North Korea moves to restrict economy Hartford Courant Reporting from Yanji, China - In the markets of Kilju, a city of 100,000 near North Korea's eastern seacoast, the ruling Korean Workers' Party has ordered the removal of Chinese-made cookies, candies and pharmaceuticals. | Even soybeans, many articles of clothing and shoes are now forbidden. | It is...
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16 dead, about 320,000 flee homes in China floods The News & Observer | BEIJING -- At least 16 people have died and more than 320,000 have evacuated homes in southern and central China after heavy rains toppled houses, flooded roads and damaged a dam, news reports say. | In the central province of Hunan, floods have killed eight people and forced 140,000 to relocate s...
SKorea says NKorean missiles can hit key targets Philadelphia Daily News | HYUNG-JIN KIM | The Associated Press | SEOUL, South Korea - The ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired this weekend were likely capable of striking key government and military facilities in South Korea, a defense official said Sunday, amid ...
Officials: Missiles show N. Korea skills improving Philadelphia Daily News | KELLY OLSEN | The Associated Press | SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's weekend missile launches show the communist country is improving its capability and accuracy and are a cause for concern, officials said Sunday. | North Korea launched seven ba...
Tale of two sisters makes the universal immigrant story personal Contra Costa Times If you're looking for one of those wonderful "take me someplace exotic and unfamiliar" books for summer, you won't do better than "Shanghai Girls," the latest from novelist Lisa See, who has carved a rich career chronicling the lives of Chinese women...
SKorea says NKorean missiles can hit key targets The Guardian | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Associated Press Writer= SEOUL, South Korea (AP) â The ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired this weekend were likely capable of striking key government and military facilities in South Korea, a defense official said S...
Despite U.S. tactical shifts in Afghanistan, Taliban terror continues The News & Observer | SHARANA, Afghanistan -- 1st Lt. Chip Heidt, his wire spectacles sliding down his wet nose in the hot midday sun, was walking with a purpose amid a stretch of the 20-foot-high mud walls in this Afghan town opposite Pakistan's lawless Waziristan trib...
SKorea says NKorean missiles can hit key targets The News & Observer | SEOUL, South Korea -- The ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired this weekend were likely capable of striking key government and military facilities in South Korea, a defense official said Sunday, amid growing concerns over Pyongyang's fire...
Central banker warns of risks in stimulus push China Daily | BEIJING: China's massive economic stimulus plan has launched some projects that are wasteful, possibly making it hard for investors involved to repay bank loans, China's central ...
India joins Russia, China for FX diversification China Daily | Suresh Tendulkar, an economic adviser to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said he is urging the government to diversify its $264.6 billion foreign-exchange reserves and hold...
N. Korea's launch of 7 missiles draws criticism The Miami Herald | TOKYO -- Taunting the United States on its birthday, North Korea fired seven missiles into the Sea of Japan early Saturday in a provocative move that some experts said might have been intended to discourage deployment of new missile defenses agains...
North Korean Missiles Defy U.N. Resolution Wall Street Journal By EVAN RAMSTAD | SEOUL -- North Korea's test-firing of seven mid-range missiles on Saturday, America's birthday, again demonstrated the ability of the country's authoritarian regime to grab headlines and defy penalties imposed it by the United Natio...
North Korea moves to restrict economy Hartford Courant Reporting from Yanji, China - In the markets of Kilju, a city of 100,000 near North Korea's eastern seacoast, the ruling Korean Workers' Party has ordered the removal of Chinese-made cookies, candies and pharmaceuticals. | Even soybeans, many article...
Foreign Exchange Philadelphia Daily News | Here is what a U.S. dollar buys (in commercial trades; consumer rates may be lower). | Country July 2 Year ago | Australia 1.25 1.04 | Austria ...
Beijing records best air quality in near decade Syracuse | (AP) - BEIJING - Pollution levels in Beijing over the past six months were the lowest seen in nearly a decade, environmental officials said Friday. | "We can say that air quality in Beijing has already improved. We can feel that and see blue skies here," said Du Shaozhong, vice director of the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau. | Part of th...
Shanghai holds 9 linked with building collapse The News & Observer | SHANGHAI -- Shanghai authorities are holding nine people in an investigation into why a nearly finished 13-story apartment building collapsed and have ordered safety checks at other construction sites, the government said Monday. | Meanwhile, rescuers were searching a river in northeast China after part of a road bridge caved in early Monday, sen...
