International Business News - Asia/Pacific http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/asiapacific.rss All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 120 30 http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/asiapacific.rss http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Gunmen abducted and killed at least 21 people in the southern Philippines Monday, apparently to prevent a woman filing her husband's nomination to run for provincial governor in elections next year, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091123/gunmen-kill-21-philippine-political-war.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091123/gunmen-kill-21-philippine-political-war.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:57:48 EST HEGANG, China (Reuters) - Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a northeast Chinese coal mine scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the latest in a series of mine disasters at 104. The protest came a day after another 11 miners were killed in a blast at a pit in the southern province of Hunan, Xinhua said. China's stability-obsessed government is nervous about any public protests, and will be keen to keep discontent under control... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091123/china-families-protest-mine-disaster-toll-hits-104.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224554-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091123/china-families-protest-mine-disaster-toll-hits-104.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091123/china-families-protest-mine-disaster-toll-hits-104.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:47:11 EST An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands on Sunday, killing four while nearly 300 passengers survived the accident, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091122/overloaded-indonesian-ferry-sinksdead-most-survive.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224526-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091122/overloaded-indonesian-ferry-sinksdead-most-survive.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091122/overloaded-indonesian-ferry-sinksdead-most-survive.htm Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:10:30 EST The death toll from China's latest coal mine disaster reached 92 on Sunday, state television said, and hopes dimmed that more survivors would emerge after a gas blast at a colliery in the nation's far northeast. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091122/china-mine-explosion-death-toll-reaches-92.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224525-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091122/china-mine-explosion-death-toll-reaches-92.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091122/china-mine-explosion-death-toll-reaches-92.htm Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:07:42 EST At least 31 miners were killed and 78 remain trapped 500 meters (yards) underground following a gas blast at a mine in China, state media said on Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/china-mine-explosion-kills-31-traps-78.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224513-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/china-mine-explosion-kills-31-traps-78.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/china-mine-explosion-kills-31-traps-78.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:49:05 EST India's prime minister and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and trade. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/india-pm-heads-tos-test-ties-with-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224452-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/india-pm-heads-tos-test-ties-with-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/india-pm-heads-tos-test-ties-with-obama.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:17:07 EST India's plans to launch a major offensive against Maoist rebels in the country's heartlands could jeopardise much-needed humanitarian operations in the impoverished area, the European Commission has warned. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/indias-attack-on-maoists-troubles-european-aid-body.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224450-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/indias-attack-on-maoists-troubles-european-aid-body.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/indias-attack-on-maoists-troubles-european-aid-body.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:05:24 EST Two Chinese rights activists who sought a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama hours before he left Beijing said on Friday they were briefly detained by police, and one said Washington's sway over rights in China had eroded. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/china-activists-say-detained-after-seeking-meet-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/china-activists-say-detained-after-seeking-meet-obama.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:06:16 EST The United States must combat China's trade-distorting industrial and currency policies with U.S. trade laws and by using the World Trade Organization, a congressional advisory body said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/congress-urged-combat-china-trade-practices.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/congress-urged-combat-china-trade-practices.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:27:18 EST Asia is leading the global economy out of the deepest downturn in decades but the recovery will be marred by high unemployment and huge government debt across the industrialised countries, the OECD said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/asia-helps-feeble-west-global-recovery-oecd.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224366-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/asia-helps-feeble-west-global-recovery-oecd.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/asia-helps-feeble-west-global-recovery-oecd.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:07:11 EST India's prime minister and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and trade. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/india-pm-heads-tos-test-ties-with-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224362-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/india-pm-heads-tos-test-ties-with-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/india-pm-heads-tos-test-ties-with-obama.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:54:06 EST U.S. President Barack Obama said he was willing to help North Korea repair its economy and end decades of international isolation if Pyongyang stopped a cycle of threats and finally moved toward nuclear disarmament. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/obama-ready-helpnon-nuclear-north-korea.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224361-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/obama-ready-helpnon-nuclear-north-korea.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/obama-ready-helpnon-nuclear-north-korea.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:50:22 EST Cuba's Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing to free scores of people imprisoned years ago and jailing others for "dangerousness," Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/cubas-raul-castro-crushes-dissent-like-fidel-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224335-cubas-raul-castro-crushes-dissent-like-fidel-report.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/cubas-raul-castro-crushes-dissent-like-fidel-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/cubas-raul-castro-crushes-dissent-like-fidel-report.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:54:13 EST U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for talks that will focus on how to tempt North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks and a delayed trade pact between Seoul and Washington. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/north-koreas-nuclear-plans-cloud-obama-seoul.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224292-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/north-koreas-nuclear-plans-cloud-obama-seoul.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/north-koreas-nuclear-plans-cloud-obama-seoul.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:23:35 EST Hong Kong Wednesday announced a political reform blueprint for electoral arrangements in 2012 that will have a key bearing on the city's struggle to realise direct elections in 2017. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/hong-kong-unveils-long-awaited-democracy-blueprint.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224291-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/hong-kong-unveils-long-awaited-democracy-blueprint.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/hong-kong-unveils-long-awaited-democracy-blueprint.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:18:47 EST U.S. President Barack Obama took time out of his busy diplomatic schedule in China to meet with his half-brother, who lives in the southern part of the country -- but only for five minutes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/obama-gets-five-minutes-with-half-brother-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224289-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/obama-gets-five-minutes-with-half-brother-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/obama-gets-five-minutes-with-half-brother-china.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:08:29 EST Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told President Barack Obama his nation does not seek a trade surplus with the United States and wants to balance flows, striking a conciliatory note but avoiding public comment on currency rifts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/chinas-wen-seeks-reassure-obama-on-trade.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224285-president-obama.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/chinas-wen-seeks-reassure-obama-on-trade.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/chinas-wen-seeks-reassure-obama-on-trade.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:57:25 EST U.S. President Barack Obama was set to continue his effort to court China while cajoling it on economic strains on Wednesday, with the final day of his visit featuring talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091117/obama-china-faces-currency-strains-andgreat-wall-climb.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224277-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091117/obama-china-faces-currency-strains-andgreat-wall-climb.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091117/obama-china-faces-currency-strains-andgreat-wall-climb.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:14:34 EST China on Monday distanced itself from proposals to delay a binding climate pact to 2010, but might be willing to sign up to a "political deal" at climate talks next month if it includes strong commitments from rich nations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091117/china-studying-plan-delay-final-climate-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091117/china-studying-plan-delay-final-climate-deal.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:58:21 EST President Barack Obama will issue an executive order on Tuesday creating an administration-wide task force to crack down on financial fraud following a rise in mortgage scams and high-profile Wall Street trading scandals, an administration official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091117/obama-orders-task-force-fight-financial-crime.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224258-obama-orders-task-force-to-fight-financial-crime.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091117/obama-orders-task-force-fight-financial-crime.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091117/obama-orders-task-force-fight-financial-crime.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:22:16 EST