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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 Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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Antitrust watchdog raids Google Korea office
[THE INVESTOR] The Fair Trade Commission, the nation’s antitrust regulator, raided Internet giant Google’s Korean head office in Gangnam on July 21 as part of its investigation into allegations that the global Internet giant twisted the arms of local smartphone-makers -- Samsung and LG -- to preinstall its apps on their handsets. Google is also accused of pressuring local mobile game developers to utilize AdMob, a game ad platform run by Google. The firm, whose Android operating system has an ov
TechnologyJuly 22, 2016
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Presidential advisory group backs THAAD deployment
South Korea's presidential advisory body on inter-Korean ties adopted a resolution Thursday supporting the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system, called THAAD, on the peninsula."We actively support the government's THAAD deployment decision aimed at protecting the people's life and security against growing North Korean nuclear and missile threats," the operating committee of the National Unification Advisory Council said in the statement.South Korea's Defense Ministry announced l
NationalJuly 21, 2016
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European Central Bank keeps interest rates at record low
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The European Central Bank has left its key interest rates unchanged at record lows as it assesses the impact on the economy of Britain's vote to leave the European Union.President Mario Draghi is expected to use his post-decision news conference Thursday to underline the bank's willingness to add to its stimulus programs if the economy takes a serious hit.Draghi could indicate the bank's readiness to extend its monthly bond purchase stimulus of 80 billion euros ($88 bi
WorldJuly 21, 2016
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Al-Qaida in Syria executes 14 'government forces'
BEIRUT (AFP) -- Al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front has executed 14 captured men it accused of fighting for President Bashar al-Assad, in retaliation for a regime advance near Damascus.A video distributed via the group's social media accounts showed 14 men, many with injuries including black eyes, stating their names as they lined up in pairs in front of the group's black flag."Implementation of the death sentence against a group of... regime prisoners because of their attack on Harira vi
WorldJuly 21, 2016
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U.S. to slap heavy anti-dumping duties on S. Korean steel imports
The United States has made a final decision to impose anti-dumping duties of up to 48 percent on imports of corrosion-resistant steel from South Korea, a key trade agency here said Thursday.In its recent ruling, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that the related U.S. industry is actually hurt by products from South Korea and four other nations sold at less than fair value and subsidized by their governments, according to the Korea International Trade Association.It was uph
BusinessJuly 21, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Merkel accepts Britain's decision to delay triggering Brexit
BERLIN (AFP) -- Germany and Britain agreed Wednesday that Prime Minister Theresa May needed time to prepare for talks to leave the EU, after London took the first step towards Brexit by giving up its presidency of the European Union.On her first foreign trip since taking office in the wake of Britain‘s seismic referendum, May told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that her government would not ask to leave the European Union before the end of 2016 in order to plan a “sensible and orderly departure
World NewsJuly 21, 2016