SEOUL, Nov 7 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of workers held a demonstration here Saturday to protest against a government plan they say is aimed at weakening unionism, witnesses said.

JAKARTA, Nov 7 (Bernama) -- The ASEAN Secretariat in cooperation with the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) organised a two-day Climate Change Workshop themed "Is Southeast Asia Up to the Challenge?" here, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported Saturday.

BANGKOK, Nov 7 (AFP) - The head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged Thailand and Cambodia Saturday to show "maximum restraint" amid tensions over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier.

TAIPEI, Nov 7 (AFP) - Taiwan's constitutional court said Saturday it would scrap an "unfair" law that means prostitutes can be punished but allows clients to go free.

HANOI, Nov 7 (AFP) - At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in central Vietnam following storms and flooding that have now left almost 130 people dead, officials said Saturday.

TOKYO, Nov 7 (AFP) - US President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Japan next week by one day, a Japanese foreign ministry official said Saturday, following a deadly shooting at a military base in Texas.

SYDNEY, Nov 7 (AFP) - Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast Saturday as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.

VIENTIANE, Nov 7 (Bernama) -- Laos, which will be hosting the 25th SEA Games next month for the first time, is all system go to successfully hold the event, its Vice-Minister of Information and Culture Prof Dr Bosengkham Vongdara said.

TOKYO, Nov 7 (AFP) - Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Saturday hailed Washington's latest efforts to engage Myanmar as beneficial for the entire Mekong region.

NELSON, Nov 7 (AFP) - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.