OBAMA URGES END TO ASIA’S MARITIME DISPUTES
President Barack Obama meets with Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) WASHINGTON (AP) —…
East Asia
CHINA’S POLITICAL ADVISERS PLEDGE FEALTY TO PARTY
By GILLIAN WONG Delegates line up to cast their votes during a plenary session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference held at the Great Hall of the People in…
CHINA’S LEADERS TAKE AIM AT RAILWAYS MINISTRY
By LOUISE WATT Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and incoming-President Xi Jinping reads a report during a plenary session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the…
SKOREANS LEARN TO LIVE WITH NKOREAN WAR THREATS
By SAM KIM In this March 7, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed March 8, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader…
HK TYCOON BROTHERS PLEAD NOT GUILTY IN GRAFT CASE
By KELVIN CHAN Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. Joint Vice Chairmen and Managing Director Raymond Kwok arrives at the Eastern Court in Hong Kong Friday, March 8, 2013. Billionaire property…
NORTH KOREA HIT BY NEW UN SANCTIONS AFTER TEST
By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council responded swiftly to Members of the United Nations Security Council vote for tough new sanctions to punish North…