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Vietnamese minister sacked over graft scandal
Vietnam's Parliament rubber-stamped yesterday a decision by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to sack his agriculture minister following a major corruption scandal.
Police on top alert for Indon presidential campaign
Police were put on top alert yesterday ahead of campaigning for the country's first ever direct presidential election, their spokesman said. Police will also deploy special teams to guard five pairs of candidates running for president and vice president, he said.
Setback for Roh as premier quits
President Roh Moo-Hyun yesterday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Goh Kun in a setback to the South Korean leader's plan for a partial Cabinet reshuffle.
Christian preacher feared kidnapped
A Pentecostal preacher was feared kidnapped in Pakistan on Sunday, apparently by an unknown Islamic militant group after he disappeared in this south-western city, his friends and family said.
Roh apologises and takes blame for crisis
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun took responsibility yesterday for two months of instability triggered by his impeachment and apologised for corruption scandals involving his aides.
Lost cause
Like in other wars where soldiers are sent to fight on foreign soil, the French too feel that their countrymen had died for nothing in Dien Bien Phu, writes MORT ROSENBLUM.
Ailing party must change – or die
B>SEOUL:/BGrand National Party leader Park Geun-hye begged voters to grant her collapsing party 'one last chance' throughout her touching campaign for the April 15 general election. Her desperate appeal, in tears at times, did work.
Surveys: Pro-Roh party will win
Exit polls showed the pro-government Uri Party winning a large majority in South Korea's parliamentary election yesterday.
South Korean parties make final appeal to voters
South Korean parties made a final appeal to voters yesterday ahead of a parliamentary election high on emotion over President Roh Moo-hyun's impeachment but low on policy debate.
80% likely to cast votes in S. Korean elections
South Korea seems awfully quiet for a country about to hold a parliamentary election, but polls show huge numbers are likely to vote in what could be a close contest between the pro-government Uri Party and the opposition.
