Central Committee News
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An aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met a senior North Korean party official in Pyongyang, raising the possibility of an easing in regional tensions after months of threats from the totalitarian state.
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Liu Tienan, a vice chairman of China’s economic planning agency, is being investigated by the country’s top anti-corruption agency over suspected “serious discipline violations.”
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Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party for the first time chose a U.S.-educated government official to join its highest decision-making body, tapping a face familiar to Western investors as it seeks to revive the economy.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s election win without the bulk of ethnic Chinese voters is set to pose the biggest test yet for the pro-Malay affirmative action policies instituted by his father more than three decades ago.
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The chairman of the Illinois Republican Party resigned today, four months after angering conservatives by supporting gay marriage.
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Copper dropped for a second straight session amid concern that lower-than-forecast growth in the U.S. and China, the world’s biggest consumers of the metal, will damp demand. Zinc and lead retreated.
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U.K. stocks fell for the first time in four days, led by a selloff in mining companies, as base metals declined and U.S. economic growth trailed forecasts.
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To an outside observer, the behavior of the North Korean leadership often appears short- sighted and irrational. There seems to be a tested and easy way out of their predicament -- the path of Chinese-style economic reforms. While such gradual capitalist reforms might be good for the country, however, they would be far too dangerous for the current North Korean elite. As a consequence, they’re unlikely to be implemented anytime soon.
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Kim Jong Un called nuclear weapons development one of North Korea’s top priorities as his country ratcheted up tensions by declaring a state of war with South Korea and reiterating threats to attack the U.S.
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The central committee of Tanzania’s ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi urged members of its national executive linked to corruption scandals to resign to help improve the party’s image among voters.
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