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Xi proposes ‘new Silk Road’ with Central Asia

Sept 9, 2013

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday proposed that China and Central Asian countries build an “economic belt along the Silk Road,” a trans-Eurasian project spanning from the Pacific Ocean to the ...
Indonesia establishes carbon deal with Japan

Sept 2, 2013

Japan and Indonesia signed a bilateral agreement to offset emissions under the Joint Crediting Mechanism, a carbon trading program. The bilateral offset credit mechanism will allow Japanese companie...
Chinese premier pledges to prioritize education, sci-tech

Sept 2, 2013

China’s government will continue to prioritize and invest in education, and enhance science and technology, to stabilize and transform the slowing economy, Premier Li Keqiang said. “China should pla...
Malaysia fights illegal immigration

Sept 2, 2013

They were found crouched in concealed rooms, secret compartments in ceilings, behind walls and even under floorboards. But they did not remain hidden for long and were among the more than 1,000 ille...
Shanghai sets guidelines for pilot trade zone

Aug 26, 2013

Shanghai is set to test the water for further financial reform after the Chinese central government approved the establishment of a pilot free trade zone in the business hub. The city released detai...
Singapore is ‘top Asian spot’ for Chinese tourists

Aug 26, 2013

Singapore is ahead of the game when it comes to wooing travelers from China, coming out tops among Asian countries in a recent survey. And it plans to stay there, with the Singapore Tourism Board an...
The danger of electronic waste

Aug 26, 2013

Akash Ali is a 9-year-old laborer who works at a warehouse on Rawalpindi’s College Road. He suffers from asthma, but he seems unaware of the health and environmental hazards attached to his job. Aka...
Homeless foreigners unaided in Thailand

Aug 19, 2013

A growing number of foreign tourists and retirees are becoming homeless in Thailand, and the country should change its mindset to help them ― at least with initial assistance ― especially with the AS...
SE Asia’s tallest tower to rise in Malaysia

Aug 19, 2013

The narrow, tree-lined roads around Stadium Merdeka are mostly quiet, coming to life just twice a day when schoolchildren arrive at and spill out of the six colonial-era schools nearby. At other tim...
China to be world’s No. 1 consumer

Aug 19, 2013

Even with the ongoing slowdown of China’s economic growth, the world’s second-largest economy is expected to overtake the United States to become the world’s largest consumer market in the next five ...
Agusan del Sur folk caught in the crossfire

Aug 12, 2013

Twenty-eight-year-old Linda Andalique was counting the days before she would give birth to her fourth child when she and her family were forced to leave their home in the town of Loreto in Agusan del...
China carmakers to continue to face rough road

Aug 12, 2013

The market share of domestic-brand four-door vehicles hit its lowest point in at least five years in July, even as China’s overall vehicle production and sales maintained stable gains. Analysts said...
Korean program airs in Vietnam

Aug 12, 2013

A Korean language teaching program was broadcast on VTV 2 from Monday as a follow-up to the first part aired last year. The program is implemented by the Korea Foundation in coordination with the Un...
Japan to build network to share medical info

Aug 5, 2013

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to build an Internet-based network that would allow medical institutions nationwide to share patients’ medical treatment and drug prescription records ― a...
Nature lover listens to the forest’s pain

Aug 5, 2013

The glowing red sun slowly sets behind the forests of Na Hang, casting its final rays through the over 100-year-old trees in northern Vietnam’s Tuyen Quang province. Phung Van Pham, a 55-year-old ma...