NEPAL

Nepals total population now stands at 26,494,504, an increase of 14.44 percent over the last 10 years, the final report of the National Census 2011 showed on Monday. The last census in 2001 had put the total population at 23,151,423.
Ler mais: New census puts population at 26.49m (The Kathmandu Post, 27 de novembro de 2012)

CHINA
Changes to the family planning policy are being considered, and action plans have been drawn up, amid a graying society and other demographic challenges, according to a former minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission.
Ler mais: Birth rule could be relaxed (China Daily, 28 de novembro de 2012).

COREIA DO SUL I
Presidential candidates Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in hit the trails in the key battlegrounds of Daejeon and Busan, respectively, Tuesday at the start of their 22-day official campaign for Cheong Wa Dae. The two leading candidates slammed each other hard as unfit to lead the nation as they vied for the swing votes that hold the key to the Dec. 19 election. Polls released Monday showed Saenuri Party Park maintains a narrow lead against the Democratic United Partys Moon with 44.7 percent against Moons 40.8 percent (Chosun Ilbo survey), 42.6 against 32.6 (Segye Ilbo), and 45 against 44.6 (DongA Ilbo).
Ler mais: Park, Moon set out on 22-day stumps (The Korea Herald, 27 de novembro de 2012).

NDIA
The nearly week-long deadlock gripping the Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha over the mode of discussion on the Congress-led UPA governments controversial decision to allow 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail was today broken with the government conceding the Oppositions unrelenting demand for a debate on the issue in both Houses of Parliament under rules that entail voting.
Ler mais: Logjam in House ends (The Statesman, 29 de novembro de 2012).

MYANMAR
Several protesters have been injured when riot police fired tear gas and water cannon this morning at the China-backed Lapadaungtaung copper mine project in central Myanmar.
Ler mais: Updated news on police raid at protest aginst Chinabacked copper mine (Eleven Media Group, 29 de novembro de 2012).

COREIA DO SUL II
Korea called off the launch of its first space rocket again on Thursday due to a technical glitch on its electronic systems. Officials of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute said that they detected malfunctions in the control system for a hydraulic pump that provides the thrust to the second-stage solid rocket.
Ler mais: Naro rocket launch called off due to technical glitch (The Korea Herald, 29 de novembro de 2012).

TAILNDIA
The Pheu Thai Party yesterday lodged an impeachment complaint against six Democrat Party MPs, accusing them of committing constitutional offences during the censure debate.
Ler mais: Democrat lawmakers 'violated charter' in grilling of Yingluck (The Nation, 29 de novembro de 2012).

JAPO-CHINA-COREIA DO SUL
A recent poll showed that the majority of the Japanese public are not looking favorably on their neighbors China and South Korea amid Japan's political turmoil and deadlocked diplomacy. Experts warn there may be greater damage to people-to-people ties between the neighbors, as Japan's midDecember general election may further fan the flames of nationalism.
Ler mais: Poll shows strains in China-Japan-S Korea ties (China Daily, 26 de novembro de 2012).

TAILNDIA-CHINA
China is getting caught in the political rivalry in Thailand over a rice deal between the two countries as the opposition Democrat Party plans to ask the Chinese Embassy here to verify a 5,000-tonne rice purchase order placed by a Chinaregistered company. Ler mais: Democrats to seek info from China (The Nation, 30 de novembro de 2012).

JAPO-CHINA-COREIA DO SUL

The government will make greater efforts to gather information on a possible North Korean missile launch, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Monday. In a press conference, Fujimura referred to recent indications that North Korea may be preparing a ballistic missile launch.

Ler mais: Govt to boost N. Korea missile info gathering (The Yomiuri Shimbun, 27 de novembro de 2012).

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