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Pakistan seeks IMF bailout

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Nepal govt hopes to sign labour agreement with M'sia

First Korean-language newspaper hits shelves in Vietnam

Zuckerberg asks Samsung for 'Facebook phone': sources

Drug smuggling on the rise in S. Korea

Nepal Airlines Corp signs US$106m loan with EPF to buy two jets

Thailand's controversial rice scheme to run until 2017

Sri Lanka's defence chief speaks out against racial exclusivity

Thai retailers deny dangerous chemicals in packed rice

East Asia trade pact to help ease tensions

Free trade talks of China, Japan and South Korea to accelerate

News ● KUALA LUMPUR: Nepal govt hopes to sign labour agreement with M'sia ● HA NOI: First Korean-language newspaper hits shelves in Vietnam ● BANGKOK: Thailand's controversial rice scheme to run until 2017 ● COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's defence chief speaks out against racial exclusivity ● ISLAMABAD: PTI leader calls out Pakistan govt on drone attacks

DEATH OF DOLPHIN: Swimmers lift a dying dolphin out of the water for a photo shoot on a beach in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, on Sunday evening. The photo was widely circulated online and criticised for hampering the efforts of people trying to save the mammal. The dolphin died from a collapsed lung at about 11:30 pm on Sunday after being rescued by the local fisheries bureau. Sha Xiaofeng / for China Daily

ANN ROADSHOW: Asia News Network editors and executives at a media roadshow in Singapore on June 14. ANN signed a memorandum of understanding with Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd to collaborate on projects and solutions targeted at the media and advertising industries. Asia News Network

BAD SMOG: A group of friends having a picnic yesterday at 2:45pm at Marina Barrage, with a barely visible Singapore Flyer in the background. Just over an hour later, the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hit 105 and kept rising. The last time Singapore saw such bad haze was in 1997, when the PSI topped 226. KEVIN LIM / The Straits Times

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At least 13 people were killed after a bus with 36 passengers fell into a valley in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Tuesday, China Daily reports. Between January and May, there were 297 sexual assaults in Taipei City, over 50 per cent of which were incidents involving minors, according to The China Post. Payment for rice will be reduced from the end of this month till late September in Thailand, The Nation quotes a Thai Commerce Ministry official. Philippine embassy officials are allegedly involved in the sexual exploitation of their countrymen, Philippine Daily Inquirer quotes an official. A proposal to abolish the Section 18 of the controversial Peaceful Assembly and Procession Law has been submitted to Myanmar's parliament amidst legal experts arguing that the law disregards citizens' constitutional rights of freedom of procession and assembly, Eleven Media Group writes.

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SINGAPORE: A family of American tourists visiting Singapore with a guide dog for their blind son were told by security guards at several malls and attractions that the animal was not allowed on the premises. However when they made further checks with the management they were informed that Donner, a black labrador, was indeed allowed and that the guards had been unaware of protocol and mistook the animal as a pet. Though they are common in the West, there are currently only three guide dogs in Singapore.

Views ● SEOUL: Drug smuggling on the rise in S. Korea ● NEW DELHI : India worse than banana republic? ● PETALING JAYA: Peat fires and the ever-repeating haze ● MANIPAL, India : Snowden storm stains US ● BANGKOK: Want a new Thai PM? Then vote for someone else ● TOKYO: Will Iran’s hard-line stance change under new president? ● MANILA : Time running out for Philippine peace talks ● CHANGCHUN, China : Pyongyang offers dialogue and hope ● KATHMANDU: More efforts needed to uphold women's rights in Nepal ● SEOUL: North Korea's puzzling overture

Business ● ISLAMABAD: Pakistan seeks IMF bailout ● SEOUL: Zuckerberg asks Samsung for 'Facebook phone': sources ● KATHMANDU: Nepal Airlines Corp signs US$106m loan with EPF to buy two jets ● BANGKOK: Thai retailers deny dangerous chemicals in packed rice ● MANILA : Philippines to launch 6-month tourist visa ● SINGAPORE: Manila to stop giving new licences to S'pore maid agencies ● DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank gives green light to ninth new bank ● SINGAPORE: ANN joins roadshow for advert agencies ● SEOUL: Pay of migrant workers in Korea much higher than at home ● SEOUL: Foreigners dump Korea stocks amid split bets