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Chuseok still is a headache for couples
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N. Korea launches trash balloons toward S. Korea for 2nd day: JCS
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Heat wave watch issued for Seoul; latest on record
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Students suffer sleep deprivation, fatigue, suicidal thoughts
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Nearly 2,000 aging separated family members die in first 8 months of year: gov't data
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Popular tourist destinations beckon Chuseok holidaymakers
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Yoon's approval rating hits new low: poll
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On the road for Chuseok? Popular rest stop foods await
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Naver Map starts providing natural disaster information
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Only 12 pct of unsafe food imports taken off market for disposal: report
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Chinese sweep 2nd day of swimming
China, one of Asia’s swimming powerhouses, dominated the 25-meter short course swimming at the Incheon Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games on Monday, taking four of the seven gold medals on offer.China’s gold medals came in the men’s and women’s 50-meter backstroke, and men’s and women’s 4X100-meter freestyle relay. All four gold medals were taken in record times for the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.The women’s team completed the race in 3 minutes 41.63 seconds, while the men’s team set a
More SportsJuly 2, 2013
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Thai cheers cause a stir
The Thai national bowlers drew spectators‘ attention at Anyang Hogye Gymnasium with their deafening cheers for their players during the men’s and women‘s singles competitions on Sunday and Monday.“Basically the lyrics of our chant are: One, two, three, four strikes are not enough. We want 10,” said Angkana Netrviseth, the women’s champion of the 2013 Asian Bowling Tour in Macau.Netrviseth, who is 23, has played bowling for 10 years. She was with the national youth team for two years before joini
More SportsJuly 2, 2013
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Games organizer tells volunteers ‘keep up good work’
Kim Young-soo, president of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee, visited the Yonsei Global Campus in Incheon on Tuesday to encourage volunteers for the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games to keep up their good work, the committee said.He also asked them to come back again to work as volunteers for next year‘s Incheon Asian Games.Kim looked around the worksite of Moon Seung-ju, one of volunteers who works at the athletes’ village on the campus. The 21-year-old sophomore of Gwangju U
More SportsJuly 2, 2013
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Volleyball star’s future jeopardized over FA dispute
Volleyball superstar Kim Yeon-koung was once again suspended by her South Korean club over a free agency dispute, a move that can potentially put her player status in limbo. Heungguk Life Pink Spiders on Monday requested that the Korea Volleyball Federation register Kim as a “voluntarily withdrawn player,” a form of ban which effectively stops a player from signing with other teams. Kim is reportedly seeking to remain on the club she has played with for the past two years, Turkey’s Fenerbahce, w
More SportsJuly 2, 2013
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Japanese figure skating champion becomes a mother
Japan’s ice skating champion Miki Ando revealed that she gave birth to a daughter in April in an interview with TV Asahi on Monday.“There was a lot of opposition about me having a baby. However, after a long, careful consideration, I chose my baby over skating,” said the 27-year-old ice skater as she announced her plan to retire after competing for the last time at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.She did not mention the baby’s father during the interview.Japanese media speculated Nikolai Morozov,
More SportsJuly 2, 2013
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N.K. further pressured to give up nukes
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei – North Korea came under further pressure to give up its nuclear programs at a key Asia-Pacific security meeting Tuesday. The top diplomats from the 27-member ASEAN Regional Forum, including its traditional ally China, expressed concerns about the North’s weapons ambition that threatens regional peace and security, Seoul officials said. The region’s biggest security conference gathered together the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and other partners in
North KoreaJuly 2, 2013
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Actress Song talks about working with director Wong
Actress Song Hye-gyo on Sunday downplayed rumors of her quarrel with Wong Kar-Wai, but admitted there had been “some difficulty” with the Chinese director, Hong Kong media reported.Song said there was “a bit of friction and misunderstanding” with Wong while filming his recent flick, adding that the difficulties helped her mature. “It has not been easy. For me, it was the first time working with Wong. Since their (movie makers in Hong Kong) way of filming was different from that of Koreans, there
FilmJuly 2, 2013
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Korea doles out pensions to elderly dual citizens
South Korea has begun to pay pensions to its low-income elderly citizens with dual citizenship, an official said Tuesday, a move that stirred up controversy on whether Seoul should use taxpayers‘ money to support those who have spent most of their lives in foreign countries.The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it doles out up to 97,000 won ($85) per month to elderly people who are qualified for the elderly pensions under a 2011 law that allows those aged 65 and over who previously held South
Social AffairsJuly 2, 2013
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Detained food mogul further questioned by prosecutors
The chairman of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group was further questioned Tuesday while in prosecution custody over alleged tax evasion and embezzlement, officials said.Lee Jay-Hyun was jailed at the Seoul Detention Center on the southern outskirts of Seoul Monday shortly after a district court approved the prosecution's request for an arrest warrant for the country's 10th richest man.The 53-year-old allegedly dodged some 70 billion won ($61.4 million) in taxes through stashing secret
IndustryJuly 2, 2013
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Seoul shares close flat on China, Q2 earnings woes
South Korean stocks closed almost flat Tuesday as investors took a wait-and-see approach on the rising concerns over the Chinese economy and listed firms' second-quarter earnings, analysts said. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 0.71 points, or 0.04 percent to close at 1,855.02. Trading volume was high at 479.6 million shares worth 3.84 trillion won ($3.39 billion) with gainers outpacing losers 431 to 379."Seoul shares tr
July 2, 2013
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S. Korea mulling including central bank's debt in public debt
South Korea's government and the central bank are discussing whether to include the Bank of Korea (BOK)'s debt in data on public debt to be newly released next year, officials said Tuesday.The government plans to provide additional figures on public debt including public firms' debt holdings in a bid to offer a more accurate picture of financial conditions in the public sector.The BOK said that the government and the central bank are in talks over whether the central bank's issuance of monetary
July 2, 2013
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Parties agree to disclose full original summit transcript
The National Assembly decided Tuesday to request the perusal and disclosure of the original version of a 2007 inter-Korean summit transcript containing late President Roh Moo-hyun’s controversial remarks on the West Sea boundary with North Korea.The ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition Democratic Party agreed they will request the National Archives of Korea to let them access the minutes, original transcript, voice recording and all other relevant documents to get to the bottom of the sp
PoliticsJuly 2, 2013
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Seoul shares down 0.11 pct in late-morning trade
South Korean stocks traded 0.11 percent lower late Monday morning on losses in techs and autos, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 2.08 points to 1,853.65 as of 11:20 a.m.Tech blue chips traded bearish, with top chipmaker SK hynix losing 7.29 percent and leading flat panel maker LG Display falling 1.63 percent. Samsung Electronics, however, edged up 0.68 percent.Carmakers also lost ground, with No. 1 player Hyundai Motor falling 3.59 percent and its smalle
July 2, 2013
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Williams loses to Lisicki in Wimbledon stunner
Serena Williams joined a growing list of marquee names eliminated early at this wild and unpredictable Wimbledon.The defending champion and five-time Wimbledon winner failed to close out a see-saw third set Monday, dropping the last four games to Sabine Lisicki of Germany and losing 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 in the fourth round. The result ended Williams' career-best 34-match winning streak.It was the latest in a string of improbable exits to jolt the tournament, with defending champion Roger Federer and Ra
More SportsJuly 2, 2013
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Vatican bank director, deputy resign amid scandal
The director of the embattled Vatican bank and his deputy resigned Monday, the latest heads to roll in a broadening finance scandal that has already landed one Vatican monsignor in prison and added urgency to Pope Francis' reform efforts.The Vatican said in a statement that Paolo Cipriani and his deputy, Massimo Tulli, stepped down ``in the best interest of the institute and the Holy See.'' The speed with which they resigned, however, indicated that the decision was not entirely theirs.Cipriani,
World NewsJuly 2, 2013
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S. Korean teenager to make long-awaited PGA Tour debut
South Korean teenager Kim Si-woo will make his long-awaited PGA Tour debut this week, having recently met the minimum age requirement to earn a full membership on the prestigious circuit.Last December, Kim became the youngest golfer to survive the notoriously difficult PGA Tour qualifying tournament, commonly known as the Q-School, at 17 years, five months and six days. Under the tour rule, however, he couldn't become a full-fledged member until his 18th birthday.Kim turned 18 last Friday and wi
GolfJuly 2, 2013
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Egypt deeper in crisis as Morsi rebuffs army ultimatum
Egypt's political crisis deepened on Tuesday as Islamist President Mohamed Morsi snubbed an army ultimatum threatening to intervene if he did not meet the demands of the people, and five ministers led a spate of government resignations.The opposition too expressed concern that the military was poised to play a political role in the deeply divided country, even as the army hastened to damp down talk of an imminent "coup.”An army statement, read out on television Monday, had given Morsi 48 hours t
World NewsJuly 2, 2013
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Putin: Snowden must stop leaking secrets to stay
Russia's President Vladimir Putin said Monday that former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden will have to stop leaking U.S. secrets if he wants to get asylum in Russia, but he believes that Snowden has no intention of doing so.Putin's statement came hours after Snowden asked for political asylum, according to the Interfax news agency, citing a consular official at the Moscow airport where the leaker has been caught in legal limbo for more than a week.President Barack Obama said t
World NewsJuly 2, 2013
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Bailed-out Portugal's finance minister resigns
Portuguese Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar quit Monday, acknowledging he lost credibility after missing deficit targets and was causing friction inside the center-right coalition government as public support for his austerity policies evaporated.President Anibal Cavaco Silva's office announced Gaspar's resignation on its website and said he will be replaced by Secretary of State for the Treasury Maria Luis Albuquerque.Gaspar was a key member of the government as it struggles to repair its finances
World NewsJuly 2, 2013
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Seoul shares open higher on U.S. data
South Korean stocks opened higher Tuesday as investors' sentiment got a boost from improved economic data from the United States, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 3.16 points, or 0.17 percent, to 1,858.89 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Shares gathered ground across the board, with Samsung Electronics adding 0.68 percent and its smaller rival LG Electronics moving up 0.27 percent. Top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis moved up 1.48 percent.U.S. stocks
July 2, 2013