The subsidy scheme did not work, costing the country 8 billion US dollars and leaving it with vast stockpiles of rice

Launched in 2003, the six-party talks were suspended in December 2008

[Photo/Agencies]MANILA - China and the Philippines have fully affirmed the positive results achieved so far in their anti-drug cooperation, vowing to further strengthen their cooperation in this regard in the future

A quarter now name China as the world's leading economy, up from 14 percent the last time the Philippines was surveyed

Abe told executives of his Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Komeito party, that he might dissolve parliament's lower house for a snap poll after the legislature convenes for an extra session from Sept 28, the sources said