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Hong Kong Stocks Rebound From Drop on North Korea Leader's Death
BusinessWeek
20 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose, rebounding from yesterday's drop on concern the death of North Korea's Kim Jong Il will lead to instability in the region. Chinese developers fell on declining home sales. Hang Ten Group Holdings Ltd. ...
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Hans Blix on North Korea
Al Jazeera
He speaks to Al Jazeera about the implications of the North Korean leader's death for the country's nuclear ambitions. Blix was also the United Nation's chief weapons inspector from 2000 to 2003. He speaks from Stockholm, Sweden.
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North Korea weeps for its "Dear Leader"
euronews
http://www.euronews.net/ North Koreans bowed in silence and reflected in the early morning mist as they tried to come to terms with the loss of the man they called their "Dear leader". Kim Jong-il's death from a heart attack on Saturday has shocked the ...
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New North Korean leader faces unprecedented challenge
12NewsNow.Com
By CNN Newswire By Josh Levs Kim Jong Un, successor to his father's dictatorship over North Korea, will have to find ways to balance political factions and generate revenue -- or he may not remain in power for long, analysts said Tuesday. ...
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OIL FUTURES: Crude Futures Rise In Asia; North Korea Jitters Subside
Wall Street Journal
Investor confidence recovered somewhat, with most Asian stock markets and risk-sensitive currencies staging a modest rebound after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's death damped risk appetite Monday. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average ended up 0.5%, ...
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Hoekstra: North Korea Is Unpredictable, Belligerent
NewsMax.com
By Jim Meyers and John Bachman Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Pete Hoekstra tells Newsmax that North Korea will “continue to be belligerent” following the death of longtime leader Kim Jong Il. And he warns that the new regime in the ...
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North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Il Dead, What Happens Next?
Midweek Politics
--North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is dead at 69 years old, and we look at the instant propaganda campaign from North Korea, the future of North Korea under Kim Jong-Un, and much more. --On the Bonus Show: Cocaine & marijuana can be detected in ...
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Report: North Korea world's least democratic nation
CNN
By Arthur Brice, CNN Kim Jong Il votes in North Korea's 2009 parliamentary elections at a polling station in Pyongyang. (CNN) -- North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong Il died over the weekend, is the least democratic nation on Earth, according to a newly ...
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AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute Calls for Release of North Korean Prisoners
Sacramento Bee
20, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights called for the release of prisoners in North Koreafollowing the death of longtime ruler Kim Jong-il. "North Koreans are arguably the least free ...
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North Korean succession concerns knock Brent crude
Independent Online
By Ethel Hazelhurst Brent crude oil fell as low as $102.40 a barrel (R5.40 a litre) yesterday as a mystery man took the reins of North Korea and its massive stockpiles of plutonium. The death of Kim Jong-il on Saturday, and the succession of his ...
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China Stocks Fall on Home Price Slump, North Korea Leader Death
BusinessWeek
19 (Bloomberg) -- China's stocks retreated, pushing the benchmark index towards a seventh week of losses, after home prices posted their worst performance this year and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died. China Cosco Holdings Co., which ships goods ...
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Nikkei gains on Korea relief but mood still shaky
Reuters
* Lifted by short-covering after selling on North Korea * Rebalancing buying from Japan investors also add support * Market players see limited upside on persisting worries on Europe * Olympus jumps on report of capital increase By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO, ...
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N. Korea Risk Binds Adversaries in Search for Calm
BusinessWeek
See EXT2 for more on the North Korean transition.) Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The death of North Korea's Kim Jong Il, one of the world's most repressive leaders, has produced a new moment of danger that binds the interests of both allies and adversaries of ...
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Northrop's Sale of Global Hawk Spy Drones to South Korea Stalls
BusinessWeek
Global Hawk drones to help improve South Korea's reconnaissance capability may have stalled. The delay, combined with a potential reduction in U-2 surveillance flights over and near North Korea, might degrade US and South Korea ability to monitor ...
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Obama, Japan's prime minister discuss US commitment to allies, situation in ...
Washington Post
The White House says in a statement that Obama and Noda discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula following the death of Kim Jong Il. The White House says Obama conveyed the importance he places on maintaining the stability of the Korean ...
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North Korea's country risk score falls after leader's death
Euromoney Magazine
North Korea remains one of the top 10 riskiest countries in the world, according to economists polled in Euromoney's Country Risk (ECR) ratings. “The suddenness of Kim's unscheduled passing may prove to be enough of a shock that elements in favour of ...
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US Should Engage North Korea, Says China Expert Lee
TheStreetTV
US Should Engage North Korea, Says China Expert Lee.
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Hmm... Sarah Palin: North Korean Missile Launch A Reminder To Work On 'Energy ...
Mediaite
by Frances Martel | 11:23 pm, December 19th, 2011 The death of North Koreatyrant Kim Jong Il has elicited a variety of responses from political figures on this hemisphere. Tonight on Follow the Money, Sarah Palin weighed in on both the death of the ...
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CTS apologizes for mocking North Korean news anchor
eTaiwan News
20 (CNA) Taiwan's Chinese Television System (CTS) apologized Tuesday for its inappropriate imitation a day earlier of a North Korean news anchor's tearful reaction to the death of the country's leader, Kim Jong Il. CTS anchor Liang Fang-yu, ...
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Japanese Stock Futures Fall on Concern About Europe, North Korea
BusinessWeek
20 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stock futures fell and Australian equities were little changed amid concern European leaders are failing to stem the region's debt crisis and the death of North Korea's leader may increase instability in Asia. ...
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