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SEOUL (DPA) — South Korea is to dismantle its coast guard following its response to last month's ferry sinking that cost more than 300 lives, President Park Geun Hye said Monday.

By Boonmee Chaiyan and Peter Janssen (DPA)

BEIJING (DPA) — China evacuated 16 seriously injured citizens on a chartered medical plane from Vietnam on Sunday morning, the foreign ministry announced.

HANOI (DPA) — Foreign ministers from Vietnam and China held discussions over recent deadly protests sparked by the placing of a Chinese oil rig in disputed waters, local media reported Friday.

NEW DELHI (DPA) — Counting began Friday of some 550 million votes cast in India's five-week-long general elections.

WASHINGTON (DPA) — China's military chief said Thursday that the country would not concede any ground in the ongoing territory disputes in the South China Sea.

NEW DELHI (DPA) — Counting began Friday of some 550 million votes cast in India's five-week-long general elections.

HANOI (DPA) — The Vietnamese government Thursday blamed "bad elements" for anti-China protests across the country over the last few days, which left one Chinese worker dead.

HANOI (DPA) — A Chinese worker has been killed after anti-China protests turned violent at a Taiwanese-owned steel mill in central Vietnam, a local official said Thursday.

SEOUL (DPA) — Homicide charges have been brought against the captain and three crew members of the South Korean ferry that sank last month with the loss of hundreds of passengers, South Korean media reported Thursday.