2005.06.10

Toyota 'plans price rise gesture'. [BBC News] Japan's top carmaker considers raising the prices of its new cars in the U.S. in a bid to appease struggling American rivals. 2005.06.10

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USA, ROK seek unity on DPRK. [BBC News] South Korean President Roh is in Washington to discuss the North Korean nuclear stand-off with President Bush. 2005.06.10

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SK Group boss freed after appeal court suspends jail term (AFP). One of South Korea's most powerful businessmen, Chey Tae-Won, has walked free following an appeals court suspending his three-year prison term for fraud-related crimes. 2005.06.10

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Japan-School Attack (Kyodo) UPDATED Some 58 people, mostly students, have been injured in an explosion at Hikari High School in Yamaguchi-ken. An 18-year-old junior at the school has been arrested for throwing gunpowder in a glass into a math class. 2005.06.10

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Untying the Korean knot (The Christian Science Monitor). When South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun visits President Bush at the White House today, no one will accuse the two leaders of treating the North Korean nuclear issue as the elephant in the corner. 2005.06.10

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