Anti-China opposition gains ground in Taiwan local election (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
By Ralph Jennings
Indonesian police arrest man after deadly fire (EARTHtimes.org)
Jakarta – Police in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province on Saturday arrested a man charging he accidentally started a fire which killed 20 people at a karaoke bar. The fire ripped through the M-City entertainment centre in the city of Medan on Friday …
Golf-Ishikawa becomes youngest Japanese Tour money list winner (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Teenager Ryo Ishikawa became the youngest winner of the Japanese Tour’s money list after finishing tied 19th in the season-ending JT Cup on Sunday.
Indonesia police probe deadly karaoke bar fire, no Malaysian involved (The New Straits Times)
MEDAN, Indonesia, Sat: Indonesian police today questioned a man they believed accidentally started a fire in a crowded karaoke bar that killed 20 people.
Chinese Taipei wins China’s Hong Kong in men’s table tennis (3) (People’s Daily)
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China grabs 3 dance golds at East Asian Games (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
China showed its strength outside traditional sports by winning three of the first five golds in the dance competition at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong on Sunday. Chinese pairings clinched gold in the waltz, the tango and the slow fox-trot. South Korean and Japanese couples won the Viennese waltz and the quickstep.
U.S. envoy in South Korea; Pyongyang nuclear talks next (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. envoy for North Korea arrived in the South on Sunday ahead of a visit to Pyongyang aimed at convincing the communist state to end its boycott of wider nuclear disarmament talks.
Taiwan’s Ma mulls China policy after vote: analysts (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou may slow down an aggressive push for improved ties with China after the island’s voters showed disquiet with his policies in local elections this weekend, analysts said.
Anti-China opposition gains ground in Taiwan local election (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Taiwan’s China-friendly ruling party lost a county vote to the opposition on Saturday in elections seen as a first test for President Ma Ying-jeou’s policy of engagement with Beijing.
Taiwan’s Ma may slow China policy: analysts (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou may slow down an aggressive push for improved ties with China after the island’s voters showed disquiet with his policies in local elections, analysts said.
Indonesia police probe deadly karaoke club fire (Press Trust of India)
Medan (Indonesia), Dec 5 (AFP) Indonesian police today questioned a man they believed accidentally started a fire in a crowded karaoke bar that killed 20 people.
Indonesian police arrest alleged kangaroo smuggler (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police arrested a man accused of smuggling 10 rare kangaroos by boat from New Guinea island, an official said Saturday.
Exhibit Review: “Crisis?…What Crisis?” at the Museum of China Cultural Arts, Beijing (Blogcritics.org)
Chinese contemporary artists defy the global economic crisis with a crisis of their own.
US envoy in Seoul on N. Korea nuclear mission (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The US special envoy on North Korea arrived in Seoul on Sunday before heading to Pyongyang on a mission to try to persuade the communist regime to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks.
