BBC News - Asia-Pacific
The latest stories from the Asia-Pacific section of the BBC News web site.



Change call after Australia fires (Jul 31)
A report into Australia's worst bushfires, in 2009, recommends sweeping changes to the way the government responds to natural disasters.


Stray mine kills South Korean man (Aug 1)
A landmine that apparently drifted along a river from North Korea kills South Korean man and injures another.


China mine explosion 'kills 15' (Jul 31)
At least 15 people die at a mine in northern China, as a suspected explosives store blows up.


China river hunt for toxic drums (Jul 30)
Search teams in north-east China are still searching for thousands of barrels of toxic chemicals washed into a major river by flooding.


HK tycoon buys UK power group (Jul 30)
A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).


Rare tortoise sold openly at expo (Jul 30)
An endangered tortoise is seen on sale at an expo in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, highlighting concerns about the illegal pet trade.


UN-North Korea meeting goes ahead (Jul 30)
North Korea enters third round of talks with the US-led United Nations Command, days after a US military exercise.


China 'jails Uighur webmasters' (Jul 30)
China jails three ethnic Uighur men for running websites the government finds 'sensitive', a US-based activist group says.


Explosion in Bangkok injures one (Jul 30)
One man has been seriously injured by a grenade explosion in the Thai capital Bangkok, less than a week after a similar blast.


Tokyo's 'oldest man' was a corpse (Jul 29)
The skeleton of a man previously thought to be Tokyo's oldest living male resident has been discovered in his family home.