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| Ship crew found safe after hijack bid foiled |
| South Korean naval commandos yesterday boarded a Seoul-owned container ship in the Indian Ocean after a failed pirate attack and found all 20 crew members safe, the military said. |
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| Indonesia on alert after bomb found near church |
| Indonesia yesterday said the nation was on its highest level of alert ahead of Easter after police arrested suspects over a series of “book bombs” and a foiled attack near a church in Jakarta. |
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| Clashes erupt in Shanghai as truck drivers strike |
| A two-day strike over rising fuel prices turned violent in Shanghai yesterday as thousands of truck drivers clashed with police, drivers said, in the latest example of simmering discontent over inflation. |
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| Crippled Fukushima Daini plant ‘stabilising’ |
| Japan’s Fukushima Daini nuclear plant, the companion of the crippled Daiichi plant 10kms away that is still leaking radiation, has cleared a key milestone toward stabilising, regulators said yesterday, although the outlook for a restart remains uncertain. |
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| South Korea to allow Carter flight from North |
| South Korea is expected to give former US president Jimmy Carter rare approval to fly directly to Seoul after visiting the North Korean capital Pyongyang next week, a report said yesterday. |
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| Philippine army probes petrol deal |
| The Philippine military yesterday removed the head of its logistics division as an inquiry began into an alleged overpriced petrol deal, the latest graft case to hit the scandal-tainted security forces.
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