Kyodo news summary -6-+ Breitbart TOKYO, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—---------- Hatoyama approves Ozawa's remaining as DPJ's No. 2 | TOKYO - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who is also president of the Democratic Party of Japan, said Monday he approved DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's decision to remain in the ruling party's No. 2...
Samsung, Sharp agree on cross-licencing deal m&c | Seoul - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co said Monday it concluded a cross-licencing deal with its Japanese competitor Sharp Corp, ending patent disputes in liquid crystal display (LCD) technology. | Samsung, the world's largest maker of LCDs and televisions said both parties agreed Friday to s...
World Agenda: Ban Ki-moon hopes to make his reputation in North Korea The Times | Ban Ki-moon got his job as United Nations Secretary-General because of one item on his curriculum vitae. | The former South Korean Foreign Minister had served as Seoul's representative to the six-party talks on the country's hermetic neighbour Nort...
Japan agrees to help boost Palestinian economy Khaleej Times TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Monday agreed with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to help grow the economy of the Palestinian territories, officials said. | Hatoyama and Abbas, in Japan for a four-day visit, also agreed that Isra...
2ND LD: 2 Koreas fail to agree on cross-border tours+ Breitbart SEOUL/BEIJING, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH N. KOREA'S ISSUANCE OF STATAMENT THREATENING S. KOREA) | Officials from the two Koreas failed to reach agreement on steps to resume tours to North Korea as they met in the North Korean bor...
JSE buoyed by firmer metal prices Business Report | Submit your comment | The JSE was firmer in midday trade on Monday, buoyed by stronger resource counters amid higher metal prices. | At noon, the JSE all share index was 1.27 percent firmer, with resources gaining 2.41 percent, platinum mine...
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North Korea releases U.S. Christian activist The Star | BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. religious activist taken captive by North Korea in December arrived in China on Saturday and will next fly back to the United States, an official with ...
European Economic Woes Threaten US Rebound CBS News Washington Post: Europe Crises Send Stocks Tumbling; Concern Over Euro Zone Stability Eclipses Signs of Recovery | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | European Commissioner f...
World stocks tumble amid global recovery doubts Newsday | February 5, 2010 JOE McDONALD (AP Business Writer) | (AP) — World stocks tumbled Friday as ballooning European debt and a rise in U.S. unemployment claims added to fears ...
North Korea threatens South amid push to restart talks Tulsa World SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea warned South Korea that any attempt to bring down the communist country would draw "strong measures" from its military, a threat issued Monday even as Pyongyang embarked on a flurry of diplomacy with Seoul, Washingt...
China presses N Korea over talks Al Jazeera | China has sent a senior envoy to North Korea in a bid to restart stalled nuclear disarmament talks. | Wang Jiarui, the head of the Chinese Communist Party's international department, met Thae-bok, a high-ranking North Korean ruling party official o...
Seoul, Berlin find common ground on financial regulation, trade m&c | Seoul - German President Horst Koehler said Monday that he and his South Korean counterpart are in 'full agreement' that the international financial economy needs 'clear liability regulations.' | He spoke after meeting President Lee Myung Bak, wher...
Obama keeps North Korea off US terror list Breitbart | This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central N... | President Barack Obama on Wednesday certified that North Korea would remain off the US list of terrorist states, despite some calls from Congress for the Stalinist state to be put back on. | The former administration of president George W. Bush took Pyongyang off the...
