Global Insight 11:23am

Seoul searches for path to welfare state

Park Geun-hye says South Korean model at turning point

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee is escorted by security personnel as he emerges from the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka on August 18 2011. A special Bangladeshi court set up to try people suspected of war crimes during the 1971 battle for independence from Pakistan adjourned a hearing on August 18 after defence lawyers pleaded for more time. The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal, which was established last year by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will hear cases of alleged collaborators who are accused of crimes ranging from mass killings to rape. ©AFP 10:29am

Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death

Sayedee found guilty of committing war crimes

Thailand's National Security Council secretary general Paradorn Pattanathabutr (left) and Malaysian-based National Revolution Front chief Hassan Taib (right) exchange signed documents as Malaysia's National Security Council secretary Mohamed Thajudeen Abdul Wahab witnesses during the signing ceremony of the general consensus document to launch a dialogue process for peace in the border provinces of southern Thailand, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ©AP 9:15am

Thais agree to talks with Muslim rebels

Breakthrough in efforts to end conflict in the country’s south

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ©Reuters JAPAN 4:16pm

Abe nominates Kuroda to run BoJ

Central bank chief to play pivotal role in economic revival plan

INDIA 3:44pm

India imposes 10% ‘donation’ on rich

Import duties on luxury cars will rise too

high speed train of the new 2,298-kilometre (1,425-mile) line between Beijing and Guangzhou as it waits to start off in Beijing on December 26, 2012. China started service on December 26 on the world's longest high-speed rail route, the latest milestone in the country's rapid and -- sometimes troubled -- super fast rail network. The opening of this new line means passengers will be whisked from the capital to the southern commercial hub in just eight hours ©AFP CHINA 3:31pm

China’s rail ministry faces break-up

Powerful ministry set to fall victim to government reforms

CHINA 1:08pm

China blames US hackers for attacks

Beijing says most attacks on two military sites come from US

Indian finance minister P. Chidambaram, centre ©AFP From GLOBAL ECONOMY 12:16pm

India taps ‘super-rich’ in budget

Government to increase spending on social programmes

Haruhiko Kuroda ©AFP JAPAN 2:50am

Kuroda to add optimism to BoJ mix

Next governor is vocal critic of conservative central bank

David Pilling from COMMENT 7:34pm

China pushes lending into the shadows

Banks and non-banks alike have proved adept at circumventing regulations

From COMMENT 7:25pm

China should abandon North Korea

The best way is to take the initiative to facilitate unification with South Korea, says Deng Yuwen

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 27, 2013

India calls end to economic downturn

Delhi estimates GDP growth above 6% next fiscal year

JAPAN Feb 27, 2013

Japanese on alert over China’s toxic smog

New guidelines to warn citizens of impact on air quality

CHINA Feb 27, 2013

Hong Kong forecasts rebound in economy

Government announces measures to reduce poverty gap

Feb 26, 2013

Manila tells sultan to end Sabah stand-off

Clan leader’s followers have occupied fishing village in Malaysia

beyondbrics Feb 26, 2013

Thailand’s migrant worker plan

Feb 26, 2013

Fuel subsidy weighs on Indonesia

A tenth of budget spent on holding down petrol price

From AFGHANISTAN Feb 25, 2013

Afghan officials accuse US troops of abuses

Karzai wants special forces expelled from Wardak province

Feb 25, 2013

Malaysian opposition sets out poll agenda

Anwar Ibrahim’s People’s Alliance pledges anti-graft drive

INDIA Feb 25, 2013

Prudence set to win India’s budget battle

Tussle between fiscal orthodoxy and free-spending populism

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