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29 October 2012
Publication Date : 29-10-2012
Chinese prosecutors investigated 12.7 per cent more officials from January to August for corruption and dereliction of duty, China Daily reports. Thai authorities put a limit on civil servants' health costs, writes The Nation. Seventeen new ministers were inducted and several portfolios changed in a major revamp of Indian Cabinet, according to The Statesman. Eighteen Indonesian parties fail administrative verification for 2014 election, The Jakarta Post says. Recent vandalism in the US aimed at claiming Japan’s sovereignty over Dokdo islets prompts an uproar in the Korean community there, reports The Korea Herald.