From the News, Nation, Dawn, Pakistan Observer, Daily Times, Frontier Post, Nawa-i-Waqt (Urdu) and Jang (Urdu) newspapers                                                                            

12 January, 2009

INTERNATIONAL NEWS  

POLITICAL

-          Seoul (Agencies) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Sunday arrived in South Korea for a visit aimed at boosting economic cooperation. (The Frontier Post, p-5; Dawn, p-11)

-          Seoul, Jan 11 – North Korea on Sunday warned that Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso’s visit to Seoul would force already tense inter-Korean ties into a “catastrophic stage”. (Dawn, p-11)

-          Tokyo (Irfan Siddiqui) Japan approved sending work force to Afghanistan. (Jang, p-5)