Until it was shut down amid high military tensions, the industrial park, a valuable source of hard currency for the impoverished North, had proved remarkably resilient to the regular upheavals in inter-Korean relations. Saturday's talks follow months …

Strategically situated in the center of East Asia, the islands, once known as the Kingdom of the Ryukyus, have had a tortured history with Japan since the takeover, including the forced suicides of Okinawan civilians by Japanese troops during World War …

And they then did, they made it, money from the gutter flowed across the world. The Brazilian Finance Minister called foul; he called it a currency war. It is not like that now. As the Fed hints that QE may be coming to an end, as good news on the US …

The last few weeks have seen yet more shots fired in the fascinating war of words between the Federal Reserve and hedge fund managers. Yet this spectacle is essentially a sideshow. The real battle is elsewhere. It relates to a Fed that is uncomfortably …

In essence, nations are trying to devalue currencies to grow in what economists have dubbed a global "currency war". The Reserve Bank of Australia hasn't officially entered the war but has recently increased its talking down of the dollar. "Many …

Dare we speak the words “currency war”? We spent a lot of time pooh-poohing currency war talk as sour grapes by emerging market finance ministers who can't manage their own economies… and sure enough, they instituted capital controls. But it's not …

From where Americans stand, this must all look strangely as if an Anglo-European currency war might be about to kick off — aimed squarely at them. This would be overstating the case: clearly it would be politically unwise for us to start such an …

As World War II was ending in 1944, the leading western nations put together what was called the Bretton Woods Agreement. It was a modified gold standard. Other countries pegged the value of their currency to that of the U.S. dollar. The United States …

(How does a Currency War affect your FX trading? Take our free course to find out!) USDJPY Daily: July 5, 2013. Japan_Leading_Index_Reaches_a_6-Year_High_Little_Yen_Reaction_body_usdjpy.png, Japan Leading Index Reaches a 6-Year High,.