By Praveen Menon
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Families in Yambali village in Papua New Guinea were sleeping peacefully in their beds when a "mountain" of rubble buried them alive in a gigantic landslide, said a U.N. rescue worker at the disaster site and the country's prime minister.
For five days now those that survived have been using shovels and bare hands to dig through mud and debris almost two storeys high, and covering three to four football... (continue reading...)
By Josh Smith
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's rare swipe at China this week underscored how Beijing and Pyongyang do not entirely see eye-to-eye on the latter's illicit nuclear weapons arsenal, despite warming ties in other areas, analysts and officials in South Korea said.
The North condemned China, Japan and South Korea on Monday for discussing denuclearisation of the peninsula, calling their joint declaration after a summit in Seoul a... (continue reading...)
By Khanh Vu
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's annual inflation rate edged up to 4.44% in May, official data showed on Wednesday, nearing the government's target ceiling of 4.5% for the year and a potential challenge to efforts to boost credit growth to drive activity.
The Southeast Asian country, a regional industrial hub, also reported strong growth in exports and industrial output in the month, but rising inflation could be a concern for... (continue reading...)
By Leika Kihara
TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates if sharp falls in the yen boost inflation or the public's perception of future prices move more than expected, board member Seiji Adachi said on Wednesday.
While short-term currency moves alone would not trigger a policy shift, the central bank could raise interest rates if excessive yen falls persist and have a big impact on inflation expectations, Adachi said in a... (continue reading...)
By Renju Jose and Kirsty Needham
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Wednesday blamed "extraordinary rainfall" and changes to weather patterns for multiple disasters in the Pacific Island nation this year, including a landslide last week which may have killed thousands.
Parts of a mountain in the Maip-Mulitaka area in Enga province in PNG's north collapsed in the early hours of last Friday and Marape said... (continue reading...)
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