World stock markets put in some strong rises, boosted by supportive comments from China on the strength of the euro.

A Shanghai company sells replicas of a multi-colour shirt worn by the Japanese prime minister at an outdoor gathering last month.

Key facts, figures and dates

Key facts, figures and dates

Another apparent suicide occurs at Taiwan iPhone-maker Foxconn, hours after journalists are shown round the Shenzhen factory.

North Korea scraps an agreement on preventing accidental clashes with the South, as tensions rise over the sinking of a warship.

From hoarding shoes to saving the world with love

Honda has to halt production at its four Chinese car assembly factories, due to a strike over pay at a parts plants.

The authorities in Singapore close east coast beaches as oil from a tanker which collided with a cargo ship washes ashore.

An activist from New Zealand who boarded a Japanese whaling ship goes on trial in Tokyo, and denies assault charges.

New Japanese finance ministry trade figures show exports from the country in April were up 40% from a year earlier.

Indonesia will introduce a two year moratorium on deforestation to help tackle climate change, the nation's president says.

US seeks consensus on Cheonan sinking

Core interests and key issues compete at US-China talks

The international community must respond in the growing crisis over the sinking of a South Korean warship, the US says.

Tawian iPhone-maker Foxconn shows journalists around its Shenzhen factory after a series of suicides by its workers.

Grand Chinese project where the money ran out

Koreas ramp up propaganda amid Cheonan crisis

South Koreans divided over response to North

Thai monks lead ceremonies to mark one week since a military operation to end long-running anti-government protests.