2005.09.17

Macau Calls For Calm in Wake of USA Money-Laundering Charge. [RFA ] The Macau government calls for calm after bank customers queue into the street to withdraw millions of dollars from branches of Banco Delta Asia, following allegations from the U.S. Treasury Department that it laundered money for North Korea. 2005.09.17

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Japan-Politics (Kyodo) UPDATED In the DPJ presidency contest, we have a winner... 2005.09.17

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PRC seeks DPRK breakthrough. [BBC News] Diplomats discuss a Chinese attempt to break the deadlock in talks on North Korea's nuclear program. 2005.09.17

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Japan-Politics (Kyodo) Japan's main opposition party, pummeled at the polls, to elect a new leader today. 2005.09.17

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ROK Becomes Regional Plastic Surgery Hub. (Chosun Ilbo) An increasing number of Chinese and Japanese women head to Korea for beauty treatments and plastic surgery, encouraged by a vogue for Korean actresses among Asia's young people and a Korean pop culture boom. 2005.09.17

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DPRK Guest-Workers Defect in Siberia. [RFA ] North Korean laborers assigned by Pyongyang to camps in Siberia to earn their government foreign currency are increasingly fleeing their work teams to go it alone as illegal workers. Some hope eventually to seek refuge in a third country. 2005.09.17

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