Seoul, South Korea — South Korea’s intelligence agency has apprehended a female North Korean spy posing as a defector, who had been handing over sensitive military information from the South to her communist homeland. Won Jong Hwa, 35, is suspected of collecting information by offering sexual favors to military officers.

Seoul, South Korea — A landmark international deal to denuclearize North Korea was thrown into deep uncertainty as the communist country announced Tuesday that it has halted disablement of its nuclear facilities, accusing the United States of violating the disarmament agreement.

Hong Kong, China — All along its western border with China, especially in the area north of New Delhi, India has been building a series of airports and military bases in an obvious effort to strengthen its defenses against its increasingly powerful neighbor.

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea blamed the United States on Monday for failing to honor its promise to take the communist country off its terrorism blacklist, while indicating it may stall a denuclearization process in response to joint military drills between Seoul and Washington.

Hong Kong, China — Within the next four months, a first batch of eight Su-30MKI multi-role fighters will be positioned at the Tezpur Airp Base in the Indian state of Assam, near the border with China, an Indian Navy source has revealed. This is almost six months ahead of the timeline reported some time ago in the Indian media.

Seoul, South Korea — The United States is likely to delay North Korea’s removal from its terrorism blacklist, even though the 45-day process to complete the procedure under U.S. law ends Aug. 11. Washington is waiting for Pyongyang to agree to a verification protocol for its nuclear weapons programs.

Hong Kong, China — China has signed a contract to provide Saudi Arabia with PLZ-45 155-mm self-propelled howitzers for one battalion, according to an authoritative military industry source. This represents a second successful sale of PLZ-45s to the Middle East, following a sale to Kuwait in 2000.

Kolkata, India — Meeting his Indian counterpart in Colombo on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit, Pakistan’s foreign minister was candid in his desperation. “If the Berlin Wall can fall, so can these troubles…that are keeping us apart,” he said. That is, as long as Pakistan’s spy agency stops fomenting conflict.

Manipal, India — India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a pacifist, ambivalent about his country's nuclear program, especially its weapons component. Most Indian policymakers share Singh's view that a partnership with the United States is key to India's future prosperity, but want a more nuanced nuclear and security policy.

Hong Kong, China — The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has everything except what the name suggests. Cooperation for the sake of the people is minimal. The group’s summit in Sri Lanka was only to legitimize draconian legislation and restrict human rights in the name of national security.