North Korea-weekly review-2
NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 54 (May 14, 2009)
*** NEWS IN BRIEF (Part 1)
North Korea Says No Flu Cases, Stockpiling Medicine
NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 54 (May 14, 2009)
*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK
Bilateral Dialogue Possible Despite N.K. Rhetoric Against Obama
Foreign baseball players in Korea to face drug testing
SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's baseball governing body said Thursday
that foreign players in the local pro league will be subject to drug testing.
S. Korea rescues Egyptian ship from Somali hijackers
SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean naval unit patrolling in pirate-plagued
Somali waters has rescued an Egyptian-registered vessel from being hijacked, the
North Korea sets date for trial of two U.S. reporters
SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Two U.S. female journalists detained in North Korea for
illegally entering the country will stand trial in Pyongyang on June 4, the
S. Korea, Indonesia to discuss anti-terror efforts
SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Indonesia will hold working-level
consultations on ways to counter terrorism in Jakarta later this week, Seoul's
Consumer prices to further firm up in May: minister
SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices will stabilize further in
May but the government will step up efforts to keep them under control throughout
S. Korea to tap 5 tln won from distressed loan fund
SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will spend 5 trillion won (US$4 billion) to
buy bad property-linked loans and idle vessels from ailing shipping companies as
Seoul stocks open down on foreign sell-off
SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started weaker Thursday on massive
foreign selling, analysts said.
KOSPI-open
KOSPI 1,395.60 DN 18.92 points (open)
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