Category: Regional
China, Japan shadow boxing over rocks – for now
The dispute between China and Japan over a desolate jumble of rocky islets in the East China Sea has taken a familiar turn with Beijing deploying a fleet of paramilitary [...]
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China’s Xi seeks to reassure Southeast Asia on sea dispute
China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping sought to reassure Southeast Asian leaders on Friday that his country wanted only peaceful relations with them, following months of [...]
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Burma says not worried Suu Kyi upstaging president on US visit
Myanmar’s government says it is not worried opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will upstage the president during their overlapping US visits because they work together [...]
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All the world gets a stage at UN general Assembly
Here is what the UN general Assembly next week will not achieve: ending Syria’s civil war, easing Muslim protests over insults to Islam and grinding Iran’s [...]
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US judge rejects call to ban YouTube anti-Muslim film
A US judge refused Thursday to order the video sharing website YouTube to take down a trailer for an anti-Islamic film that has triggered protests across the Muslim world. [...]
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US lifts ban on NZ naval ships
The United States has lifted a ban that had prevented New Zealand naval ships from visiting US ports or bases since the 1980s, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Friday, [...]
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Japan to push for Burma debt relief at IMF meet
Japan wants to forge an agreement on settling Myanmar’s debt burden, with talks to take place when officials from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meet in [...]
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Arrest threat overshadows Burma peace rally
Several hundred people defied authorities to march through Yangon on Friday calling for an end to the festering conflict between Kachin ethnic minority rebels and [...]
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Chief censor in Burma caps his red pen
His office was once the site of an interrogation centre run by Japan’s feared military police during World War II. And that is how U Tint Swe got his nickname: the [...]
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Taiwan ship nears disputed isles: Japan coastguard
A protest ship from Taiwan briefly joined around a dozen state-owned Chinese vessels in waters near Japan-administered islands on Friday, officials said, as a territorial row [...]
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Top US diplomat says world can’t afford crisis in Asian seas
The world can’t afford a conflict sparked by the rumbling sovereignty disputes in the seas of East Asia, a senior US official warned on September 20. Top US diplomat [...]
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China sends 10 ships to disputed Island, Senkakus
A flotilla of 10 Chinese surveillance ships was spotted near the Senkaku Islands on Thursday, keeping political tensions high over Japan’s purchase of some of the [...]
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Suu Kyi honor is ‘work of art’ for US photographer
George Berticevich had every reason to be proud Wednesday to witness Aung San Suu Kyi accepting her Congressional Gold Medal. It was, after all, his idea. The fine art [...]
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Five ink deal to form Asean rice cartel
Five Asean rice-producing countries are joining forces to form a regional alliance with the ambitious goal to boost rice prices by 10 percent annually. Trade ministers from [...]
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Burma’s Suu Kyi meets Obama, receives medal from Congress
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met President Barack Obama at the White House and received the highest congressional award on Wednesday. Suu Kyi, making a [...]
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