Japan's opposition Democratic Party may score a runaway victory in the Aug. 30 general election, newspapers said on Friday.
North Korea said it would send a high-ranking delegation to the South to mourn former President Kim Dae-jung.
North Korea confirmed it would send a high-ranking delegation to the South to mourn former President Kim Dae-jung.
China's cancellation of a senior ministerial visit to Australia has pushed ties to a fresh low.
More than 20,000 supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra rallied in Bangkok on Monday.
A 7.0 earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra Island, but no tsunami warning was issued.
Australia is already responsible for a third of the world's traded coal and is fourth top consumer of coal.
A battle between Philippine troops and Muslim guerrillas has killed at least 53, the military said on Thursday.
Mudslides and flooding from a weekend typhoon have killed more than 100 people in Taiwan, disaster officials said.
Rescuers have reached the wreckage of a passenger aircraft that crashed in Papua New Guinea and found no survivors.