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North Korea is annulling non-aggression deals with South Korea, the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said in a statement, according to the state Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted a resolution on Thursday outlining new sanctions against North Korea in the wake of its recent nuclear test. Large-scale South Korean-US military exercises Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, held in March, are believed to be the direct motive for the statement. The Committee, which plays the role of the North's state agency for relations with the South, also said a joint statement on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula would no longer be in effect, and added that the hotline between the North and the South would be cut off. The fourth set of UN sanctions is aimed at curbing the activities of North Korean banks suspected of funneling money to the communist regime's nuclear and missile programs. The resolution incl...

A committee is now evaluating the best and most affordable missile which will be hopefully installed on the country's two Hamilton-class cutters now in service at the Philippine Navy (PN). The Department of National Defense (DND) observer said that missiles being evaluated are the anti-ship type which will give the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF-15) and BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16) more capability in protecting the country's maritime domain. Having the anti-missiles will also give the two ships more firepower in engaging would-be poachers and intruders. The DND official declined to identify the exact type of missile being studied and stressed that the matter is "top secret". Some defense officials earlier said that the Harpoon is the ideal missile system for the PN's Hamilton-class cutters as the weapon was already deployed aboard the USCGC Mellon, the sister ship of the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar and BRP Ramon Alcaraz, in January 1990. The USCGC Mellon also re...

He started playing darts to while away time. But after barely four years in the sport and earning the recognition as the seventh best player in the world, Filipino Bryan Elibar III is advocating the throwing of the tiny spear to help kids learn the game and excel in math as well. The Quezon City-born Eribal who now calls Barangay Balubad in Porac town in Pampanga his home, is, in fact, embarking on a Darts Game Clinic-School Caravan province-wide for the purpose. "In playing the sport, which people believe to be only a parlor game played mostly in dark corners of beer houses, I've realized, like the Europeans, most particularly the British did, that it, indeed, is a great way for kids to learn math even without them realizing it," the 33-year-old triggerman bared during the recent SCOOP session at the Kamayan Restaurant in Manila. "Habang naglalaro ka kasi, players have to make instant mental calculations quickly -- adding, multiplying and subtracting the...

Malaysia is set to host the Global Muslim Conference On Unity And Economy (GMC 2013), a gathering of global experts, investors, bankers, educationalists, scientists and others, to boost Islamic economy. Organised by The Malay Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (DPMM), the two-day event will be held in Kuala Lumpur, beginning March 4. DPMM President Datuk Syed Ali Alattas said GMC 2013 would be a platform to discuss related issues on Muslim economy and exposing business opportunity that are available for business matching. "We hope this conference will help to increase Malaysia's trade to other Muslim countries," he told reporters after launch the GMC 2013 here Thursday. According to Syed Ali, 20 per cent of Malaysia's total trade currently is to Muslim countries all over the world, excluding Asean. He also noted that the reconstruction activities in Egypt, Yemen and Iraq would be the strongest sectors to benefit from the event. Themed "Empowering Muslim Eco...

U.S. nonfarm business sector labor productivity decreased at a 2.0 percent annual rate during the fourth quarter of 2012, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. The decrease reflects increases of 0.1 percent in output and 2.2 percent in hours worked, during the October-December period last year. Unit labor costs, the ratio of hourly compensation to labor productivity, rose 4.5 percent in the fourth quarter. Productivity measures the amount of output per hour of work. Increasing productivity can slow job creation because it means companies can get more out of their current staff without hiring more workers.

A man was arrested Thursday for keeping a cache of ammunition for high powered firearms in his home in Esperanza town, police said. Joint forces of the Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato police office raided the house of Oscar Rico in Barangay Malipayon, Poblacion, Sultan Kudarat at 5 a.m. Friday. The raiding team was armed with a search warrant issued by Judge Vizpocious Ramos Jr, acting judge of 3rd Municipal Circuit Trial Court that covers the towns of Bagumbayan, Esperanza and Sen. Ninoy Aquino, all in Sultan Kudarat. Police recovered nine ammunition for cal. 50 machine gun, 2 bullets for Carbine rifle, three empty shells of cal. 50 machinegun, ammunition for M-79 grenade launchyer and a magazine for Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). The raiding team also seized a sachet of methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" from Rico's house. Asked by raiding team why he was keeping ammunition, Rico refused to issue statements. Police would not say whether Rico was a...

A senior official at Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said Thursday that the country's West Sumatra province is now hosting an international conference and exercises for huge tsunami in the future. The two-day international event, officially called Concept development Conference (CDC) and Initial Planning Conference (IPC) for International Table top Exercise (TTX) was officially opened in West Sumatra province's capital of Padang by BNPB Chairman Syamsu Maarif, BNPB Spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said here on Thursday. Delegations attending the event came from Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, India, the Philippines, China, Australia and the United States and experts from UN and some other agencies. West Sumatra province has been identified as an area highly prone from earthquake and tsunami with experts have identified the hidden energy of 8.9 magnitude that could erupt in an earthquake anytime and possibly leads to tsunami in Mentawai is...