Key words : US highly technical north
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US federal investigators have arrested an American cryptocurrency specialist for allegedly providing highly technical information to North Korea, knowing it could be used to help them launder money and evade sanctions.
Virgil Griffith, a cryptocurrency specialist living in Singapore, was arrested on Thursday.
According to a statement from a US attorney in New York, Griffith visited the North Korean capital Pyongyang around April and attended a conference on crypto-assets. He allegedly gave information on blockchain, the technology underpinning crypto-currencies.
The US government prohibits citizens from traveling to North Korea without permission. Griffith apparently obtained a visa on a separate paper to avoid leaving a record on his passport.
The statement said, "Griffith jeopardized the sanctions that both Congress and the president have enacted to place maximum pressure on North Korea's dangerous regime."
Media outlets report that he is the programmer who developed WikiScanner, a software for identifying people who anonymously edited entries in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Key words : north Abe soon
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A North Korean foreign ministry official has warned that Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may see "what a real ballistic missile" looks like up close and soon.
The threat comes after Japanese officials said North Korea fired two ballistic missiles on Thursday from around Yeonpo in the country's South Hamgyong Province toward the Sea of Japan.
The North denies that ballistic missiles were involved in the test. State media reported on Friday that Pyongyang successfully tested a "super-large multiple-launch rocket system" under the oversight of leader Kim Jong Un.
On Saturday morning the state-run Korean Central News Agency ran a statement by the vice director general of the department of Japanese affairs at the foreign ministry.
The official repeatedly ridiculed Abe, calling his criticism over the "shell which did not drop in waters off Japan" unseemly.
After the launch on Thursday, Abe said that Pyongyang's repeated ballistic missile launches present a serious challenge to Japan and the international community.
Tokyo has called the launches a violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Pyongyang rejects the accusation.
The statement by the North's foreign ministry official also said that Pyongyang is increasingly resolved not to deal with Abe, who has expressed an intention to meet with Kim without preconditions.
Key words : main stadium
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The main stadium of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been completed.
An inspection of the new National Stadium ended at noon on Saturday. It followed the completion of building work in mid-November. Construction began three years ago.
The stadium features traditional Japanese building techniques, and uses timber from all of the country's 47 prefectures.
It comprises three-tiered stands, and has a 60-meter-long partial roof that overhangs about 60,000 seats.
The opening and closing ceremonies for the Games, as well as the athletic events, will be staged at the stadium.
Construction costs came to 152.9 billion yen, or about 1.4 billion dollars, meaning the project came in under the government's budget.
The structure was redesigned after the initial plan was scrapped due to its high projected costs and other factors.
A completion ceremony is scheduled for mid-December, followed by an event to show the stadium to the public.
It will host its first sporting event, the final of the Emperor's Cup soccer, on January 1 next year.
Key words : Fujimori
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Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori has been released from prison after being held for more than a year on allegations of corruption.
Fujimori walked free on Friday. She is the eldest daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori and a powerful political figure who also ran twice for president.
Prosecutors in the nation's capital Lima arrested her in October 2018 on charges of accepting illegal campaign contributions.
Fujimori appealed on grounds her imprisonment was politically motivated. But the court approved her pre-trial detention to stop her fleeing abroad.
The top court ordered her release, saying the reasons given by prosecutors were based on speculation and unclear.
Fujimori's opposition party held a majority in Congress until President Martin Vizcarra dissolved the body amid a tussle with opposition lawmakers over his anti-corruption campaign. Peru will hold legislative elections in January.
Analysts say Fujiimori's release could cause conflict to escalate between the ruling party and opposition. Public protests by opposition supporters have already increased.
Key words : knife attack London bridge two people died
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British police say the suspect in Friday's knife attack in central London had been convicted of terrorism offences.
Police named 28-year-old Usman Khan from central England as the suspect in the attack at London Bridge. Two people died and three others were injured.
Bystanders tackled Khan before police shot him dead at the scene.
Police are treating the case as a terrorist incident.
Khan had previously been arrested and jailed for his involvement in a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange in 2010.
He was released on probation in December last year on condition he wore an electronic tag to monitor his movements.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a statement ahead of an emergency meeting. He said serious and violent criminals should not be allowed to come out of prison early, and must serve their sentences.
Friday saw another knife attack. Three people were stabbed on a busy shopping street in the central Dutch city of the Hague.
Dutch police say they have found no evidence linking the attack to terrorism.
Key words : basic agreement
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Japan's Defense Ministry says it has reached an agreement to purchase an island in the country's southwest to use as a new staging ground for US carrier aircraft drills.
The ministry plans to relocate the landing exercises to Mageshima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, from the Pacific island of Ioto, also known as Iwojima, of the Ogasawara island chain.
It also plans to build a new facility to accommodate both Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the US military.
Ministry officials say they reached a basic agreement on Friday with the firm that owns most of Mageshima to acquire the land for about 146 million dollars.
The United States has been pressing Japan to build a new training site, saying the remote location of Ioto Island presents safety hazards for personnel.
Key words : telecom giant
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The Chinese telecom giant Huawei reportedly is planning to take legal action against the decision by a US telecom regulator to shut it out of the American market.
The Wall Street Journal carried an article on Friday quoting multiple sources as saying that Huawei plans to file a lawsuit with a Louisiana court next week.
The Federal Communications Commission decided on November 22 to prevent domestic telecommunication companies that receive US government subsidies from using Huawei devices, citing security threats.
The measure will affect mostly small, rural companies.
Huawei has fiercely objected the move, saying that no evidence has been presented.
The firm apparently wants to prove in court that its products pose no problems.
The trade rift between the United States and China is expected to deepen over this issue, which has become a symbol of the confrontation between the two countries.
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