Park asks China to deter Pyongyang's nuclear test

ROK President Park Geun-hye asked China on Friday to exercise its leadership in deterring the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from seeking a new nuclear test.

Tethered victims 'didn't want' to float apart: diver

A boy and girl trapped in a sinking South Korean ferry with hundreds of other high school students tied their life jacket cords together, a diver who recovered their bodies said, presumably so they wouldn't float apart.

Kiev 'will pay' for killing rebels, Moscow says

Russia warned Kiev on Friday that it would face justice for a "bloody crime" in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian forces killed up to five pro-Russian separatists a day earlier, while Washington said Moscow was running out of time to defuse the crisis before facing further sanctions.

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Impounded Japanese ship gets OK to leave

Company pays $28.5m in delayed rent and losses to Chinese firm

Shinzo greets a less chummy Barack

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have hoped to demonstrate his personal ties with President Barack Obama during the US leader's state visit to Tokyo, but if how they addressed each other in public was any gauge, the effort fell short.

Former US ambassador pays tribute to victims of Nanjing Massacre

Former US ambassador to China Gary Locke paid an unexpected visit to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall on Thursday, saying "history cannot be forgotten".

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Russia sets new drills for military

Ukraine troops kill militants amid checkpoint clashes in Sloviansk

India's opposition hopes to win in 2 key states

India's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party was set to make gains in two big states in the south and east that began voting on Thursday.

China welcomes Palestinian reconciliation deal

China hailed a Palestinian reconciliation deal on ending a seven-year internal split, saying it will build Palestine's internal solidarity.

Xi reassures Park on denuclearization

President Xi Jinping assured President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea during a phone call on Wednesday that Beijing is firmly committed to denuclearization in the Korean Peninsula, a day after Seoul said that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea might be preparing a fourth nuclear test.