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JGBs dive, dollar index hits three-year high on Bernanke comment
ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese government bond prices dived and 10-year JGB futures tumbled a full point, prompting the Tokyo Stock Exchange to temporarily suspend trade as the dollar hit a near three-year high versus a basket of currencies on Thursday....Tags: Music, Saudi Arabia, Interior Policy, Foreign Exchange Market, Portugal
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European banks stop sending money to North Korea - aid groups
Reuters* NGOs say European banks won't send money to North Korea * Main problem was Bank of China move to shut account of North's Foreign Trade Bank * Bank of China was key intermediary for fund transfers * Aid groups say worried donors will withdraw...Tags: International Trade, Economy, Business and Finance, Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of the Treasury, China
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European banks stop sending money to North Korea: aid groups
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, International Trade, Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Thomson Corporation
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North Korea sanctions threaten humanitarian aid - group
Reuters* Sanctions imposed over nuclear programme * Agencies to seek help from EU By Emma Batha LONDON, May 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Aid agencies helping millions of people in North Korea could be forced to pull out after a Chinese bank cut ties with...Tags: North Korea, International Trade, UNICEF, Robin Williams, Thomson Corporation
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sends envoy to China
PYONGYANG, North Korea — After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most...
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North Korea sends top Kim Jong-un aide to Beijing
ReutersSEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid to mend frayed relations with...Tags: North Korea, United Nations, Kim Jong Un, Shinzo Abe, News Agency
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Corea del Norte envÃa colaborador de Kim Jong-un a PekÃn
ReutersPor Ju-min Park y Ben Blanchard SEUL/PEKIN, 22 mayo (Reuters) - Corea del Norte envió el miércoles a PekÃn a uno de sus máximos funcionarios militares como "enviado especial" de su lÃder Kim Jong-un, acompañado por una delegación de alto nivel, en...Tags: China
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Japan considers resuming talks with North Korea-media
ReutersTOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) - Japan has started looking into resuming inter-governmental talks with North Korea after a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's prime minister, the Asahi Shimbun and other newspapers said on Wednesday. Such talks,...Tags: North Korea, Tokyo (Japan), Japan, Kidnapping
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North Korea releases detained Chinese fishing boat, owner says
ReutersBEIJING, May 21 (Reuters) - North Korea released a Chinese fishing boat on Tuesday after it was taken from waters between the two countries, the boat's owner said, in an incident that had proved a new irritant in ties between the often uneasy allies....Tags: North Korea, Beijing (China), China
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Tensiones en penÃnsula coreana son relativamente bajas, pese a pruebas de misil: EEUU
ReutersWASHINGTON, 20 mayo (Reuters) - El Pentágono pareció el lunes restarle importancia al lanzamiento de seis misiles de corto alcance por parte de Corea del Norte durante los últimos tres dÃas, al asegurar que las tensiones en la penÃnsula coreana son...Tags: Ban Ki-moon
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Corea del Norte dispara sexto misil en tres dÃas
ReutersSEÃL, 20 may (Reuters) - Corea del Norte disparó el lunes dos misiles de corto alcance, lo que lleva a seis la cantidad de lanzamientos que ha realizado en tres dÃas, y condenó a Corea del Sur por criticar lo que calificó de maniobras militares legÃ... -
Seoul berates Pyongyang for trying to 'divide public'
The Korea Herald, Seoul / Asia News NetworkSEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) -- Seoul on Sunday upbraided Pyongyang for trying to divide the South Korean public and shift the blame onto it for the suspended industrial park in Gaeseong, saying that North Korea warped the facts by claiming it earlier...Tags: North Korea, Germany, Seoul (South Korea)
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