The Straits Times notes that China is softening its stance on Tibet following certain developments, but adds that Beijing appears to be in no hurry to settle the issue with the autonomous region. Thailand, meanwhile, gets ready to deport about half a million Burmese, Laotian and Cambodian workers because they failed to seek new work permits or failed to verify their nationalities, The Nation (Thailand) reports. In business, The Daily Yomiuri weighs in on the visit of Toyota president Akio Toyoda to Beijing, saying it was a way to protect the automaker's Chinese market. The Korea Herald reports that two F-5 fighter jets crashed into a mountain in Gangwon Province during a training mission, killing three pilots on board. Meanwhile, the US State Department has expressed concern that drug money will affect the Philippine polls this May 2010, says the Philippine Daily Inquirer.