U.S. seeks to break deadlock in North Korea talks

Arms control negotiators from the United States and China met today in an effort to revive a stalled agreement under which North Korea would begin to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/world/asia/30cnd-korea.html

North Korea fires missiles to show off military might

North Korea's first missile tests in nearly a year were aimed at showing off its military might and increasing pressure on the South over rice aid, observers said Saturday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070526/wl_asia_afp/nkoreamilitarymissile_070526053134

Bhutanese Protest at India-Nepal Border

10,000 Bhutanese refugees demonstrated at the India-Nepal border today. Yesterday Indian troops had fired upon the refugees killing one in an attempt to prevent the Bhutanese from crossing Indian territory to get back to Bhutan. More here.

South Korea pressing North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea -
South Korea' name pressed communist
North Korea' to redouble its reconciliation efforts Tuesday, as the estranged neighbors opened high-level talks amid rifts over the North's nuclear program and the South's delayed rice shipments. More here http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070529/ap_on_re_as/koreas_talks

South Korean Rumors Say Kim Jong-il's Health Deteriorating

South Korean intelligence officials are investigating information that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's health has deteriorated recently, a source said.
More here http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200705/200705280017.html

Small Indian Town Bombed, 6 Wounded

In a town just north of New Delhi, 3 lunch boxes packed with explosives went off today wounding 6 people. The town was the site of a Muslim/Hindu clash earlier this year. More here.

Indian Slum Population Doubles

Over the last two decades the number of people living in squalor in India has doubled. In 1981 there were 27.9 million people living in the slums. 20 years later that number has grown to 61.8 million. More here.