Japan had no plan of dispatching its Self-Defense Forces to the Korean Peninsula to rescue Japanese nationals in the event of contingencies, local media reported Monday. 'There is absolutely no such plan. Therefore there are no talks (with South Korea),' Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku was quoted by Kyodo News as saying. (Japan-Forces-Peninsula) CANBERRA -- A leading demographer on Monday said Australia needs to bring in more foreign contract workers to ensure the completion of major infrastructure projects. According to Professor Peter McDonald from the Australian National University, high wages are holding back productivity and one way to counter this would be to use cheaper workers from overseas. (Australia-Foreign-Workers) SEOUL -- Four Chinese sailors went missing while four others were rescued after a South Korean fishing vessel sank in the Antarctic Ocean, the Chinese Embassy to South Korea told Xinhua. The accident took place at around 4:30 a.m. local time on Monday (1930 GMT Sunday) in Antarctic waters, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. (S. Korea-Chinese-Sailors) QUETTA, Pakistan -- An explosion was heard in Gwadar, a newly- built port in southwest Pakistan's Balochistan on Monday, local sources said. The blast was triggered by remote control at a main road in the port town, sources said. No casualties have been reported so far. (Pakistan-Explosion- Gwadar) KABUL -- The spokesman of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Monday said that the military alliance will keep on pressure on Taliban militants and described 2011 as a year with tough days in the post- Taliban Afghanistan. 'From ISAF point of view there will be no end to fighting season and we will maintain pressure on the insurgents,' Brigadier- General Josef Blotz told reporters in a press conference here. ( Afghanistan-NATO-Taliban) ISLAMABAD -- Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, visited Pakistan on Monday to meet with Pakistan's army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the U.S. embassy to Pakistan said. They discussed various topics of mutual interest and ways to improve regional security, the embassy said in a statement. ( Pakistan-Commander-NATO) JAKARTA -- Indonesia faces challenge to adopt early detection to provide protection for migrant workers due to limited staff in recipient countries, a minister said on Monday. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told a parliamentary hearing on Monday that Indonesia has 119 representatives in foreign countries with limited amount of staff to monitor and provide protection for its 3.29 million citizens. (Indonesia-Migrant- Workers) HERAT, Afghanistan -- Twenty armed Taliban militants gave up militancy and surrendered to government in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Monday, provincial governor Daud Saba said. 'Twenty Taliban fighters who were active in Shindand district have joined the peace process and handed over their weapons including 13 Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades to security officials in Herat city this morning,' Saba told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Militants) 