TOKYO - JAPAN pressed China on Sunday to take a tough stance on North Korea, saying anything but a 'strong' UN Security Council resolution in response to last month's nuclear test would send the wrong message to the reclusive communist country.
SHANGHAI - CHINA'S first Gay Pride Week kicked off in Shanghai on Sunday, but without the customary street celebrations as organisers sought to maintain a low profile and steer clear of official approval.
SRINAGAR (India) - AT LEAST 24 people were feared dead on Sunday when a bus they were travelling in skidded off a road and plunged into a fast-flowing river in Indian Kashmir, police said.
TAIPEI - TAIWAN'S President Ma Ying-jeou is set to take over the chairmanship of the ruling Kuomintang party after its chairman, Wu Po-hsiung, retires in September, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
Mr Ma is certain to run for the chairmanship in an election to be held on July 26, the Chinese-language Liberty Times reported.
