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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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Yoon's Prague visit sets stage for W24tr nuclear power plant deal
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Parliamentary think tank urges caution against Google's map request
South Korea's parliamentary research body on Saturday defended the country's restrictions on the use of government-supplied maps abroad against Google's controversial map request.In a report, the National Assembly Research Service said the government should prudently review the impact to national security.The U.S. Internet giant has sought permission to take government map data off the peninsula for use in servers worldwide.Google claims that it's necessary to offer full GPS and other mapping se
PoliticsAug. 27, 2016
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N. Korea submarine missiles not ready until 2018: experts
Seoul (AFP) -- North Korea is making progress on a submarine-launched ballistic missile system but any deployment of the technology is years away, a US think tank said, as the UN Security Council promised action over Pyongyang's latest test.The US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said late Friday on its closely-watched website, 38 North, that the success of North Korea's SLBM test this week suggests the program may be progressing faster than originally expected."However, this does not
North KoreaAug. 27, 2016
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Samsung to release Galaxy Note 7 in China next month
Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea has started receiving pre-orders for its new Galaxy Note phablet from Chinese customers, company officials said Saturday.The Galaxy Note 7 is scheduled to go on sale on Sept. 1, with a price tag of 5,988 yuan, or one million won (US$897).It features 4GB of RAM and 64GB of flash memory storage, the same as those sold in other markets such as South Korea, the United States and Europe.The fresh phablet has attracted keen global attention with an iris recogniti
TechnologyAug. 27, 2016
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UNSC condemns N. Korea's missile launches: report
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) condemned North Korea's four recent ballistic missile launches and agreed to take "significant" measures against Pyongyang, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday.The council issued a press statement strongly denouncing North Korea's missile tests in a unanimous decision reached on Friday (New York time), the ministry said.On Aug. 24, North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the East Sea, prompting the council to hold
North KoreaAug. 27, 2016
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White House: U.S. deeply concerned about N. Korea
The United States is deeply concerned about the human rights situation in North Korea and the country's nuclear and missile programs, the White House said Friday, local time."The United States and the rest of the international community is deeply concerned about the human rights situation inside of North Korea," Josh Earnest, press secretary at the White House, said in a regular briefing. "We also have deep concerns about the continued willingness of the North Korean regime in provocative action
North KoreaAug. 27, 2016
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Hyundai Motor's workers reject wage deal in labor union vote
Workers at South Korea's leading carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. have voted down a tentative wage-hike agreement, forcing their labor union to renegotiate the thorny issue, union officials said Saturday.It marks the first time that the firm's unionized workers, currently totaling 49,665, have rejected such an annual pay deal, provisionally agreed, since 2008.A total of 45,777 members participated in Thursday's vote and 35,727 of them, or 78.05 percent, were against the accord. Unionists of Hyundai Mo
Social AffairsAug. 27, 2016
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Iran, South Korea to begin trade in euros
TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran and South Korea are to start trading in euros, legally circumventing US sanctions on dollar transactions with Tehran, a senior official announced Friday.After months of talks with Washington, at the urging of Iran, Seoul will "with US approval... convert South Korean won to euros without any direct intervention of dollars", Deputy Foreign Minister Hamid Baedinejad said on his Instagram page.If other countries with "local and limited currencies" also traded in euros, it would
Aug. 26, 2016
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Obama plans to create world's largest marine protected area
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating a safe zone for tuna, sea turtles and thousands of other species in what will be the world's largest marine protected area.Obama's proclamation will quadruple in size a monument originally created by President George W. Bush in 2006. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument will contain some 582,578 square miles, more than twice the size of Texas.Obama will travel to the monument nex
World NewsAug. 26, 2016
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Aid access in Syria 'unacceptable': UN
GENEVA (AFP) -- Humanitarian access to Syria's besieged areas is "wholly unacceptable", the UN said Friday as it announced that just one aid convoy had completed deliveries this month. The United Nations humanitarian office said a convoy with life-saving supplies finished its delivery on Thursday to Al-Waer, a besieged area of the district of Homs. "While we welcome yesterday's convoy, the level of access to besieged areas this month is wholly unacceptable," an OCHA statement said. The two-part
World NewsAug. 26, 2016
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SpaceX Dragon heads back to Earth with station science, gear
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A SpaceX Dragon capsule headed back to Earth on Friday with a load of science experiments and gear from the International Space Station.NASA astronaut Kate Rubins waved goodbye as the Dragon slowly flew away, aiming for a splashdown in the Pacific, just off Mexico's Baja California coast. It's loaded with 3,000 pounds of research and equipment, including 12 mice that flew up on the Dragon as part of a genetic study.Rubins and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi used the
World NewsAug. 26, 2016
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Car bomb attack in Turkey kills 11 police; 78 wounded
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A Kurdish militant suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden truck into a checkpoint near a police station in southeast Turkey on Friday, killing at least 11 police officers and wounding 78 other people, the prime minister said.The attack struck the checkpoint 50 meters (yards) from a main police station near the town of Cizre, in the mainly-Kurdish Sirnak province that borders Syria.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which was the latest in a s
World NewsAug. 26, 2016
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Tears as town evacuation starts in symbol of Syria revolt
DARAYA (AFP) -- Syrian rebels and civilians, many in tears, began Friday evacuating the Syrian town of Daraya after a four-year army siege, in a blow for the beleaguered opposition.The evacuation came after a deal struck by President Bashar al-Assad's government and opposition forces in the town, which is close to the capital Damascus and was one of the first to rise up against the regime.The first buses carrying evacuating rebels and their families emerged from the devastated town, accompanied
World NewsAug. 26, 2016
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France's top court to rule on burkini ban
PARIS (AFP) -- France's highest administrative court will decide Friday whether to overturn bans on wearing the full-body burkini swimsuit which have sparked controversy at home and abroad.The State Council has heard arguments from the Human Rights League and an anti-Islamophobia group which are seeking to reverse a decision by the southern town of Villeneuve-Loubet to ban the Islamic garment.The ruling, due at 3:00 pm (1300 GMT), is likely to set a precedent for around 30 French towns which hav
World NewsAug. 26, 2016
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China Communist party expels 'insatiable' statistics chief
BEIJING (AFP) -- The "morally bankrupt" former head of China's statistics bureau, responsible for calculating the country's economic figures, has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party for actions including "superstitious activities" and "insatiably" trading power for sex, a watchdog said Friday.Wang Baoan headed the National Bureau of Statistics until January, when an inquiry into him was announced just hours after he spoke at a press conference in Beijing on China's economy.In a statem
Aug. 26, 2016
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US, Russia renew push for elusive agreement on Syria
GENEVA (AP) -- The United States and Russia on Friday renewed efforts to secure a military and humanitarian cooperation agreement for war-torn Syria as conditions on the ground continued to deteriorate after months of hesitation, missed deadlines and failed attempts to forge a nationwide truce.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were meeting in Geneva as part of a new U.S. bid to enlist Russia as a partner in Syria as the fighting becomes more volatile a
World NewsAug. 26, 2016
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Strong aftershocks rattle devastated Italian earthquake zone
AMATRICE, Italy (AP) -- Strong aftershocks rattled central Italy and shut down a key route into the hard-hit town of Amatrice on Friday as hopes dimmed that firefighters would find any more survivors from the earthquake that killed at least 267 people.The Italian government declared Saturday a day of national mourning and scheduled a state funeral to be attended by President Sergio Mattarella.Some crumbled buildings in Amatrice cracked even further after the biggest aftershock of the morning str
World NewsAug. 26, 2016
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Court rejects state appeal over 'lenient' Pistorius sentence
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) -- A South African judge on Friday rejected the state's appeal seeking a longer jail sentence for Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who is serving a six-year term for killing his girlfriend three years ago.Thokozile Masipa -- the same judge who imposed the sentence last month -- said in the High Court in Johannesburg that she was not persuaded there was a "reasonable prospect of success on appeal"."The application for leave to appeal against the sentence is dismissed with costs," s
World NewsAug. 26, 2016
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Hope for survivors fades as Italy quake toll climbs
AMATRICE, Italy (AFP) -- An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day Friday as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives.Flags will fly at half-mast across the country on Saturday to coincide with the first funerals.Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency's emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors fo
World NewsAug. 26, 2016