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S. Korea to monitor financial market conditions amid DPRK risks
South Korea's top financial regulator said Monday that financial market conditions should be monitored more thoroughly amid resurfacing risks related to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)."North Korea (DPRK) risks eased recently, but the North resumed its provocation over the weekend by launching short-range missiles, " Financial Services Commission (FSC) ...
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North Korean rocket launch
- Equities are the favored asset class in the Asia session despite the accelerating housing prices in China and more provocations from North Korea - developments which in prior months would have dampened investors appetite. Hong Kong's Hang Seng is leading the charge in a catch-up rally following Friday holiday, reaching a 3-month high above 23,400. Shanghai Composite is up about 1% above ...
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North Korea escalation worries UN chief
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned of a "dangerous escalation" after North Korea test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas to ease tensions. "I hope that North Korea will refrain from such further actions," Ban told the RIA Novosti news agency on Sunday. Ban was in Moscow following talks on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin ...
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S.Korea says ready for more North missile tests
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea on Monday predicted further missile tests by North Korea which fired four short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan at the weekend, drawing criticism from Seoul and UN chief Ban Ki-moon."Our military is closely monitoring activities by the North's military since there is a possibility of additional launches in the future," Defence Ministry spokesman Kim ...
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Seoul berates Pyongyang for trying to divide public
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 proposed dialogue on its own. Rebuffing Seoul's third overture on Wednesday for working-level talks about South Korean firms' raw materials and finished products left ...
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DPRK has stood the test
Because the PDRK has stood their ground, the U.S. and its allies has had to back down, now willing to resort to diplomacy to solve their issues. However, I doubt that U.S. and its allies will be able to get what it wants with diplomacy what it could not get with military threats. In most people's eyes, the U.S. is the most powerful nation in the world. It has repeatedly used its military ...
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North Korea still holds 16 fishermen
The 16 Chinese fishermen reportedly kidnapped by armed North Koreans on May 5 are yet to be released, the owner of the hijacked fishing boat said Sunday. Analysts said the Chinese government should take a tougher stance toward Pyongyang to firmly ensure the safety of its citizens.Meanwhile, the Chinese embassy in North Korea is working on the detention issue, asking Pyongyang to ensure the ...
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UN chief ready to boost peace process trust building on Korean Peninsula spokesman
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is ready to "help facilitate the process of peace and trust-building on the Korean Peninsula" to avoid "miscalculation and dangerous escalation," U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters here Sunday.The spokesman, in a note to the press here, made the statement after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday ...
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China seeks release of fishermen seized by DPRK
The Chinese Embassy in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) asked the DPRK side to release the detained Chinese fishermen as soon as possible, a Chinese counselor to the DPRK said on ...
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North Korea ratchets up tension again
North Korea fired what appeared to be four short-range guided missiles into the East Sea over the weekend, ratcheting up tension that had seemed to have deescalated amid South Korea's repeated overtures for dialogue. Experts said the surprise launches appeared intended to show Pyongyang's discontent over the recent Korea-US summit during which Presidents Park Geun-hye and Barack Obama ...
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DPRK launches another missile
/enpproperty--> 'Provocative' actions raise concerns after int'l calls for restraint ignored The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, ignoring calls for restraint from the international community after it had launched three missiles a day earlier, a Republic of Korea news agency said. The DPRK's ...
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Seoul shares may rise little impact from N.Korea missile launch
SEOUL | Sun May 19, 2013 7:32pm EDT SEOUL May 20 (Reuters) - Seoul shares will likely rise on Monday with the rally on Wall Street boosting sentiment and helping to overcome worries about North Korea's firing of short-range missiles on the weekend, analysts said. "The market will start off with firm gains as investors take positive cues from rallies in global markets," said ...
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One lucky $600m winner as N Korea fires missile
Sheila Sutton updates the Powerball prize money sign at the Super C convenience store in Lincoln, Nebraska before the big draw. Lottery officials confirmed a single winner for the record $600 million jackpot, with the winning ticket sold at Florida supermarket. Picture: ...
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N. KOREA PRISON SAGA Camp Holding American Not the Worst Experts Say
It's bad for Kenneth Bae, the Washington man arrested in North Korea last year and sentenced to 15 years in prison, but it could be worse, according to people familiar with the workings of one of the world's most secretive and repressive regimes. Bae began serving a 15-year, hard labor sentence on Tuesday for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state. But word ...
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North Korea Launches Four Short-Range Missiles Over the Weekend
This undated picture, released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 13, 2013 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol Ju (2nd L), enjoying a performance given by the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Korean People's Internal Security ...
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North Korea make history with mixed doubles title win over arch rivals at World Table Tennis Championships
Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ...
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Chinese embassy in DPRK working on detention of fishermen
/enpproperty--> PYONGYANG - The Chinese Embassy in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is working on the detention by the DPRK of Chinese fishermen with a vessel, asking Pyongyang to ensure the safety and legitimate rights and interests of the fishermen, a Chinese counsellor to the DPRK told Xinhua here on Sunday. Counsellor Jiang Yaxian told Xinhua that a private fishing ...
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Launchings By North Korea Raise Tensions
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North Korea Tests Missiles for Second Day in a Row
range missiles can't for much further than 620 miles. And while the posturing about medium- and long-range nuclear warheads tightened tensions in the Korean peninsula in the first half of the year, North Korea's short-range missile testing is more ...
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North Korea pops off another projectile into the Pacific
It's not clear if North Korea fired a short-range missile or an artillery round. The isolated regime also launched three missiles on Saturday, causing no ...
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North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters - NBC40.net
By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. North Korea routinely test-launches short-range missiles. But the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing recent tension, including near-daily ...
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North Korea has test-launched one more shorter-range missile from its eastern coast in the Sea of Japan
TOKYO, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - North Korea has test-launched one more shorter-range missile from its eastern coast in the Sea of Japan on Sunday, the South Korean news agency Yonhap ...
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Japan PM vows to seek talks with North Korea over kidnapping
Shinzo Abe made the comment after a surprise visit to North Korea by one of his advisers last week has irritated the United States and South Korea as a possible damper to their efforts to forge a united front against Pyongyang. "I want to pursue negotiations or dialogue" with North Korea, he told reporters in Fukuoka, southern Japan, according to Japanese media. "I will definitely ...
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N. Korea test-fires another short-range missile – official
SEOUL – North Korea on Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, a Seoul official said. The guided missile was fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Sunday afternoon, a defense ministry spokesman told AFP without elaborating. On Saturday the communist state fired three short-range missiles off the east coast, apparently as part of a military ...
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UN chief says worried over DPRK missile launch
/enpproperty--> MOSCOW - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to return to the negotiating table with international mediators. Ban was concerned over the DPRK's latest short-range missile launches and urged the country "to refrain from further such acts, " Ban told the RIA Novosti news agency. The DPRK launched ...
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