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NT dollar plunges on late central bank intervention

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Taipei Times
Asian currencies soar amid recovery
Sat 29 May 2010
RELIEF: Taiwanese policymakers have sold the NT dollar most days in the past month to slow gains, according to traders familiar with the central bank’s operations BLOOMBERG Asian currencies had their... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during the three-nation talks in Seogwipo on Jeju island, South Korea, Saturday, May 29, 2010.

China Defence Photos S Korea Wikipedia: People's Republic of China – North Korea relations

The New York Times
China Offers Condolences Over Sinking of Ship
Sat 29 May 2010
SEOUL, South Korea — Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China offered condolences on Saturday to South Korea for the sinking of one of its warships in March, The Associated Press reported. Pool photo... (photo: AP / Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, center, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pose before their summit in Seogwipo on Jeju island, South Korea, Saturday, May 29, 2010.

The Himalayan Sat 29 May 2010
S.Korea, China, Japan move towards free trade bloc
SEOGWIPO: South Korea, China and Japan Saturday called for free-trade talks aimed at eventually creating a single economic bloc to be speeded up, as their leaders met for a three-way summit. The calls... (photo: AP / Lee Jae-won, Pool)
China Japan Photos S Korea Wikipedia: List of free trade agreements

Ssangyong Motors display area at the Manila Auto Show, World Trade Center, as seen in this April 3, 2009 photo.

The Times of India Fri 28 May 2010
M&M, Ruia, Renault in South Korea's bankrupt Ssangyong race
MUMBAI/KOLKATA: French car giant Renault and Mahindra & Mahindra, estranged partners in India, will get a chance to lock horns once again after it emerged that both have made bids to buy South Korea’s... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Auto Korea Market Photos Wikipedia: SsangYong Motor Company

South Koreans pass a TV set broadcasting a news about North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.

The Daily Telegraph Australia Fri 28 May 2010
South Korea accused of faking warship sinking
NORTH Korea has accused South Korea of faking the sinking of a warship for which Pyongyang has been blamed and warned that the Korean peninsula was heading to "the... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
Defence N Korea Photos S Korea Wikipedia: North Korea – South Korea relations

Ssangyong Motors at the Manila Auto Show, World Trade Center, as seen in this April 3, 2009 photo.

Deccan Herald Fri 28 May 2010
Mahindra in race for Ssangyong Motor takeover
Seoul/Tokyo, May 28, Reuters Frances Renault SA and Indias top utility vehicle maker Mahindra are in the running to buy troubled South Korean SUV maker Ssangyong Motor,... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Automobile Business Industry Photos Wikipedia : Ssangyong Motors

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak clap hands during a meeting with the two countries' scholars at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 28, 2010.

Gulf News Fri 28 May 2010
China holds the key to peace
Even by the standards of the military clashes that have become a perennial feature of life on the Korean peninsula, the sinking of a South Korean warship by a North... (photo: AP / Jung Yeon-je, Pool)
China N Korea Photos Politics Wikipedia: North Korea – South Korea relations

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak attend a signing ceremony at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 28, 2010.

The New York Times Fri 28 May 2010
Chinese Premier Vows to Be Impartial on N. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — Facing increasing pressure to rein in North Korea, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China met with President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea on Friday... (photo: AP / Jung Yeon-je, Pool)
China N Korea Photos S Korea Wikipedia: North Korea – South Korea relations

President Barack Obama looks through the door before the start of a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday May 27, 2010.

The Siasat Daily Fri 28 May 2010
America's bond with Israel is unbreakable: Obama
Washington, May 28: US President Barack Obama today said America's bond with Israel is unbreakable as it is the bond of two peoples that share a commitment to a common... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
America Israel Photos President Wikipedia: Israel

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), Joint Task Force 535 (JTF-535), load gear and sea bags aboard a USMC KC-130 at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma, Okinawa, prior to flying

The New York Times Fri 28 May 2010
U.S. and Japan Reach Okinawa Deal
SEOUL, South Korea — Japan and the United States issued a statement on Friday saying an American air base would be relocated on Okinawa to a new site on the island,... (photo: US DoD)
Wikipedia: Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Defence Japan Photos US

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South Korean Navy Patrol Combat Corvettes stage an anti-submarine exercise off the western coast town of Taean, South Korea, on Thursday, May 27, 2010.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, is welcomed by top U.S. commander in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChystal, left, at the military airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.

Hillary Clinton: We will not let North Korea provocation go unchallenged

North Korean soldiers use binoculars to look over the South side at the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008.

NKorea threatens to fight, cuts ties with South

Visitors walk near the mock North Korea's Scud-B missile, right, and other South Korean missiles at Korean War Museum in Seoul, Friday, May 21, 2010. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Friday his country was caught in a "perfect military ambush" when a North Korean torpedo sank a naval warship, but called for a cautious response to the disaster that left 46 sailors dead. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

NKorea threatens military action in disputed waters

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South Korea conducts anti-submarine drills

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South Korea launches major anti-submarine exercise

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