[CN-IRON-STOCKS] surmises landshark stadium The increased displays imports were attributed to tumbling iron oreprices and cheap freight costs, making most of China'shigh-cost domestic iron ore output less competitive. Roughly half of China's iron ore mines may have shut downsince prices dropped, opening the door for Low-cost producersto expand their market share in the world's biggest steelmakingcountry, an executive at global miner Rio Tinto (RIO.L)(RIO.AX) said in late May. [ID:nHKG256795] However, some analysts and traders expect record importswould taper off in the coming months, as soaring freight costs.BADI have made imports expensive and as China seeks to reinin steel production. China, which has overcapacity of more than 100 milliontonnes and made 170 million tonnes of crude steel betweenJanuary and April, has said it would reduce output by 8 percentto 460 million tonnes this year, implying it has to cut outputby more than 10 percent in the remaining months of 2009.

Global miners are depending on China to make up for losseselsewhere as steel production crumbled in the wake of a deepeconomic slowdown since late last year landshark field . For graphics on China's iron ore imports: here (Reporting by Miyoung Kim; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner) Stocks China Brazil . SINGAPORE, June 02(Reuters) - Following are terms andconditionsof a bond to be issued on June 12, 2009 BorrowerNational University of Singapore Form of debtFixed Rate Bond,MTN Issue AmountS$250 million Coupon3.20% pa semi-annual Issue DateJune 12, 2009 Maturity Date June 12, 2014 Coupon Payment Date 12 December and 12 June Commencing on 12 December 2009 Denominations S$250,000 Lead ManagerHSBC For ratings information, double click on RRS0001 For all bonds data, double click on BONDS For Top international bonds news [TOP/EUB] For news about this issuer, double click on the issuer RIC, where assigned, and hit F9 on Reuters terminals Data supplied by International Insider. . (For full coverage of North Korea, click [ID:nSP431049]) * North Korean officials asked to pledge loyalty to son * South Korean government briefed lawmakers on succession * Swiss-educated son is seen as most capable by analysts By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL, June 2 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has told top officials to pledge loyalty to his youngest son, signalling his anointment as heir to the family dynasty that has ruled since the state's founding, a lawmaker and South Korean media said on Tuesday .

Kim, 67, is thought to have suffered a stroke in August that raised questions about his continued control landshark review . Analysts have said the North's recent military grandstanding, including a nuclear test last week, may be aimed at helping him solidify power so he can name a successor . [ID:nSEO111269] North Korea has asked the country's main bodies and its overseas missions to pledge loyalty to Kim's youngest son Kim Jong-un, various South Korean media outlets quoted informed sources as saying . "I was notified by the South Korean government of such moves and the loyalty pledges," Park Jie-won, a member of the opposition Democratic Party, said in a statement . He declined to name his source but the South's Yonhap news agency said Park was among a group of lawmakers briefed on Monday night by the country's spy agency about the succession plans. Kim Jong-un, born either in 1983 or early 1984, was educated in Switzerland and intelligence sources have said he appears to be the most capable of Kim's three known sons. [ID:nSEO180039] Even by North Korea's opaque standards, very little is known about the son, whose youth is a potential problem in a society that adheres closely to the importance of seniority.

The succession is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the highly secretive North, with Kim's plans only known to his small inner circle landshark staduim . This recent round of reports have provided the most detailed information to date . Yonhap quoted an informed source as saying the request for an oath of loyalty came shortly after the nuclear test on May 25, which was hailed by the North's propaganda as a crowning achievement in Kim Jong-il's "military first" rule . Leading South Korean daily Dong-A Ilbo quoted an informed source as saying: "North Korean leadership is educating senior officials at major security authorities with an emphasis on the justification of father-to-son succession over three generations." SUCCESSION CHALLENGE Kim Jong-il was groomed for decades to take over from his father and state founder Kim Il-sung, but his three sons are unknown to most North Koreans, which would make the succession of any of them a daunting task .

North Korea's official media for decades let it be known that Kim Jong-il would take over, but it still took him at least two years to hold power fully after his father died in 1994 and to win the respect of the powerful military and ruling communist party, analysts said landshark youtube . In April, Kim Jong-il put to rest any doubt about whom he sees as his second in command when he elevated his brother-in-law Jang Song-taek to a powerful military post, analysts said . [ID:nSEO372442] Analysts said they see the energetic and urbane Jang, 63, as the real power broker after Kim who will groom the successor . Jang, who once fell out of Kim's favour, has in recent year's been Kim's right hand man, they said.(Additional reporting by Kim Junghyun, editing by Jonathan Thatcher and Dean Yates) South Korea  |  North Korea South Korea North Korea . NUSA DUA, Indonesia, June 2 (Reuters) - Indonesia's PTAdaro (ADRO.JK), the country's second-largest coal producer,expects China's demand for overseas coal to stay strong in thesecond half of this year, a company official said on Tuesday. Indonesia "From the signs we've seen, going forward, we can only sayit is still looking strong in the second half," Alastair Grant,Adaro Marketing Director, told the Coaltrans conference inBali. "Strong domestic pricing in China means overseas coalshould stay still competitive." (Reporting by Fayen Wong and Fitri Wulandari; Editing byMuralikumar Anantharaman) Indonesia.