This past week the dong jumped from 16,120 to the dollar to 18,500 on the black market as traders rushed to put their dong into dollars and gold.
At Far Rockaway, Long Island one summer day 19 years ago, a tipsy slattern wove into the chop suey restaurant of Fung Kwok-dong, plunked down on a table a naked boy infant .
Thousands of extra police will be dispatched nationwide to pull over bare-headed drivers, issuing steep fines of up to 200,000 dong (about $15) about a quarter of the average .
Cho Yong Pil: Meet the K-Pop Legend Cho Yong Pil’s Seoul office in the affluent Seocho-dong neighborhood is surprisingly neat and tidy given all that's inside. The room is packed with...
June 12, 2013 - Billboard
Berkeley: 3-alarm fire at historic Nash Hotel Berkeley: 3-alarm fire at historic Nash Hotel Firefighters contained a three-alarm fire Tuesday that burned a historic hotel in downtown Berkeley, authorities said. The fire at the Nash Hotel at 2045 University Ave., just west of Shattuck Avenue, was reported at 7:44 a.m., said interim Fire Chief Gil Dong. Four people were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
June 12, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
Dong Swaps Hybrid Bond After S&P Adjustment Hits Capital Plan Dong Energy A/S is asking hybrid bondholders to swap out of a 3010 security that the company won’t be able to use in its risk buffers after Standard & Poor’s changed its definition of the debt class.
June 10, 2013 - Bloomberg