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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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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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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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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Explosion at SpaceX launch pad destroys rocket, satellite
A massive fireball and explosion erupted Thursday at SpaceX's main launch pad, destroying a rocket as well as a satellite that Facebook was counting on to spread internet service in Africa. There were no injuries. The pad had been cleared of workers before what was supposed to be a routine pre-launch rocket engine test. SpaceX chief Elon Musk said the accident occurred while the rocket was being fueled and originated around the upper-stage oxygen tank. "Cause still unknown,'' Musk said via Twit
World NewsSept. 2, 2016
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Hanjin to set tone for future corporate rescues
From Busan to Spain and the US, Hanjin Shipping’s vessels were arrested by debtors and denied access to ports for overdue operation fees Thursday, prompting frightened cargo owners to cancel contracts and request their freight back. Just a couple of months ago, few in Korea would have thought that Hanjin, Korea’s largest container carrier, would fall like this. Freight containers carrying the logo of Hanjin Shipping are stacked at Busan Port on Thursday. (Yonhap)Moving a big chunk of Korea’s ex
Sept. 2, 2016
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Russia-based N. Korean diplomat defects to S. Korea with FX holding: source
A North Korean diplomat who was reported to have defected from his post in Russia last month entered South Korea with his family and huge holdings of foreign currency, a source said Thursday. "The diplomat involved in Pyongyang's trade representatives under its consulate general in Vladivostok defected and went to South Korea via a third country," the source said. The first secretary-level diplomat brought a "considerable" sum of foreign currency with him to the South along with his wife a
North KoreaSept. 1, 2016
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Apple says several billion dollars set aside for US taxes
Apple's chief executive says the company has put aside ``several billion dollars'' to pay tax liabilities in the United States as it repatriates some of its huge overseas earnings. Tim Cook told Irish state network RTE in an interview broadcast Thursday that the money, part of profits from 2014, should be brought back to the U.S. next year. He did not specify how much would be repatriated. Apple holds nearly $215 billion in cash and securities outside the U.S., much of that generated by it
World NewsSept. 1, 2016