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The Hong Kong government recently announced that private hospitals would not be allowed to accept bookings from mainland mothers hoping to give birth in the city beginning next year.... 2012-05-03

Despite an agreement to retrofit its current fleet of fighter jets, the sale of new F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan is back on the agenda again. The potential sale has resurfaced at a time... 2012-05-02

Increasing fractures are surfacing within the ruling Saenuri Party, with rumours of an internal power struggle growing following the party's legislative election victory in April and... 2012-05-02

Geopolitical tensions appear to be heating up with the Japanese government's recent decision to accord official names to a group of 39 uninhabited islands, of which four belong to the... 2012-03-05

Talks between the U S and North Korean governments have born significant fruit, with Pyongyang agreeing to freeze its nuclear weapons programme in return for a food aid package from... 2012-03-05

Hong Kong's outgoing Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang has raised public ire just months before stepping down. The city's top official presently faces a corruption probe and allegations... 2012-03-05

The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) has renamed itself the Saenuri Party in a bid to improve its election fortunes ahead of legislative elections in April. Following the emergence... 2012-02-03

Stability on the Korean Peninsula has been called into question following the death of North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Il. Although his son Kim Jong Un appears to be taking over, the... 2012-01-06

Incumbent president Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang heads into the final election days with a considerable lead over main opposition Democratic People's Party Tsai Ing-wen in the final... 2012-01-06

Independent candidate Park Won-soon won Seoul's mayoral election, striking a hard blow to the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) ahead of parliamentary elections in early 2012. Seoul's... 2011-10-28