ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 1 -- With tensions rising between India and Pakistan following the deadly attacks in Mumbai last week, the United States on Monday increased pressure on Pakistan to cooperate in the investigation, while Indian officials lodged a formal diplomatic protest with their South...
SEOUL, Dec. 1 -- North Korea, one of the world's most shuttered states, pulled the curtains tighter Monday, drastically cutting South Korean access to a joint industrial complex in the border city of Kaesong.
AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il went to the Pyongyang zoo and visited the tigers, bears and aquarium, state-run media said Tuesday, in the latest in a spate of reports depicting Kim as fit three months after his reported stroke.
AFP - China has dramatically raised the tally of children sickened by dairy products laced with the industrial chemical melamine to 294,000, more than five times the original figure.
The software division will be the hardest hit and the largest casualty list will hail from Japan. IBM told employees that 1000 workers in Japan and 1600 elsewhere across the region would be let go. The software group would have the most redundancies ...
outlook. Shares in the country&os;s No.1 carmaker Hyundai Motor Co fell 4.63 percent and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp lost 5.02 percent. (Editing by Keiron Henderson) Keywords: MARKETS KOREA STOCKS/ ASIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKETS: Pan-Asia..... Japan ...
AP - Former President Bill Clinton kicked off his first charitable conference abroad in Hong Kong on Tuesday after his wife, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, was named secretary of state by President-elect Barack Obama.
Reuters - U.S. officials fear the deadly Mumbai attacks could worsen Indo-Pakistani tensions and prompt Pakistan to move forces from its Afghan border toward India, undermining U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan.
AP - Hundreds of pro-government demonstrators swarmed around a court building Tuesday, forcing the relocation of judges who will rule on the fate of a Thai government beset by protests and a virtual shut-down of international air links.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials fear the deadly Mumbai attacks could worsen Indo-Pakistani tensions and prompt Pakistan to move forces from its Afghan border toward India, undermining U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan. Investigators ...
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