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



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).


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.


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.


Chip sales boost Samsung profits (Jul 30)
Samsung Electronics reports record quarterly profits thanks to higher sales of smartphones and components such as memory chips.


UK author Singapore trial delay (Jul 30)
The Singapore trial of UK author Alan Shadrake - for defamation and contempt of court over a book on the death penalty - opens and is adjourned.


Chemicals washed into China river (Jul 29)
Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media say.


Japanese tanker in damage mystery (Jul 29)
Officials investigate damage to a Japanese oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, amid reports of a collision or an attack.


Thai provinces end emergency rule (Jul 29)
Thai authorities lift a state of emergency in six more provinces, more than two months after ending anti-government protests in Bangkok.


China allows IMF report release (Jul 29)
China allows the publication of an International Monetary Fund staff report on its economy for the first time since 2006.


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.