BBC News | World | Asia-Pacific | UK 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.China vice-president in N Korea- June 17, 2008 China sends Vice-President Xi Jinping to North Korea in an apparent push for progress in nuclear talks.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7459876.stm Pump action- June 17, 2008 Malaysians protest over fuel price hikeshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7458477.stm Australia warns of threat to bees- June 17, 2008 A deadly mite could threaten Australia's vital honey bee population, a parliamentary committee warns.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7459158.stm 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/-/1/hi/world/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/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7458254.stm Torch relay- June 16, 2008 The flame arrives in Urumqi, the Uighur Muslim homelandhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/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/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7457452.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/-/1/hi/world/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/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7456827.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/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7456315.stm |