South Korean authorities have blocked activists from sending leaflet balloons across the border, following threats from North Korea to launch an attack if any balloons entered its airspace. Security forces faced off on Monday with a group of North Korean defectors near Imjingak Park, just south the the Demilitarized Zone separating the North and South. […]
South Korean Police Block Activists from Sending Leaflet Balloons Into North
Posted October 22nd, 2012 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
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Burma’s Thein Sein: Foreign Investment Bill to be Finalized in ‘Days’
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
Burmese President Thein Sein says long-delayed legislation to boost foreign investment in his country could be finalized within days. Speaking Sunday in the capital Naypyitaw, Mr. Thein Sein said he “thinks” a final draft of the foreign investment bill will emerge in several days after months of debate and amendments by parliament and the presidency. […]
Japan Nobel Laureate Gets New Washing Machine
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
Japanese cabinet ministers are pooling their money to purchase a new washing machine for Shinya Yamanaka, who was recently awarded the $1.2 million Nobel prize for medicine along with a colleague. Yamanaka had joked that he was fixing his washing machine when Oslo called to say he had won the prize for his stem cell […]
US to Invite Burma to Observe Military Exercises
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Thailand says the United States plans to invite Burma to observe a major regional military exercise early next year. Thai Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Thanathip Sawangsang said on Friday that Burma will be allowed to observe “Cobra Gold,” which annually brings together more than 10,000 troops U.S. and Thai troops and other participants from countries […]
U.S. Imposes Curfew on All American Troops in Japan
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
The commander of U.S. forces in Japan has imposed an nationwide curfew for all military personnel in Japan after the arrest of two American sailors for the alleged rape of an Okinawan woman. Lieutenant-General Salvatore Angelella said Friday that the immediate 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew will apply to all American service members, whether […]
N. Korea Threatens Attack if Activists in South Launch Balloons with Leaflets
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
North Korea has threatened to shell South Korea if activists in the South send anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Friday that the Western Front Command of the Korean People’s Army would conduct a “merciless strike” without warning on northwestern Phaju City, where activists say they will launch […]
North Korea Threatens Military Attack if Activists in South Korea Launch Balloons with Leaflets
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
North Korea has threatened to shell South Korea if activists in the South send anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Friday that the Western Front Command of the Korean People’s Army would conduct a “merciless strike” without warning on northwestern Phaju City, where activists say they will launch […]
Burma Authorizes Foreign Credit Cards
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 1:15 am (UTC-5)
Burma has approved the introduction of foreign credit cards, a move that will greatly simplify life for visitors to the former outcast nation. The state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported Friday that the finance ministry has given approval for Visa, MasterCard, China UnionPay and Japan Credit Bureau to enter the long-closed country. The paper […]
China’s Economy Slows to 7.4 Percent in Third Quarter
Posted October 18th, 2012 at 2:10 am (UTC-5)
China’s economy grew by 7.4 percent in the third quarter, missing the government’s target and falling to its slowest rate of growth since the global financial crisis. The figures released by the National Statistics Bureau on Thursday represent the seventh consecutive quarter of easing for the world’s second largest economy. Although 7.4 percent growth would […]
China’s Economy Slows to 7.4 Percent in Q3
Posted October 18th, 2012 at 12:20 am (UTC-5)
China’s economy grew by 7.4 percent in the third quarter, missing the government’s target and falling to its slowest rate of growth since the global financial crisis. The figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday represent the seventh straight quarter of easing for the world’s second largest economy. Although 7.4 percent growth […]
