Ten years hard labor for American in N. Korea
North Korea's Supreme Court gives a 62-year-old Korean American ten years of hard labor for subversion against the state. Mana Rabiee reports.
North Korea's Supreme Court gives a 62-year-old Korean American ten years of hard labor for subversion against the state. Mana Rabiee reports.
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Spotify's fourth annual report, which originally launched in 2021 following criticism over its lack of transparency, noted record accomplishments, including the highest annual payment from any retailer to the music industry. “This is everything we know about how much is being paid out, how many artists are achieving different levels of success,” says Charlie Hellman, the vice president and global head of music product at Spotify. According to the data, 1,250 artists generated over $1 million each in recording and publishing royalties in 2023; 11,600 generated over $100,000 and 66,000 generated over $10,000 — numbers that have almost tripled since 2017.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced on Tuesday it will reduce the amount of government bonds it will purchase after ending its negative interest rate policy and abolishing yield curve control (YCC). According to the new guidelines, the BOJ will significantly reduce the top-end of the range of the amount of bonds the BOJ is planning to buy each time at its bond buying operation. The BOJ has conducted aggressive bond buying operations to defend its ultra-low rate policy, pushing its ownership in the market to over 50%.
Japanese shares were volatile on Tuesday, while the yen fell to near 150 per dollar after the Bank of Japan in a widely expected move ended eight years of negative interest rates and ushered in the nation's first policy tightening since 2007. In a week filled with central bank meetings across the globe, the BOJ heralded a new era as it shifted away from years of ultra-easy monetary policy. The BOJ set the overnight call rate its new target and said it would guide it in a range of 0-0.1% by paying 0.1% interest on excess reserves financial institutions park with the central bank.
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The move marks the first time the country's central bank has raised interest rates for 17 years.
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The yen fell on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) ended its negative interest rate policy in a monumental but highly anticipated decision, while the Australian dollar also slid after its central bank kept rates steady. The Bank of Japan ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy on Tuesday, putting an end to years of its ultra-loose stance. The BOJ also said at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting that it will end its purchases of Japanese exchange-traded funds and reduce the amount of Japanese government bonds (JGBs) it will purchase.
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Australia's central bank held interest rates steady on Tuesday and watered down its tightening bias, signalling greater confidence that inflation is moving back to its target as the economy slows. Wrapping up its two-day March policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept rates at a 12-year high of 4.35% for a third straight meeting, and said it was not ruling anything in or out on policy. Markets had wagered heavily on a steady outcome given inflation has held at two-year lows and economic growth slowed to a crawl.
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Australia's central bank held interest rates steady on Tuesday and watered down its tightening bias, signalling greater confidence that inflation is moving back to its target as the economy slows. Wrapping up its two-day March policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept rates at a 12-year high of 4.35% for a third straight meeting, and said it was not ruling anything in or out on policy. Markets had wagered heavily on a steady outcome given inflation has held at two-year lows and economic growth slowed to a crawl.
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