North Korea tension

North Korea Says U.S. Faces `Merciless Revenge' Over Drills

EghtesadOnline: North Korea threatened the U.S. on Tuesday, saying it will face “merciless revenge” for ignoring Pyongyang’s warnings over annual military drills with South Korea.

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Publish Date:22/August/2017 | 05:46

Signs of Junk Seepage in Biggest Weekly S&P 500 Drop Since March

EghtesadOnline: U.S. equity traders grown accustomed to docile markets were shaken awake as tension over North Korea escalated, sending the S&P 500 to the largest weekly drop since March.

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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 11:04

Balance of Power: What Does North Korea Do Now?

EghtesadOnline: North Korea’s Kim dynasty has mastered the art of brinkmanship for decades: scare the world with missiles and nuclear tests, strike a deal with the West, and then watch the aid money flow in.

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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 11:02

War Threat in Korea Exposes Artery of Global Commodities Trade

EghtesadOnline: Should U.S. President Donald Trump unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea, it will bring conflict to the core of the global commodity trade.

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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 10:51

Hong Kong Investors Rush for Exit in Biggest Stock Rout of 2017

EghtesadOnline: Stocks in Hong Kong fell the most since November and volatility surged as U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up pressure on North Korea.

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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 09:43

Rates Volatility Shrugs Off Korea Tension While Stocks Get Pummeled

EghtesadOnline: The North Korea standoff may be stoking volatility in assets from stocks to currencies, but the rates market is taking developments in its stride.

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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 08:24

Tillerson Says ‘Peaceful Pressure’ Still Best North Korea Option

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged continued “peaceful pressure” on North Korea, even as one Republican senator ratcheted up talk of war.

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Publish Date:02/August/2017 | 04:37

Keeping North Korea Afloat Puts These Nations in Trump's Crosshairs

EghtesadOnline: When it comes to North Korea’s nuclear threat, U.S. President Donald Trump sees no middle ground.

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Publish Date:31/May/2017 | 05:50

U.S. Treasury considering all tools to stop North Korea financing: official

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Treasury is considering all of its available tools to deny North Korea access to the international financial system to rein in its nuclear weapons and missile development programs, a senior Treasury official said on Saturday.

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Publish Date:14/May/2017 | 04:18

North Korea Tests Missile as Tillerson Calls for Sanctions

EghtesadOnline: North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile just hours after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson mounted an effort at the United Nations to rally pressure against Kim Jong Un’s regime.

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Publish Date:29/April/2017 | 04:41

Carrier group heads for Korean waters, China calls for restraint

EghtesadOnline: Chinese President Xi Jinping called for all sides to exercise restraint on Monday in a call with U.S. President Donald Trump, as a nervous South Korea and Japan sought to join drills with a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group headed for Korean waters.

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Publish Date:24/April/2017 | 05:48

Stocks dip as North Korea, France keep investors on edge

EghtesadOnline: Shares and the dollar fell on Tuesday as a snap general election call in Britain added to a lengthening list of uncertainties for investors already on edge over tensions simmering from North Korea to France.

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Publish Date:18/April/2017 | 13:57

Japan PM urges North Korea to refrain from more provocative actions

EghtesadOnline: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged North Korea on Monday to refrain from taking further provocative actions, comply with U.N. resolutions and abandon its nuclear missile development.

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Publish Date:17/April/2017 | 24:28

Dollar hits five-month low vs. yen as North Korea tension s mount

EghtesadOnline: The dollar dipped to a five-month low against the yen on Monday as rising tensions over North Korea kept the safe-haven Japanese currency in demand.

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Publish Date:17/April/2017 | 05:29

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says would travel to North Korea: NYT

EghtesadOnline: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he would be willing to travel to North Korea on behalf of the Trump administration to help diffuse rising tensions, The New York Times reported on its website on Sunday.

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Publish Date:23/October/2017 | 07:36

Tillerson Pledges Diplomacy With North Korea ‘Until the First Bomb Drops’

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says President Donald Trump wants him to push forward on diplomacy with North Korea “until the first bomb drops.” Until?

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Publish Date:16/October/2017 | 10:55

Trump Rattles Saber at North Korea: ‘Only One Thing Will Work’

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump returned to saber-rattling against North Korea, saying that “only one thing will work!” after years of diplomacy have failed, even as his counterpart in Pyongyang termed nuclear weapons a powerful deterrent.

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Publish Date:08/October/2017 | 07:48

Trump Says U.S. Is Ready to Use ‘Devastating’ Force on North Korea

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump said the U.S. is prepared to use “devastating” military force against North Korea but encouraged the world to work together to end the country’s nuclear program as he imposed new sanctions on the country’s banks.

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Publish Date:27/September/2017 | 06:55

Japan's Abe announces snap election amid worries over North Korea

EghtesadOnline: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would dissolve parliament’s lower house on Thursday for a snap election, seeking a mandate to stick to his tough stance toward a volatile North Korea and rebalance the social security system.

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Publish Date:25/September/2017 | 14:23

Trump Bluntly Threatens to Wipe Out North Korea in UN Debut

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump bluntly threatened North Korea with annihilation if it menaces the U.S. or its allies and delivered a provocative argument to leaders of the world that they should embrace nationalism even when confronting collective threats.

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Publish Date:20/September/2017 | 06:46