http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.regional.asia News Wed, 22 May 2013 06:18:30 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:02:39 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/AS--Japan-Child.Custody/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--Japan-Child.Custody c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:34e0 TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign pressure for Tokyo to address concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without recourse. Wed, 22 May 2013 01:59:57 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/World.Markets/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_World.Markets c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:345f BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after investor confidence was boosted by a Federal Reserve official's comments that the U.S. central bank should stick with its super-easy monetary policy. Wed, 22 May 2013 01:43:23 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/AS--Pakistan/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--Pakistan c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:3446 ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani cricket star-turned politician Imran Khan has been discharged from the hospital roughly two weeks after he sustained serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event. Mon, 20 May 2013 22:59:22 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/20/AS--China-NKorea-Boat.Seized/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--China-NKorea-Boat.Seized c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:2697 BEIJING (AP) — The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for ransom by unidentified North Koreans says the boat and its 16 crew members have been released. Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:02 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/Oil.Prices/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_Oil.Prices c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:345d BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil fell Wednesday as investors waited for a report on U.S. crude stocks and the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy. Mon, 20 May 2013 10:58:29 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/20/AS--Pakistan-Roadside.Bombs/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--Pakistan-Roadside.Bombs c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:2771 ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday. Wed, 22 May 2013 04:07:34 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/AS-Japan-Nuclear-Seismic-Faults/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS-Japan-Nuclear-Seismic-Faults c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:34f9 TOKYO (AP) — Japan's nuclear watchdog has endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the plant's restart virtually impossible. Tue, 21 May 2013 00:25:31 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/21/AS-China-US/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS-China-US c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:2c84 BEIJING (AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. Wed, 22 May 2013 01:53:45 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/AS--NKorea-China/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--NKorea-China c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:3445 PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. Wed, 22 May 2013 03:39:05 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/AS-Afghanistan-Women_s-Rights/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS-Afghanistan-Women_s-Rights c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:34e2 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hard-line Islamist students are protesting in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. Tue, 21 May 2013 12:39:07 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/21/AS-Japan-Nuclear-Compensation/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS-Japan-Nuclear-Compensation c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:2fa3 TOKYO (AP) — Hundreds of people living just outside Japan's Fukushima prefecture say they have been denied adequate compensation after the country's 2011 nuclear disaster despite suffering elevated radiation levels. Wed, 22 May 2013 05:32:22 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/AS--South.China.Sea-Volatile.Waters/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--South.China.Sea-Volatile.Waters c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:34b4 MASINLOC, Philippines (AP) — Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It's become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been forced to give up their livelihoods since China took control of their fishing haven last year. Wed, 22 May 2013 02:08:51 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/AS--Japan-Economy/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--Japan-Economy c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:339a TOKYO (AP) — Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit widened in April, for the tenth straight month. Mon, 20 May 2013 08:31:17 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/20/AS--China-Gay.Rights/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--China-Gay.Rights c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:26e5 BEIJING (AP) — Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government's nervousness over a growing civil society movement and demands for stronger individual rights. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:47:25 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/AS--APNewsAlert/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--APNewsAlert c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:3304 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says that a "special envoy" for leader Kim Jong Un has left for China. Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:57 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/AS--China-Students.Attacked/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--China-Students.Attacked c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:34fa BEIJING (AP) — A mentally ill man stabbed six primary school students and an adult woman in the latest of a string of attacks on Chinese schoolchildren, authorities said Wednesday. Tue, 21 May 2013 10:33:40 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/21/World.Markets/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_World.Markets c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:2e6a LONDON (AP) — Markets were choppy Tuesday as investors remained cautious in the run-up to a much-anticipated statement from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. Wed, 22 May 2013 03:40:27 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/22/AS--Japan-Falling.Yen/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--Japan-Falling.Yen c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:34e1 TOKYO (AP) — A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan's main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their own currencies will be offset by gains from a recovery in the world's third-largest economy. It's not such good news for entrepreneurs like Thamonwan Thawornthaweewong, whose Angry Bird fish balls, squid rings and other products now cost more to sell in Japan. Sat, 18 May 2013 06:14:48 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/18/AS--NKorea-Missile/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--NKorea-Missile c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:1f56 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. Tue, 21 May 2013 05:21:58 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/asia/2013/05/21/AS--Myanmar/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_asia_AS--Myanmar c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:2d23 MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) — A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was overwhelmingly directed against minority Muslims but has produced no serious charges against the members of the country's Buddhist majority.