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12 August 2012
Publication Date : 12-08-2012
Japan may refer the Takeshima issue to the International Court of Justice, says The Yomiuri Shimbun. But a report from The Korea Herald says South Korea won't accept Japan's move to take the issue to international court. Philippines bares US$8.4b flood control plan, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reports. Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says the government is willing to wait on Constitution and unity bills, according to The Nation. The record number of Olympic teams clad in clothes bearing Chinese innovations brings a "made-in-China" to "created-in-China" paradigm shift to the London Games, China Daily notes.