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Analysis: Why Google NKorea visit irks US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of the most intensely censored countries. But the Obama...
Tags: Politics, Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson, U.S. Department of State, Park Geun-hye
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Asian stocks steadier, Nikkei bounces back
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares opened cautiously higher on Friday with Tokyo's Nikkei steadying from its biggest one-day drop in two years as investors breathed a sigh of relief when Wall Street cut losses on an upbeat outlook from Hewlett-Packard. As...Tags: Good Friday, Nicos Anastasiades, G7, Yahoo! Inc., Apple iPhone
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ACTUALIZA 1-Corea del Norte dice quiere seguir consejo chino de iniciar conversaciones
Reuters(Actualiza con detalles, contexto. Agrega autores) Por Ben Blanchard y Sui-Lee Wee PEKIN, 23 mayo (Reuters) - Corea del Norte desea seguir el consejo de China y entrar en conversaciones, según citó la televisión estatal china a un enviado del lí...Tags: 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: International Organizations, Politics, Parties and Movements, China, Money and Monetary Policy
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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 Organizations, Politics, Parties and Movements, China, Money and Monetary Policy
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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: Shinzo Abe, Kim Jong Un, Communist Party of China, United Nations, Beijing (China)
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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: International Trade, Relief and Aid Organizations, Politics, International Organizations, UNICEF
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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...
Tags: Kim Jong Un, Communist Party of China, Politics, Beijing (China), Nuclear Policy
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Corea del Norte envía colaborador de Kim Jong-un a Pekín
ReutersPor Ju-min Park y Ben Blanchard SEUL/PEKIN, 22 mayo (Reuters) - Corea del Norte envió el miércoles a Pekín a uno de sus máximos funcionarios militares como "enviado especial" de su líder Kim Jong-un, acompañado por una delegación de alto nivel, en...Tags: China
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State media dispatch shows North Korea has named hardline general as new military chief
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A North Korean state media dispatch shows that leader Kim Jong Un has named a hardline general as his new military chief. The new title for Kim Kyok Sik came in a dispatch Wednesday from the North's Korean Central News...Tags: Kim Jong Un, Unrest, Conflicts and War, North Korea, Armed Forces, Defense
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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: Kidnapping, Japan, North Korea, Tokyo (Japan)
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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: Beijing (China), China, North Korea
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