BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.UN assesses N Korea food supply- June 17, 2008 UN officials are given rare access to North Korea's countryside to assess how serious food shortages there are.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7458288.stm Three prisoners hanged in Japan- June 17, 2008 Three death row inmates are executed in Japan, two months after four other prisoners were hanged.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7458254.stm Torch relay- June 16, 2008 The flame arrives in Urumqi, the Uighur Muslim homelandhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7371047.stm China dissident Huang 'arrested'- June 16, 2008 Huang Qi, a Chinese journalist who vanished last week, is being detained over criticism of the quake response, his mother says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7457452.stm Honda makes first hydrogen cars- June 16, 2008 Japanese car maker Honda begins the first commercial production of a hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7456141.stm South Korea-US beef talks back on- June 16, 2008 In a last-ditch move, South Korea and the US resume talks aimed at modifying a controversial beef agreement.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7456061.stm Flood warning after Chinese rains- June 16, 2008 China warns that one of its longest waterways, the Yellow River, is in danger of bursting its banks.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7456827.stm Malaysia to boost rice production- June 16, 2008 A Malaysian palm oil firm is to begin growing rice to tackle shortages of the crop and help meet record demand.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7456411.stm UN police eye East Timor handover- June 16, 2008 UN police in East Timor are considering handing over responsibility to the local force, amid worsening ties.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7456315.stm Aussies to skip Beijing ceremony- June 16, 2008 Most of Australia's athletes will miss the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics because of concerns over poor air quality.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/olympics/7456260.stm |