Home News Feeds News Feeds Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News Latest Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News Iran's Ahmadinejad to visit China: embassy BEIJING: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Beijing next month, a spokesman for the Islamic republic's embassy said Wednesday, amid an escalating crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme. N. Korea human rights abuses more urgent than nukes: S.Korea SEOUL: North Korea's human rights abuses should be dealt with more urgently than its nuclear or missile programmes, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said Wednesday. South Korea to chemically castrate sex offender SEOUL: South Korea will this week chemically castrate a man repeatedly convicted of sexually assaulting children in the country's first use of the punishment, an official said Wednesday. China cancels high-level military visit to Japan BEIJING: China has cancelled a high-level military trip to Japan, state press said Wednesday, as the neighbours bicker over a disputed island chain and a recent Uighur symposium in Tokyo that angered Beijing. Top Philippine judge in hospital after court drama MANILA: The Philippines' top judge, who walked out of an appearance at his own impeachment trial, was later rushed to hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack, his spokesman said Wednesday. Australia denies Corby deal with Jakarta SYDNEY: Australia denied Wednesday doing a deal with Jakarta to have five years shaved off drug trafficker Schapelle Corby's sentence in exchange for the release of Indonesian people-smugglers. Alaskan ecologists see surge in Japan tsunami debris ANCHORAGE, Alaska: An "unprecedented" surge in debris from last year's Japanese tsunami is washing up on Alaska's coastline, environmentalists about to embark on a major cleanup operation said. Pictures show North Korea rocket launch pad upgrade WASHINGTON: North Korea has undertaken a major upgrade of a launch pad that could pave the way for longer-range missiles, a research group said on Tuesday, amid mounting concern over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.