 May 24, 2013 2:01 PM
BEIJING (AFP) - North Korea's authorities have opened the border town of Sinuiju to Western tourists, Chinese-based travel agencies said, despite international tensions over..
Straits Times 11 minutes ago
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The U.S. and China have struck an agreement giving U.S. accounting regulators access to documents from Chinese accounting firms.
Wall Street Journal 13 minutes ago
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 A motorist was last night fighting for his life after narrowly avoiding decapitation when the van he was driving slammed into a one-way bridge in Hawkes Bay yesterday.The 27-year-old man, believed to..
New Zealand Herald 19 minutes ago
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The Tokyo Board of Education has released the names of some of the schools in the capital at which the use of corporal punishment was reported. According to the board's list, of 2,190 elementary,..
Japan Today 1 hour ago
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 ACC has begun contacting clients who may benefit from a Court of Appeal decision that clarified whether interest should be paid on back-dated weekly compensation.Sid Miller, ACC's general manager..
New Zealand Herald 1 hour ago
|  Firefighters are battling a large blaze in central Queenstown.The four-storey building at 27 Shotover St is engulfed by flames and fire crews from throughout Central Otago are being called in to..
New Zealand Herald 2 hours ago
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Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said a stable Japanese debt market is "extremely desirable" and that the central bank will work to head off volatility in bond yields.
Wall Street Journal 2 hours ago
| Appointment comes as the country’s leadership struggles to raise the country’s budget revenue and reform its state enterprises
FT.com 2 hours ago
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 The best books for children and young adults have been judged by librarians from around New Zealand.More than 130 books were entered in the The Library and Information Association of New Zealand..
New Zealand Herald 2 hours ago
| May 24, 2013 11:58 AM
OSAKA (REUTERS) - Two elderly South Korean women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels abruptly cancelled a meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto after he..
Straits Times 2 hours ago
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