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ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 15, 2016

Myanmar's new president is an unlikely leader

For years he walked alongside Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a quiet confidant in her campaign for democracy in Myanmar. On Tuesday, with her blessing, Htin Kyaw became the country's president.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 15, 2016

Despite new sanctions, North Korea plans to conduct nuclear, missile tests soon: Kim

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will soon conduct a nuclear warhead test and a test launch of ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the North's official KCNA news agency reported Tuesday.

ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 15, 2016

China calls for FBI cooperation in Internet security, counterterrorism

China wants to have deeper Internet security and anti-terrorism cooperation with the United States, China's public security minister told the visiting director of the FBI, the state Xinhua News Agency said.

ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 15, 2016

China anti-graft campaign to tackle misuse of poverty relief funds

China's anti-graft campaign will take on a new dimension by targeting officials who misuse or embezzle poverty relief funds, the country's top prosecutor told state media in an interview published Tuesday.

ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 14, 2016

After outage, Sri Lanka to guard key power transmission centers with troops

Sri Lanka will send troops to guard 100 key power transmission centers across the island nation, officials said Monday, a day after the worst power outage in 20 years, as the head of the state-owned utility board refused to rule out sabotage.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 14, 2016

Vietnam protesters denounce China on anniversary of South China Sea navy battle

Demonstrators marched in Vietnam's capital Monday to mark the 28th anniversary of a bloody naval battle with China and to denounce Beijing's growing assertiveness in the hotly contested waters of the South China Sea.

ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 13, 2016

China to create 'international maritime judicial center' amid rising sea tensions

By Jesse Johnson

China will set up an "international maritime judicial center" in a bid to help protect its sea rights, the country's chief justice said Sunday, a move that analysts say Beijing could use to bolster its claims in the disputed South and East China seas.

ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 13, 2016

U.S. serves up Korean 'rocket salad' in war drill response to North's threats

By James Pearson

There's more to do in South Korea's heavily forested Rocket Valley, just a few kilometers from the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, than fire rockets. In quieter times, people tend vegetable patches along ice-cold streams.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 12, 2016

Defector reveals details about late North Korean leader's fears over libido, diabetes

As North Korea grappled with a massive famine in the 1990s, scientists were working at an elite institute to find ways to boost then leader Kim Jong Il's longevity — and his libido — a defector said Friday.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 12, 2016

China plans to begin civilian flights to, from disputed South China Sea isles

By Jesse Johnson

China is set to begin operating civilian flights to a disputed island in the South China Sea within a year, state media reported Friday as Beijing ramps up infrastructure development in the contested waters.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 11, 2016

North Korean nuclear test shook the earth — but where's the proper proof?

Two months after what is widely believed to have been a nuclear test by North Korea, the radioactive particles to prove it have yet to be detected, suggesting the communist state is getting better at hiding the fallout, experts say.

ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 11, 2016

U.S. may need more missile defenses to counter growing threat: admiral

Current U.S. missile defenses can counter an attack on U.S. territory by North Korea or Iran but Washington will have to boost its response capacity if those countries keep expanding their missile forces, a top U.S. admiral said on Thursday.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.

With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear

By Jason Coskrey

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