BANGKOK, Dec. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Thais marked King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 81st birthday on Friday in a solemn mood, concerned for the health of the aging monarch and worried as well over Thailand's debilitating political deadlock. ... > full story
NEW YORK/LONDON, Dec. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. economy hemorrhaged more than half a million jobs in November, data showed on Friday, underscoring the depth of a global recession that this week prompted historic interest rates worldwide. ... > full story
BEIJING, Dec. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — China and the United States pledged on Friday to boost efforts to tackle the turmoil engulfing global markets and to continue high-level cooperation when President-elect Barack Obama takes office. ... > full story
NEW DELHI, Dec. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — India acknowledged the Mumbai attacks had uncovered security lapses but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday evidence showed the strike originated on a neighbor's soil, a clear reference to Pakistan. ... > full story
SINGAPORE, Dec. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Friday he expects difficult six-party talks next week on North Korea's nuclear disarmament and that more work needs to be done to iron out verification details. ... > full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has appealed to India not to punish his country for last week's attacks in Mumbai, saying militants have the power to precipitate a war in the region, the Financial Times reported on Monday. ... > full story
SEOUL, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Hundreds of South Koreans streamed out of the communist North at the weekend, expelled from a joint industrial enclave by Pyongyang in anger at the hardline policy of the conservative leader in the South. ... > full story
PAJU, South Korea, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — A cargo train between North and South Korea and tours from the South to the communist state stopped on Friday under a border clampdown called for by Pyongyang in anger at the conservative government in Seoul. ... > full story
SEOUL, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — South Korea proposed on Thursday direct talks with North Korea on its decision to expel South Koreans from a joint industrial enclave in the North and clamp down on crossings of their heavily armed border. ... > full story
SEOUL, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — South Korean officials will clear out of an industrial enclave in North Korea on Friday, a few days before the communist state said it would clamp down on border crossings between the rivals, an official said on Wednesday. ... > full story
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Pakistani Foreign Minister briefs Babacan Nov. 30, 2008 (Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey) — After terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi briefed Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan over ...
NKorea shuts down cross-border cargo train Nov. 28, 2008 (Australian Broadcasting Company) — A cargo train once seen as a symbol of inter-Korean reconciliation has made its last trip across the border.. . North Korea is closing down the ...
North Korea ending daily cross-border train service Nov. 25, 2008 (Denver Post) — North Korea detailed plans Monday to radically curtail ties with South Korea, announcing the end of daily cross-border train service and tours of a ...
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