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NZ killer won't reveal location of body
Twenty one years after shooting dead Deane Fuller-Sandys over allegations of a drug theft in West Auckland, Stephen Stone has admitted his guilt to the victim's family but says that he unable to tell them were the body is. Stone was jailed for life inmore
Korean at the forefront of Japan's modern art
Modernist pioneer Lee Ufan helped found a key postwar art movement in the homeland of his people's former colonizers At university I had friends who liked art, and we went to see art together and talked about it. But after I graduated, in 1961, Imore
Korean at the forefront of Japan's modern art
Modernist pioneer Lee Ufan helped found a key postwar art movement in the homeland of his people's former colonizers For the last several years, Benesse Art Site on the island of Naoshima in the Seto Inland Sea has featured prominently in rankings ofmore
Korean at the forefront of Japan's modern art
Modernist pioneer Lee Ufan helped found a key postwar art movement in the homeland of his people's former colonizers Can you tell me a little more about your childhood in what is now the South Korean province of Gyeongsangnam-do? I've heard you tookmore
China rapidly boosts investments in JGBs
China sharply expanded investments in Japanese government bonds in the first months of this year, apparently to increase exposure to stable Japanese vehicles against the backdrop of the European debt crisis, data from the Finance Ministry and othermore
China envoy arrives in Beijing
BEIJING (Kyodo) Japan's new ambassador to China, Uichiro Niwa, arrived in Beijing on Saturday and said he will serve with "patriotism and a pro-China spirit." Niwa said he wants to develop bilateral relations in a long-term perspective, citing a timemore
A vote for Hong Kong as most livable city
HONG KONG, PACIFIC PERSPECTIVES ? For me, there is no question that Hong Kong is one of the world's most wondrously livable cities. After 30 years of having Hong Kong as my home, I would challenge anyone to claim that ? on balance ? any other citymore
Singapore to help target Afghan corruption
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Singapore will collaborate with Japan to help war-torn Afghanistan train its civil servants in combating corruption. The training in anticorruption and public governance will be offered under an existing Japan-Singapore partnershipmore
Bus wreck kills 13 in southwest China
(CNN) -- A bus carrying 22 passengers plummeted nearly 30 feet off a cliff in southwest China on Saturday, killing at least 13 people and injuring nine others, state-run media reported. Local authorities told Xinhua News Agency that the bus apparentlymore
Was Rep. Singson on trip to 'test sell' cocaine in HK?
Philippine Daily Inquirer Filed Under: Police, Illegal drugs, Crime Other Most Read Stories x News News Most Read RSS ILOCOS SUR Rep. Ronald Singson may have been on a ?mission? to ?test sell? cocaine to a transnational drug syndicate when he wasmore
Was Rep. Singson on trip to ?test sell? cocaine in HK?
ILOCOS SUR Rep. Ronald Singson may have been on a mission to test sell cocaine to a transnational drug syndicate when he was arrested at the Hong Kong airport on July 11 for trafficking in illegal drugs, said a senior Filipino security official.The 26more
Two planes collide at Chinese airport: Report
BEIJING: at Beijing's international airport on Saturday, China's state media reported. The wing of a taxiing hit the tail of a stationary Air China Boeing 737-800, Xinhua said. Pilot error was likely to be behind the incident, in which no one was hurt,more
Two planes collided at Chinese airport: Report
BEIJING: at Beijing's international airport on Saturday, China's state media reported. The wing of a taxiing hit the tail of a stationary Air China Boeing 737-800, Xinhua said. Pilot error was likely to be behind the incident, in which no one was hurt,more
China cops revoke arrest warrant against scribe
BEIJING: Chinese officials have bowed to the power of the Internet, which made a hero out of a journalist who was being chased by the police after he exposed a corruption scandal. In a rare event, the police has been forced to revoke the arrest warrantmore
24 trapped in flooded Chinese mine: state media
Filed Under: Flood, Mining and quarrying BEIJING--Twenty four people were trapped on Saturday in a flooded mine in northern China, state media reported. Xinhua news agency, citing local government officials, said the incident occurred in Jixi city inmore
Man Listed As Tokyo's Oldest Had Been Long Dead
To view this content you need to install the Flash Player. A man listed as the oldest living male in Tokyo in fact died some 30 years ago, city officials said after his body was found mummified in his bedmore
24 trapped in flooded Chinese mine
Twenty-four people are trapped in a flooded mine in northern China, state media says. Xinhua news agency, citing local government officials, said the incident occurred in Jixi city in Heilongjiang province at around 5pm (2000 AEST) on Saturday. Themore
For Indonesian Christians, Gatherings Bring Tension
BEKASI, INDONESIA Sitting in the shade of a tree in an empty lot, the congregants raised their hymn books and, in response, the police, lined up in a ragged cordon, raised their riot shields. Sunday service was starting for the local Batak Christianmore
China hits back in sea claim dispute
CHINA'S military has claimed ''indisputable sovereignty'' over the South China Sea but insists it will continue to allow others to freely navigate one of the busiest waterways in the world. The statement by the People's Liberation Army seemed designed tomore
Floods kill 37 in China: reports
The death toll from floods sweeping through north-eastern China has risen to 37, according to state media, as authorities raced to intercept 12 heavy vessels hurtling down a major waterway. Torrential rains in Jilin province left a further 35 peoplemore
NZ man faces USA jail after assault
A New Zealand man facing six years in a Californian jail for an assault on his 15-year-old stepdaughter may be forced to register as a sex offender in both the United States and his home country, officials said. Michael Brady, 41, pleaded guilty onmore
Is China second-largest economy?
A senior Beijing official's reference to China as the 'world's second-largest economy' has sparked excited speculation that Asia's new powerhouse may have already reached a long-looming milestone by surpassing Japan. China's rapid recent growth has mademore
India to back New Zealander for ICC role
India's cricket chiefs on Saturday endorsed New Zealand's Alan Isaac as the next vice-president of the world governing body after former Australian Prime Minister John Howard was snubbed for the job. Isaac, who heads New Zealand Cricket, was on Fridaymore
Chinese lantern causes crop fire
Share this page A Chinese lantern released as part of birthday celebrations caused a severe crop fire when it landed in an Oxfordshire field. Crews were called to Stonesfield, near Woodstock, at 2130 BST on Friday, to seven hectares of barley crop onmore
A Narita Airport staff member assists a tourist at a videophone installed to provide Chinese-language information. (YUKARI TAKAHASHI)
NARITA, Chiba Prefecture--Businesses and other facilities here are rolling out the welcome mat for the throngs of Chinese tourists expected now that conditions for visas have been relaxed to allow more individuals to visit Japan. Those involved want tomore
Japanese firms targeted in China strikes
BEIJING--Workers at 43 foreign companies, including 32 Japanese ones, have gone on strike in China during the past two months, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed. The 43 companies were forced to completely shut down operations or suspend production,more
Korean girls 'enslaved' in wartime Japan
SEOUL--Kim Jong-ju was barely a teenager when she came to Japan in 1945 thinking she could make a difference as a member of a "volunteer corps." But what she encountered, after being put to work as a forced laborer at a Japanese factory, and not sent tomore