The death toll of early Tuesday's ferry capsizal in Bangladesh's central Munshiganj district has risen to 66 on Wednesday morning.
South Korea's jobless rate fell to 4.2 percent last month from a year earlier as job creation kept its solid growth trend in the service industry.
Japan announced on Tuesday that it has won Chinese authorities' approval to buy 65 billion yuan ($10.3 billion) in Chinese government bonds.
China has established a minister level co-op mechanism with Japan and the ROK as the three countries aim to tackle water problems together.
China and the US finished consultations on the Asia-Pacific region after recent signs of progress on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
A ferry packed with about 200 people capsized in a river in southern Bangladesh Tuesday, killing 31 and leaving dozens more missing, authorities said.
Taliban threatened to behead US troops in revenge for the massacre of Afghan civilians by a US soldier.
Japan's central bank on Tuesday decided on a two-year extension of its loan program to boost economic growth while maintaining its key interest rate at around zero to 0.1 percent.
A fishing boat of South Korea sank in waters off southern Japan Tuesday morning.
An overcrowded ferry carrying about 200 passengers capsized early Tuesday in Bangladesh.
A majority of Japanese oppose a restart of nuclear power plants currently shut for maintenance.
US President Barack Obama said on Monday that the shooting rampage which killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan will not lead to immediate withdrawal of US troops from the country.
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