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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.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 11, 2016

China able to project 'substantial offensive power' from Spratlys in months, U.S. says

China will be able to project "substantial offensive military power" from artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea's disputed Spratly Islands within months, the director of U.S. national intelligence said.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Mar 10, 2016

Myanmar presidency beckons for Suu Kyi confidant Htin Kyaw

Until two months ago, Htin Kyaw was not even a member of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD). Now he is the favored presidential candidate of Myanmar's ruling party, on course to become the country's first head of state since the 1960s who is not a former top-ranking member of the...

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ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 10, 2016

China, South Korea step up sanctions on North Korea

China has barred a North Korean freighter from one of its ports and South Korea announced a crackdown on individuals and companies linked to Pyongyang's weapons program, stepping up sanctions against the isolated state.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 9, 2016

China-made truck used by North Korea in new artillery system

By James Pearson

North Korea is using Chinese-made trucks in a new mobile artillery system showcased five days ago, according to photographs reviewed by Reuters, underlining the difficulty in enforcing U.N. sanctions against the isolated state.

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Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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By Kathryn Wortley

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