Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,295.70	+1.15	0.01%
S&P 500	1,648.36	-2.15	-0.13%
Nasdaq	3,455.24	-4.17	-0.12%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,295.70

+1.15

0.01%

S&P 500

1,648.36

-2.15

-0.13%

Nasdaq

3,455.24

-4.17

-0.12%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,764.29	-12.49	-0.45%
FTSE 100	6,654.34	-42.45	-0.63%
DAX	8,305.32	-46.66	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,764.29

-12.49

-0.45%

FTSE 100

6,654.34

-42.45

-0.63%

DAX

8,305.32

-46.66

-0.56%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

South Korea Presidential Office Ignored Intel on Kim’s Death, Yonhap Says

By Taejin Park - 2011-12-22T03:32:36Z

South Korea’s presidential office ignored an intelligence report on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s death Dec. 17 because it was provided on a Saturday, Yonhap News reported, citing a lawmaker.

Park Sun Young, a lawmaker at the Liberty Forward Party, said Korea’s National Intelligence Service briefed the presidential office on the morning of the 17th about Kim’s death but the Blue House ignored the report because it was Saturday.

To contact the reporter on this story: Taejin Park in Seoul at tpark31@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Young-Sam Cho at ycho2@bloomberg.net

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