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Kim Young-sam, former president of South Korea, dies

November 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service By Hyung-jin Kim SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, died Nov. 22. He was 87. The chief of Seoul National University Hospital, Oh Byung-Hee, announced Kim’s death […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2015, Chun Doo-hwan, Former President Kim Young-sam, Geoge Island, International Monetary Fund, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Korean War, Koreas South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, North Korean, President Park Chung-hee, Roh Tae-woo, Seoul National University Hospital, South Koreans, Syngman Rhee, United States, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4

Malaysia taken off US human trafficking blacklist

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers and rights groups on July 27 accused the State Department of politicizing its annual rankings of nations on their efforts to combat modern-day slavery, as key trading partner Malaysia was taken off a blacklist. Cuba was also given an upgrade, a week after the U.S. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Belarus, Cuba, Democratic Rep, Democratic Sen, International Monetary Fund, Libya, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Phil Robertson, President Barack Obama, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, State Department, State John Kerry, State Sarah Sewall, Thailand, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, World Bank

U.S. nominee for World Bank job to visit seven countries

March 31, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Martin Crutsinger The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Yong Kim, the Obama administration’s nominee to head the World Bank, is starting a global tour to promote his candidacy with stops in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the Treasury Department announced on March 26. Treasury officials said that Kim, the president of Dartmouth College, began his […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Africa, Asia, Bank President Robert Zoellick, China, Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, Dartmouth College, Ethiopia, India, International Monetary Fund, Jim Yong Kim, Mexico, Nigeria, President Barack Obama, South Korea, Treasury Department, Vol 31 No 14 | March 31 - April 6, World Bank

India aims to overtake China as the world’s fastest growing economy

March 18, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“We are facing a major problem,” said Farooq, a senior executive at Marvel Gloves Industries, which produces 3 million pairs of gloves a month. “Despite importing gloves, we are not able to meet the demand.”

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, Ask Manal Farooq, China, Finance Ministry, Fixing India, Forbes Marshall Pvt, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, International Monetary Fund, Marvel Gloves Industries, Mumbai, Naushad Forbes, New Delhi, Pranab Mukherjee, Renu Kohli, Vol 29 No 12 | March 20 - March 26

Group says Myanmar hid billions in gas revenues

September 17, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK (AP) — On Sept. 10, An environmental activist group accused Myanmar’s ruling military junta of hiding about $4.8 billion in unreported earnings from natural gas projects with foreign oil companies in overseas banks.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Asia, Burma, DBS, ERI, International Monetary Fund, Matthew Smith, Myanmar, Naing Htoo, OCBC, Overseas Chinese Banking Corp, Paris, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Vol 28 No 39 | September 19 - September 25

Commentary: Let’s profit from China’s industriousness

August 27, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

If I told you that General Electric has grown four times faster than its competition for decades and will continue to do so for years to come, yet its stock trades are well below its competition, wouldn’t you sell your car to buy as much GE stock as you could?

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2009, AIG, Belmont Partners, China, Chinese, Commentary Let, GM, General Electric, International Monetary Fund, Joseph Meuse, United States, vol 28 no 36 | August 29 - September 4

Official says China to continue buying U.S. debt

March 26, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China will continue buying U.S. government debt while paying close attention to possible fluctuations in the value of those assets, a vice governor of Beijing’s central bank said March 23.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Beijing, China, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Hu Xiaolian, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Iran, London, North Korea, President Barack Obama, attention

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