085/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Korea, Republic Of South Korea's defence ministry says it is on high alert after North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast.The ministry says they were short-range anti-ship guided missiles and were apparently fired as part of a military drill."In case of additional launches and the possibility that this might lead to provocations, our army is strengthening ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606536/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:21:33 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606536/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heart" that the death of a homeless person is not news. Francis, who has made straight talk and simplicity a hallmark of his papacy, made his unscripted comments in answers to questions by four people at a huge ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606543/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:20:45 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606543/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 SPOKANE, WASHINGTON: Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment on Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606539/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:59:51 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606539/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Authorities in Texas say at least five -- possibly as many as 15 -- people have been killed in the southwestern U.S. state as a result of Wednesday's massive explosion at a fertilizer ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606004/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:40:29 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606004/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 (CNN) — North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast Saturday; South Korea’s semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap reported. The missiles were fired in a ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606400/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:21:48 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606400/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 United States of America and Australia have signed defense trade treaty Australian on Thursday. Reports say Defence Minister Stephen Smith and US ambassador Jeffrey Bleich exchanged diplomatic notes in Canberra to formally bring the Australia-US Defence Trade Treaty into force. The Treaty reflects the two countries' commitment to strengthening the alliance in the field of Defence ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606012/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:15:22 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606012/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 View Photo This file photo shows a Foxconn recruitment point in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, pictured on February 22, 2013. Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in Zhengzhou in the past three weeks, according to state media and a labour rights ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606013/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:10:55 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606013/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Gebremedhen Gebremariam of Ethiopia (3:32.4), who boasts a 3:34.49 personal best. Collins Cheboi (3:32.43), Morroco's AbdalaatiIguider (3:33.29) and Bethwel Birgen (3:33.67) came in third, fourth and fifth respectively. Silas Kiplagat, the world silver medalist over the distance, came in distant sixth in 3:33.85 as former world junior 1,500m silver medalist James Magut (3:35.29) and ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605421/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:41:43 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605421/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Zahra Shahid Hussain , the vice-president of the party's chapter in Sindh, was shot by two unidentified men outside her home in Defence Phase IV on Saturday. She died while being taken to a nearby hospital. Hussain was a member of the party's central executive committee. The motive for the murder could not immediately be ascertained. The killers escaped on a motorcycle. The shooting ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605551/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:29:52 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605551/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A group of people bow at the base of the giant bronze statue of the state founder and Great Leader Kim-Il Sung in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on February 26, 2008. (Reuters) As you might expect, North Korea's "Internet" mirrors North Korea itself: Sad, secluded, and limited to just a handful of propagandistic sites. There's ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605425/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:19:44 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605425/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 march in Rome on Saturday, protesting against the new coalition government's austerity measures. The metal workers union FIOM said the rally was to demand "the right to jobs, training and health care". "We cannot wait any longer," said FIOM ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605426/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:07:55 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605426/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 al-Qaida militants in the country's south. The officials say the attack took place around dawn on Saturday in an area called Deyfa in Abyan province. Officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to brief the media. Yemeni forces battled al-Qaida in Abyan province last year, routing out militants from major cities that al-Qaida had overrun during the country's 2011 ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605427/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:07:52 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605427/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Six college students pretended they were dead on a street in Guangzhou, capital city of southern Guangdong province to call for equal treatment of gay people, Thursday, May 16. The students, wearing T-shirts that have "Tong Xing Lian" (Chinese characters meaning gay) on them, were walking in downtown Guangzhou while some passer-by shouted "gay men are disgusting" at them. And ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605428/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:05:51 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605428/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Jacky Chen receives a bear hug from Fan Bingbing as he steps down the yacht to greet the actress during the Cannes International Film ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605431/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:05:50 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605431/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 By Yu Runze, Sina English A 4-year-old boy was drowned after he was dumped into a river in a knapsack with stones in it by three human traffickers in Fujian Province in 1995, one suspect recently confessed the brutal murder when serving the sentence for another crime he committed in in Anhui Province. "The boy was so smart that he remembered everything about his family. As a result, we ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605430/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:05:50 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605430/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 By Jia Xiaoguang, Sina English An unidentified dead body with its head and limbs all missing was found in Xincheng District, Beijing at around 4 o'clock yesterday morning. The corpse was spotted by some passer-by on a pavement not far from Tian'anmen Square at about 4 a.m., according to some eyewitness. He said the body was devoid of head and all the four limbs. The police arrived at ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605429/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:05:50 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605429/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is to kick off a week-long tour to India, Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany on Sunday in his first foreign trip since taking office in March. Analysts said Li's upcoming visits to the countries from May 19 to 27, coupled with President Xi Jinping's first overseas trip as head of state to Russia and Africa in March, highlight Beijing's bid for a more ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605432/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:05:49 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605432/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A GENERATION ago, Japan was a colossus on any investing map of the world. Envious foreigners called its export-driven economy a ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605424/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:47:30 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605424/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Reuters news agency quotes an unidentified White House aide as saying the president has decreased his request for funding the war in Afghanistan by 10 percent for the 2014 fiscal year budget. The report says the president reduced his original request from $88.5 billion to $79.4 billion. The White House issued a statement Friday saying the change was made to account for the drawdown of troops ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604876/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:47:20 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604876/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 SEOUL -- North Korea on Saturday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defense ministry ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604881/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:35:16 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604881/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 /enpproperty--> HELSINKI - China will act as a serious player and peaceful power after it has been accepted by the Arctic Council as a formal observer, Chinese Embassador to Finland Huang Xing has said. "I am pleased to learn the news that China has been accepted as a formal observer of this organization," he told Xinhua in an interview in Helsinki late Friday. He stressed that ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604882/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:35:14 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604882/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Vice President Jejomar Binay. RYAN LEAGOGO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines--Malacaang has formed a team from the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco) in Taipei to ensure protection for Filipino workers in Taiwan after reports of harassment and attacks by Taiwanese angry over the fatal shooting of one of their fishermen by Philippine coast guards last week. Vice President Jejomar Binay, ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604885/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:25:18 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604885/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Chinese officials said the death toll from widespread flooding in southern China reached 53 Saturday, with at least 16 people still missing. Heavy rain fell in southern China, and 10 provinces in the south and central China were reeling from flooding and landslides, China's official Xinhua news agency said. The Chinese government launched a level-four response to the disaster Xinhua said. ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604887/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:13:56 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604887/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan Saturday, jolting residents in the area hit hard by a massive quake in 2011, officials said. Police and fire officials said no injuries were reported and the temblor caused no damage at the Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 nuclear reactors, Kyodo News said. No tsunami warning was issued. The Japanese Meteorological Agency said the quake was 28.5 ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604888/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:13:55 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604888/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Provincial satellite TV stations will face limits on portraying certain content in dramas based on the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) at prime time as required by China's media regulator, several sources with knowledge of the matter said Thursday. The State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television has ordered a provincial-level TV ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604889/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:08:03 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604889/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 KATMANDU, Nepal ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604886/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:35:33 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604886/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 (Fotolia) NEWARK, N.J. - A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane’s landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials said. Piedmont Airlines flight 4560, operating for US Airways from Philadelphia with 34 passengers and three crew members, landed safely at 1 ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604207/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:31:21 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604207/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Strategic Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines--Malacaang on Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that Filipino coast guards had intentionally killed a Taiwanese fisherman in waters off Balintang Island in northern Philippines last week, triggering a major diplomatic row between the two countries. Chen Wen-chi, director of Taiwan's ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604344/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:28:01 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604344/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 ABUJA -- Less than five days after the Nigerian armed forces began a massive attack on militants in the north, Nigeria's Department of Defense says 65 suspected Boko Haram militants have been arrested and ten have been killed. The Nigerian military says Boko Haram militants are fleeing their camps. Some are in search of fuel while others are running from the armed forces that are ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603698/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:50:53 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603698/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A US Geological Survey map shows the epicenter of a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the northeast coast of Japan on May 18, 2013. (US Geological ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603717/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:40:39 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603717/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 They asked to play the All Blacks. They've been given a stitched-up side badged as the 'Classic All Blacks' - and Fiji rugby's 100th birthday party next month is shaping as another episode of Pacific neglect. The Fijian Rugby Union wrote to the New Zealand Rugby Union and other leading nations in August 2012 seeking agreement for a test in Suva to fittingly mark such an important anniversary. ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604342/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:30:20 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604342/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 KABUL, Afghanistan ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604191/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:19:07 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604191/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Brazilian army soldiers take part in a military exercise in preparation for the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup, in a field near the National Stadium in Brasilia. (AP ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603721/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:11:57 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603721/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Nigeria's military has imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri, as security forces continue to pursue suspected Islamist militants in the region. The military on Saturday listed more than 10 areas in Maiduguri under curfew. The armed forces have locked down the city and closed roads. Maiduguri, the original home of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603032/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:48:58 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603032/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 "Our goal is to make Jeju a gambling mecca...we want to bring the biggest tournaments here...WSOP [World Series of Poker], Poker Stars, Red Dragon, we already signed up WPT [World Poker Tour] and ATP [Asian Poker Tour]. We want to bring the big tournaments to ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603043/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:48:45 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603043/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 NEW DELHI (AFP) - India says all issues will be "on the table", including a recent border spat and a festering trade imbalance, during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the South Asian giant which starts on Sunday.At the same time New Delhi thinks "very highly" of Li's decision to make India his first overseas stop since taking charge as premier, Indian foreign ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603044/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:47:16 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603044/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 SHANGHAI - Greek Shipping Minister Kostis Moussouroulis said here Saturday Greek shipowners have recently signed contracts to buy 142 new ships from Chinese shipbuilding companies. The orders, which were signed in April, accounted for more than 60 percent of the recent global orders of Greek shipowners, said the Greek official. The shipping industry, including shipbuilding, is one of the most ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603045/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:36:06 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603045/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 MADAY ISLAND, Myanmar ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603720/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:56 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603720/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Premier Jiang Yi-huah speaks while holding a picture showing the number of gun holes in a fishing vessel after it was assaulted by the Philippine coastguard, killing a Taiwanese fisherman, during a press conference in Taipei on May 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Mandy Cheng MANILA--"Filipino migrants are innocent; they should be protected," the Hong Kong-based International Migrants Alliance ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603050/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:25 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603050/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Once the Mother's Day advertising displays came down, it was back to the grim reality of being a mother in Japan rather than in other developed ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603051/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:22:22 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603051/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 MANILA - The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan’s allegations that its coast guard had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. Hong Shi-cheng, a 65-year-old fisherman, was shot dead by the Philippine Coast Guard, who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters. Chen Wen-chi, director of Taiwan’s Department of ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603052/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:22:20 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603052/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Once the Mother's Day advertising displays came down, it was back to the grim reality of being a mother in Japan rather than in other developed ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603053/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:22:18 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603053/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The firing of three short-range missiles Saturday by North Korea could be to improve their accuracy. Or it could be atmospherics as a period of tentative diplomacy ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603055/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:12:31 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603055/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan in front of his house. Abdul Ghani was leaving his driveway in his car when the two raced up and opened fire in Farah province. Provincial ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603056/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:10:39 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603056/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows to Emperor Akihito (2nd R) and Empress Michiko (R) before giving a speech during a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of Japan's restoration of sovereignty and return into the international community, in Tokyo April 28, 2013. (Photo: ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603057/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:08:32 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603057/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 KABUL, Afghanistan ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602909/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:54:33 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602909/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Seated left to right, Kenyans Jane Muthoni Mara, Wambogo Nyingi and Paulo Muoka Nzili celebrate the announcement of a legal decision in support of Mau Mau veteran reparation payments in Nairobi in this October 5, 2012, file ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602472/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:49:04 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602472/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Excitement has been growing in recent months over the approach of Comet ISON. Like other comets, this chunk of rock and ice is following a long, elliptical orbit around the Sun, and like other comets, when it nears the Sun later this year, its trailing stream of dust and vapor will catch the sunlight and become a long, luminous, tail. Many astronomers are predicting that when this celestial ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602473/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:49:04 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602473/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 sse s reached $8.1 billion in the first three months, up 42 percent year-on-year, said the official at a forum held in Fuzhou, capital of east ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602484/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:36:57 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602484/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Francois Hollande's signature means the first gay marriages may be celebrated in France within the month. His office said he signed the bill this morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck down a challenge to the law. Hollande made legalising gay marriage one of his campaign pledges in last year's election. While polls for years have shown majority support for gay marriage ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602562/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:28:11 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602562/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Expressing surprise over S&P's threat to downgrade India's credit rating, India Inc termed the agency's affirming its negative outlook on the country as unfortunate and ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602487/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:18:33 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602487/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 NEW DELHI -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to India Sunday. His visit comes in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains, but the Asian giants are trying to downplay the disagreement. Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said it was appreciated that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is making India the first stop of his first overseas ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601877/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:31 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601877/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Beijing, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Heavy storms and rains in southern China caused in recent days 55 dead and 14 missing people, according to official figures released today, which refer to Guangdong as the province with more losses. These reports disclosed that the National Committee for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Civil Affairs began emergency work to respond to the effects of storms ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601890/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:43:25 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601890/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system, which was launched as a rival to the US satnav system. The Beidou or Compass system started providing services to civilians in the region in December and is expected to provide global coverage by 2020. Like the US global positioning system (GPS), the Beidou system can be shut down or ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601769/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:28:35 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601769/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Raha Moharrak , who became the first Saudi Arabian woman to scale the world's highest peak. Everest can be climbed from either Nepal or Tibet. May is the most popular month for Everest climbs because of more favorable ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601894/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:10:04 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601894/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601865/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:07:58 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601865/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606011/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606011/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606538/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214606538/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605423/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214605423/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607764/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607764/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603048/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603048/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604343/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604343/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604884/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214604884/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607077/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214607077/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602486/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214602486/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603719/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214603719/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The colt will face eight rivals at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday. If the horse wins, he gets a shot on June 9 to try for the first Triple Crown win since 1978 at the Belmont Stakes. Orb will break from the one post during the race. Trainer Shug McGaughey said Friday he was pleased with the horse and does not see any problems ahead of the race. Eleven horses have won the ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601367/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:45:45 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601367/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Caracas, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The arrival of the Street Government to Tachira and Barinas states, the deepening of bilateral relations with China, and the opening of the new mausoleum for Simon Bolivar, marked guidelines in the Venezuelan reality this week. After completing his visit through Miranda, the Street Government implemented by the President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro, to solve ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601379/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:40:41 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601379/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tokyo, May 18 (Prensa Latina) A six-magnitude quake on the Richter scale shook ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601380/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:40:36 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601380/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Robbie Deans was left sweating over injuries to Tatafu Polota-Nau, George Smith and Pat McCabe after the Waratahs beat the Brumbies. Polota-Nau's involvement in the Test series against the British and Irish Lions is now majorly in doubt after the Waratahs hooker fractured his forearm in the first-half.Rumoured to be out for somewhere between four to six weeks, the Test series is now just ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601381/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:40:30 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601381/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Bashar al-Assad hails from the Alawite community, which is an offshoot of Shiite Islam, while the rebels are predominantly Sunni Muslims. "Late on Friday night, the rebels took complete control of Tlaissiyeh, Zoghbe, Shaata and Balil, after the withdrawal of the army following several weeks of fighting," the Observatory said. "The residents abandoned the villages at the beginning ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601375/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:33:58 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601375/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China has congratulated Pakistan on its smooth general election, pledging continued firm support to the country. "China is glad to see that Pakistan's general election has been smoothly held," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily press briefing on Monday. Hong's comments came after the initial results showed, as of 10 a.m. local time on Sunday, Muhammad Nawaz ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601382/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:33:22 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601382/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Fiji A Fijian delegation has accepted the delivery of another A330 aircraft from Airbus in France.The state-run airline Fiji Airways now has two A330 planes.Fiji's interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimirama has thanked the aircraft manufacturer for delivering the new plane in Toulouse on schedule.The plane, which has been named Namuka-i-Lau, is expected to arrive at Nadi Airport on ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601295/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:30:34 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601295/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING: China said it will not accept any "unilateral and compulsory market measures" announced by the European Union threatening Chinese carriers with fines for non-compliance with its Emissions Trading System (ETS). Speaking at the 2013 China Civil Aviation Development Forum in Beijing, Yan Mingchi, deputy director-general of the policy, law and regulation department under the CAAC , ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601383/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:29:34 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601383/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India's annual rate of inflation continued its upward climb and stood at its steepest level since August 2004 at 8.24 per cent for the week ended May 24, against 8.1 per cent for the previous week.Since the data on wholesale price index released on Friday pertained to the week ended May 24, the inflation rate does not reflect the steep hike in prices of transport and cooking fuel announced ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601386/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:23:45 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601386/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war. The attacks followed two days of bombings targeting Shiites, including bus stops and outdoor markets, with a total of 130 people killed since Wednesday. Scenes of bodies sprawled across a street outside a mosque and mourners killed during a funeral ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601387/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:06:41 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601387/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A federal court in Houston, Texas, has sentenced an Indian citizen and a Brazilian national to three years in prison for smuggling illegal migrants into the United States. Kaushik Thakkar and Fabano Amorim were also given two years of supervised release when their prison terms end. Prosecutors say the two charged Indian citizens up to $60,000 each and conspired to smuggle them into the ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600897/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:44:03 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600897/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian hatred.Sunni-Shi'ite tensions in Iraq have been amplified by the conflict between mostly Sunni rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600874/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:42:32 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600874/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tamil party on Saturday defied a military ban and staged a commemoration of their war dead as the government celebrated the fourth anniversary of defeating Tamil Tiger rebels. ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600934/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:27:59 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600934/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 MANILA, Philippines - The alternative labor markets being eyed by the Philippine government for Filipino who may be affected by the brewing tension between Taiwan and the Philippines are not feasible, a recruitment industry expert said Saturday. According to Emmanuel Geslani, there are no alternative markets for OFWs in Taiwan in case the Philippines eventually loses this labor market, which, he ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600904/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:21:08 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600904/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Life in Japan just seems tailor-made for certain foreign residents, who slip into the fabric of this society as smoothly as a hand slides into a glove. American Curtis Patterson, a professional koto player and music teacher, is a case in point. Not only ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600906/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:16:27 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600906/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Life in Japan just seems tailor-made for certain foreign residents, who slip into the fabric of this society as smoothly as a hand slides into a glove. American Curtis Patterson, a professional koto player and music teacher, is a case in point. Not only ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600907/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:16:25 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600907/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sharif, set to become Pakistan's next Prime Minister, has convened a meeting of parliamentarians and legislators of his party here on May 20 to brainstorm a plan of action to deal with Pakistan's pressing problems including terrorism. Besides at the centre, ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600908/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:04:37 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600908/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Karima el-Mahroug's is escorted outside the Milan's Law court by a Carabinieri police officer after giving her testimony at the trial of three former Berlusconi aides accused with procuring her and other woman for prostitution, in Milan, ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600909/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:04:36 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600909/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China's chief nuclear envoy has told his South Korean counterpart that Beijing will not accept the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a "nuclear-armed state," a high-ranking Seoul official said Friday, adding that Seoul, Washington and Beijing reached a consensus on the stance, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reports. The Chinese envoy Wu Dawei made the ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600910/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:02:39 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600910/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese police have arrested a man who allegedly made bomb threats which caused delays or diversions to Shanghai, news reports said Saturday.Eleven flights were affected in total, though the suspect is not alleged to be behind all the threats. The planes were travelling from Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the Beijing News reported.One flight from Guangzhou on Friday ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600349/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:40:41 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600349/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Yahoo Japan said it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been "leaked" and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600712/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:25:58 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600712/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Thousands of households have been relocated, and China's weary band of environmental activists, who have fought for years to slow the process of damming on the Yangtze and China's other great rivers, ask: why China can't have just one single river that is not ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600416/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:23:50 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600416/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Australian batsman David Warner is under investigation following comments on his Twitter account directed against two of the country's leading cricket writers. Photo by: Cameron ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600357/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:19:41 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600357/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Toru Hashimoto Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who co-heads the opposition Japan Restoration Party, told reporters Monday that Japan must admit invasion of Asian countries as a result of its WWII defeat and introspection and apology is a must given the fact that it had brought so much pain to its neighbors. However, speaking of the issue of comfort women, also known as sex slaves, the mayor made a ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600437/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:11 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600437/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe poses inside a T-4 training jet plane of the Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse flight team at the ASDF base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi prefecture on May 12, 2013 as part of his inspection tour of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster areas. The number 731 reminds people of Unit 731, which was a covert biological and chemical warfare ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600436/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:11 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600436/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Plans to expand the American naval presence in the Pacific with new ships and hi-tech weaponry will go ahead despite steep budget cuts, the U.S. Navy chief said before a trip to the region. Admiral Jonathan Greenert told AFP in an interview he will seek to "reassure" partners during a nine-day trip to Japan, Singapore and South Korea that mounting pressure on military spending will not ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600438/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:10 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600438/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China's top newspaper on Wednesday published a call for a review of Japan's sovereignty over the island of Okinawa. The article in the People's Daily argued that the country may have rights to the Ryukyu chain, which includes Okinawa. The authors of the article, two scholars at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said the Ryukyus were a "vassal state" of China before ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600439/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:09 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600439/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Seven South Korean personnel staying at an inter-Korean complex in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will be able to return home later Friday after completing negotiations for the settlement of various accounts, a government official said Friday. "An understanding was reached during talks with the North Korean(DPRK) side with the South Koreans to cross over the ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600441/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:09 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600441/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Japan marked on Friday the 66th anniversary of the enforcement of its pacifist constitution amid large scale of protests against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempt to revise the country's supreme law. About 3,500 people gathered in Hibiya Park in downtown Tokyo and took to the streets to demonstrate their oppositions against the government attempt to amend the war-renouncing Article 9 ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600440/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:09 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600440/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599931/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:39:41 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599931/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Officials say the gunmen gunned down an administrator for the al-Rasheed district Saturday, and also killed the police captain's wife and their two children. The attackers also killed at least one security officer nearby. On Friday, a series of bomb attacks targeted Sunnis in Iraq, including in Baquba, just north of Baghdad, killing 70 people and increasing fears of renewed sectarian ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599863/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:39:41 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599863/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 KABUL, Afghanistan -; An Afghan legislator says conservative lawmakers have blocked a law that aims to protect women's freedoms, saying parts of it violate Islamic ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599904/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:36:00 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599904/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tokyo, May 18. (BNA) -- A 5.9 magnitude earthquake jolted today northeastern Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced, without issuing any Tsunami warnings. The agency said that epicentre of the quake was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, more than 200 km northeast of Tokyo, where buildings also shook. W H Q BNA 0937 GMT ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599937/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:25:35 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599937/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Earthquake measuring 5.7 strikes northwest Pakistan An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 has jolted northeastern Japan, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tokyo Electric Power Co's two nuclear plants in Fukushima reported no new irregularities after the quake, Kyodo news agency said. Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi prefecture further ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599939/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:23:07 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599939/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tokyo Electric Power Co's two nuclear plants in Fukushima reported no new irregularities after the quake, Kyodo news agency said. Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi prefecture further north also detected no irregularities, ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599940/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:59 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599940/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Palestinian travellers , witnesses said. The protest began on Friday when police strung barbed wire across the Rafah border post and chained up the gates, local residents said, a day after the abductions. Gunmen demanding the release of jailed Islamist militants had seized seven policemen and soldiers on a road between the Sinai towns of el-Arish and Rafah. Three of those abducted had worked at ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599865/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:54 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599865/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday extended by 14 days former President Pervez Musharraf's judicial remand over the detention of judges during the 2007 emergency. ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599972/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:53 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599972/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 By 2030, roughly two-thirds of the world's middle class will be in the Asia Pacific region, largely in China, according to a report by Ernst & Young. Currently at around 150 million people, the Chinese ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599942/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:21:31 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599942/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Cricket Australia says it is attempting to contact test opener David Warner over reported comments he made on Twitter in terse and often angry exchanges with two ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599875/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:15:54 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599875/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599943/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:12:21 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599943/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600435/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:12:21 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600435/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601893/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:12:21 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601893/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600903/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:12:21 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214600903/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 >Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601385/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:12:21 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214601385/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A Bangladeshi woman reacts holding her son's daughter after her son's body was found after the April 24 garment factory building collapse in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Photo:Agencies) Bangladesh's government plans to raise the minimum wage for garment workers after the deaths of more than 1,100 people in the collapse of a factory building focused ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599944/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:56:43 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599944/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 South Korea's unification minister said Wednesday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) must rescind all actions that led to the temporary shutdown of a joint industrial park on its soil and give assurances that a similar problem would not recur. In a meeting with senior ruling Saenuri Party lawmakers at the National Assembly, Ryoo Kihl-jae said DPRK needs to clearly ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599945/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:56:42 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599945/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 South Korean President Park Geun-hye will head a large economic delegation to visit the United States on Sunday as her first overseas trip since taking office, the Yonhap News Agency reported Friday. The 51-member economic delegation, largest in history, include the heads of South Korea's five largest business organizations, such as Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, Hyundai Motor ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599946/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:56:41 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599946/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is preparing to conduct a large-scale air, land combined forces exercise along its Yellow Sea coast, as it lets loose a steady barrage of verbal attacks against South Korea and the United States for conducting joint military drills. South Korea said intelligence picked up signs that the country may conduct an exercise around Nampho that makes ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599948/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:56:41 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599948/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The DPRK says the fate of the Kaesong industrial complex is at a critical point, but has not given any more details about what it plans for the future. The spokesman says his country is watching closely whether South Korea's latest move is confrontational behavior, for which it will pay a heavy price. He says the DPRK attaches much importance to the complex. But he says it is South Korea ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599947/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:56:40 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599947/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 At least 36 people have died and ten others have been reported missing in downpours that have swept south China's Guangdong Province since Wednesday. Rainstorms battered five cities, including the provincial capital Guangzhou, on Wednesday and Thursday, triggering heavy flooding in some areas. The flood water levels of some rivers in Guangdong have surpassed warning lines and the Beijiang ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599486/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:32:19 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599486/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Pankaj Ghemawat, a professor of global strategy at the IESE Business School, believes that the Chinese southwestern city of Chengdu will play a very important role in China's integration in the global economy.Chengdu, the capital city of China's Sichuan Province, "will carry out a very important role in not only assuring that China is increasingly integrated in the global economy, ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599487/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:26:32 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599487/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Japanese government confirmed the DPRK's missile launches on Saturday, saying none of the missiles have landed in Japan's territorial waters, Kyodo news agency reported.South Korea's Yonhap News Agency earlier reported that the DPRK launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday, citing the country's defense ministry.It is reported that the ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599488/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:26:28 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599488/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Singer Liu Yuanyuan performs during the opening ceremony of the 9th China (Beijing) International Garden Expo in Beijing, capital of China, May 18, 2013. The expo opened in southwestern Fengtai district in Beijing on Saturday and will last till Nov. 18, 2013. Garden designs from 69 Chinese cities and 29 countries will be presented. (Xinhua/Li ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599489/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:26:25 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599489/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 two nuclear plants in Fukushima reported no new irregularities after the quake, Kyodo news agency said. Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi prefecture further north also detected no irregularities, operator Tohoku Electric Power Co said. In Miyagi prefecture, where the shaking was the strongest, there were no information on injuries, Kyodo added. The United States Geological Survey recorded the quake ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599397/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:24:14 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599397/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast, according to the South's defence ministry. Launches by Pyongyang of such missiles are not uncommon, but the ministry would not speculate whether these latest ones were part of a test or training exercise. It comes during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions between the two countries. ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599478/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:16:11 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599478/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING (Reuters) - China's housing inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in April in two years, driven by a jump in prices in Beijing and Shanghai, complicating the task of policymakers trying to cool the property sector while supporting economic ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599399/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:12:10 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599399/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: A Chinese man working on an energy project in PoK was held on Saturday after hundreds of protesters attacked his company offices over the alleged desecration of a Quran, officials said. Lee Ping, administration manager of a Chinese consortium building the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project, was accused by co-Pakistani workers of throwing ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599495/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:57:11 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599495/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) poses one of the most critical U.S. security challenges in Northeast Asia as it is pursuing nuclear capabilities and developing long-range ballistic missiles, the Pentagon said Thursday. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered the first report on the DPRK's military development to Congress, as required by the National Defense ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599496/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:55:06 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214599496/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Officials say Police Chief Abdul Ghani was near his home late Friday when gunmen shot him. No one has been detained in the case. The Associated Press quotes a local official as saying Ghani had led a crackdown on insurgents in his district of Khaki Safad that resulted in the killing and capture of several Taliban leaders. The spokesman said that made him a target for Taliban ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598853/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:34:24 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598853/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A man who allegedly made false bomb threats that affected flights in five Chinese cities was caught on Friday afternoon in Yancheng City of east China's Jiangsu Province, the municipal police said on Saturday.From 5:22 pm to 5:25 pm on Friday, police in the cities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Guangzhou received phone calls claiming there were bombs on airplanes bound for ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598893/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:24:02 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598893/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's defense ministry.It is reported that the defense ministry detected two missiles launched in the morning and the last one was in the afternoon.The defense ministry said the launching might be a training or a test ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598994/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:23:58 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598994/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan's main Honshu island on Saturday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598995/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:20:58 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598995/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Afghanistan Australia could help Afghanistan develop its fledgling mining industry and tap into mineral and energy reserves estimated to be worth trillions of dollars. The country is eager to find a new source of revenue when international aid starts to decline and foreign forces withdraw next year. Afghan mining minister Wahidullah Shahrani, has already met with various Australian Government ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598878/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:18:46 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598878/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Philippine deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte, at a press briefing on Friday, said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) "responded accordingly" to the situation. "It was an aggressive act, the ramming of the boat into our vessel was certainly an aggressive act, so the PCG responded accordingly," she said. However, the spokeswoman said with a clear smile over such a ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598997/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:52:00 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598997/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 No decision has been made on the return of the last seven South Korean personnel from the inter-Korean complex in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as the two sides remain divided over the settlement of various accounts, a South Korean government official said Friday. "Discussion on the settling of accounts and other issues is underway, but nothing has been decided on ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598998/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:51:59 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598998/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The DPRK says it will put a US citizen on trial for conspiracy to overthrow the government. 44-year-old Bae Jun-ho, known in the US as Kenneth Bae, is said by authorities in Pyongyang to have "admitted that he committed crimes aimed at toppling the DPRK with hostility toward it". Bae was arrested last November when he entered the country as a tour guide. It is reported that DPRK ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598999/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:51:58 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598999/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Seismologists say a strong earthquake has struck off the northeastern coast of Japan's main Honshu island, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598360/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:30:36 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598360/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 TOKYO (AFP) - An aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned home from a trip to North Korea on Saturday but declined to shed any light on the reason for his mysterious visit.Isao Iijima, a senior adviser to Abe, was tightlipped when confronted by reporters in Beijing on his way home. "I won't accept any interview on this issue," he told reporters, according to Japan's ... http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598364/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:28:49 -0400 http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/214598364/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53