South Korean troops and riot police on Monday prevented activists from launching anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border, after North Korea threatened a "merciless" military response.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's popularity has surged following her aggressive speech calling the opposition leader a misogynist and a sexist, a poll showed on Monday.
Japan's Coast Guard saved all 64 Chinese seamen from their burning cargo ship, as the two nations remain locked in an acrimonious dispute over contested islands.
