Asia-Pacfic

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Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced women into sexual slavery before and during World War II.

Read more: Japan softens WWII 'sex slave' denials

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South Korean President Park Geun-Hye has addressed a joint session of the US Congress, vowing to maintain strong ties with the US while declaring that she would not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea.

Read more: S Korea's Park proposes talks with North

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Thousands of Malaysians, dressed in mourning black, have gathered to denounce elections which they claim were stolen through fraud by the coalition that has ruled for 56 years.

Read more: Thousands rally against Malaysia vote result

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North Korea has moved two missiles from launch sites on the country's eastern coast, after weeks of concern that Pyongyang had been poised for a test-launch.

Read more: North Korea removes missiles from launch site

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Five people are thought to have been killed when one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes erupted, throwing rocks on to a party of foreign climbers and their Filipino guides.

Read more: Five dead in Philippines volcano eruption

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Malaysia has sworn in Najib Razak for a second term as prime minister after the coalition which has ruled for 56 years held on to power in elections branded as fraudulent by a bitter opposition.

Read more: Malaysia PM sworn in amid opposition protests

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Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, and Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, are both visiting China and will separately hold talks with senior government officials.

Read more: Netanyahu and Abbas in separate China visits

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South Korea has dismissed an "incomprehensible" list of North Korean demands for reviving suspended operations at a jointly-run industrial park.

Read more: South Korea rejects North demands

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Malaysia's ruling coalition has won a simple parliamentary majority, according to the country's Election Commission, after a tough fight with an opposition alliance that hoped to hand the government its first-ever loss.

Read more: Malaysia's ruling coalition wins majority

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Three Chinese government ships have sailed into the waters of disputed Tokyo-controlled islands, according to Japan's coastguard.

Read more: China ships head into 'disputed waters'