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Publication Date : 02-01-2013

N. Korean leader yesterday made the first verbal New Year's address in 19 years, calling for economic growth and the defusing of tensions with the South, The Korea Herald reports. Malaysia resumes hiring Bangladeshi migrants after a four-year pause in a move to ease Dhaka's remittance worries after the jobs market in the Middle East dried up, The Straits Times writes. China starts to issue daily report on air quality in 74 major Chinese cities by adopting more extensive monitoring standards, including the level of PM 2.5, the smallest and most dangerous pollution particles, according to China Daily. The Daily Star quotes speakers at a press briefing in Dhaka yesterday that sediments from Indian land do not get deposited in the Bay of Bengal crossing the underwater canyon of Bangladesh, so India has no right anywhere beyond that line. Global woes, higher wages at home may hold back Thai exports this year, despite the emerging era of Asian economic growth, The Nation says.