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A South Korean naval ship, the Cheonan, sinks near South Korea\’s Baeknyeong Island, close to DPRK, in the western [...]

BANGKOK, March 26 (Xinhua) — Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Friday expressed his concern over the red-shirted march around the capital Bangkok on Saturday, Thai News Agency reported.
Meanwhile, the premier assured the coalition government has no policy to disperse the ongoing red shirt gathering.
However, it is worrying since by now it is still unknown yet [...]

SEOUL, March 27 (Xinhua) — Eight South Korean government officials, including seven from the agriculture ministry, were confirmed dead in a car accident in the southern part of the country after attending a workshop Friday night, the government said on Saturday.
According to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the crash happened at around [...]

BANGKOK, March 27 (Xinhua) — The red-shirted anti-government protesters march in capital Bangkok are still under control as the government is confident to be able to further maintain law and order, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban said on Saturday.
\”The situation is still under control,\” the deputy premier in charge of security affairs said.
Speaking at a [...]

TOKYO, March 26 (Xinhua) — Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said at a press conference on Friday that he has no intention of making any significant changes to his Cabinet, or the leadership of his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), maintaining that he himself has no plans to step down as prime minister, ahead of [...]

BANGKOK, March 26 (Xinhua) — Thailand\’s government is likely to enforce the Internal Security Act (ISA) at the venue of the Mekong River Commission Summit during April 2 to 5, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban said on Friday, Thai News Agency reported.
The summit will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in resort town Hua [...]

A South Korean naval ship, the Cheonan, sinks near South Korea\’s Baeknyeong Island, close to North Korea, in the [...]

by Prime Sarmiento
MANILA, March 26 (Xinhua) — About 15 million Filipinos are expected to switch off their lights for one hour Saturday night, joining the global community\’s symbolic stance against climate change.
Households, communities, civil society, government agencies and private companies from over 1,000 towns and municipalities in the Philippines pledged to turn off their lights [...]

BANGKOK, March 27 (Xinhua) — Thailand\’s coalition government will do every means in an attempt to bring the country out of the crisis, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said here on Saturday.
The premier\’s statement was made as the anti-government protesters are marching to eight important places in capital Bangkok to pressure the Army to withdraw troops [...]

Suva, March 26 (Xinhua) — The European Union once again comes to the aid of school children in Fiji who got affected by Cyclone Tomas.
Through the Fiji Education Sector Program, the EU will initially hand over on Monday March 29 a cheque of 1 million Fiji dollars (0.515 million U.S. dollars) to the Ministry of [...]