[Word of mouth] - Update: the latest trends and controversies - Brief Article

Business Asia, Dec, 2001

"The correction in the market (for a weaker yen) is desirable and a strong yen not based on fundamentals is not favourable."

ZEMBEI MIZOGUCHI, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE JAPAN'S MINISTRY OF FINANCE'S INTERNATIONAL BUREAU, ON THE STATE OF THE JAPANESE CURRENCY.

"The sunshine policy is a win-win policy to achieve re-unification and it will succeed."

SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT KIM DAE JUNG ON WHETHER OR NOT OPEN RELATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA SHOULD STILL BE PURSUED.

"The Central Bank will change monetary policy if we see that growth next year tends to fall below our target."

BANK OF THAILAND GOVERNOR PRIDIYATHORN DEVAKULA ABOUT THE CENTRAL BANK'S POLICIES FOR 2002.