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Samsung under pressure after Intel's foundry spin-off: analysts
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Heavy rain to fall nationwide over weekend, but warmer fall expected
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Seoul chastises predatory pricing claims over Czech nuclear export deal
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YouTuber under fire for consoling former singer accused of bullying
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NK newspaper 'unusually' silent on new missile tests: Seoul
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Samsung CEO introduces ‘bold growth’ as new target
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Bank of Korea eyes rate cut after US Fed's historic pivot
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3 suspects apprehended for selling celebrity deepfake porn: police
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[Herald Interview] Kim Woo-bin grew to appreciate ‘unseen’ heroes with ‘Officer Black Belt’
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Hyundai Motor officially becomes KT’s largest shareholder
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Looting engulfs Cairo, other Egyptian cities
CAIRO (AP) _ Cairo residents boarded up homes and set up neighborhood watches of citizens armed with guns, clubs and knives Saturday as looting and violence engulfed the capital.Egyptian anti-government protesters stand atop an Egyptian army tank during a protest in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (Yonhap-AP)With the police having disappeared from the streets, the army expa
InternationalJan. 30, 2011
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Wounded captain of rescued S. Korean freighter heads home
The seriously wounded captain of a rescued South Korean freighter headed home from Oman aboard a special ambulance jet on Saturday, about a week after he survived shooting from Somali pirates in a commando operation to free the vessel.The 58-year-old Seok Hae-kyun was shot three times by pirates during the Jan. 21 operation in which South Korean commandos rescued the freighter Samho Jewelry. He wa
Social AffairsJan. 29, 2011
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‘Somali pirates are the most sought after groom among Somali women’
Those who are considered elite in Somalia join a gang of pirates, and pirates are the most sought after groom among Somali women, according to a source in Seoul. As pirates get ransoms of $2million on average, according to a BBC report in 2008, the rewards which pirate gang members receive, can exceed the average annual income of a developed country, the source said. The Financial Times reported t
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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Gov. Lee, Rep. Suh lose jobs on conviction
Lee Kwang-jae, governor of Gangwon Province, was stripped of his position Thursday as the Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s sentence. Lee was earlier sentenced to a one-year prison term and a forfeit order of 114 million won ($102,000) for having received kickbacks from Park Yeon-cha, CEO of shoemaking company, Taekwang Industry.The term will also deprive Lee, who was an aide of the late Presid
Social AffairsJan. 28, 2011
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Riot police squad disbanded for abuse
A riot police squad in Wonju, Gangwon Province, was disbanded on Friday after its seniors were found to have physically and emotionally abused young conscripts.The Gangwon Regional Police Agency said it broke up the 90-member unit, relocating 59 police officers to other areas. The other 31 members are victims of the abuse, and they will be transferred out after questioning, the agency said. The de
Social AffairsJan. 28, 2011
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Ministry conducts reshuffle of senior prosecutors
The Justice Ministry on Friday appointed Han Sang-dae, chief of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office, to head the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in a reshuffle that affected six senior prosecutor posts.Park Yong-seok, chief of the Legal Research and Training Institute, was appointed as the vice chief of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in the reshuffle, which officials said is aimed at re
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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Son says N.K. leader didn’t want power succession
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was opposed to the second hereditary power succession, but had no other option in order to stabilize the impoverished communist state, a Japanese newspaper quoted Kim’s eldest son as saying Friday.The Tokyo Shimbun said it had an exclusive interview with Kim Jong-nam, thought to be in his late 30s, in a southern Chinese city earlier this month. “Even Chairman Mao Ze
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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Trial test for state-run English exam Saturday
Some 4,000 adults will sit a trial version of a state-run English test Saturday, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Friday. The National English Ability Test, or NEAT, is currently under development to be introduced as early as 2012. The online test is to be divided into three different levels ― one adult level to substitute TOEIC and TOEFL, and two student levels to substitute
Social AffairsJan. 28, 2011
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N. Korea proposes parliamentary talks
North Korea proposed parliamentary talks with the South to discuss ways to ease tension on the peninsula, drawing varied reactions from political parties here.“What is essential in the inter-Korean dialogue is dialogue between the authorities with real power and responsibility,” the North’s Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland said in an English-languag
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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Much at stake in widened by-elections
With as many as six seats up for grabs, the by-elections in April are expected to have a major impact on the political climate ahead of the parliamentary and presidential elections next year.Being this year’s only national-level elections, the votes could buck up or discourage the Lee Myung-bak administration as it nears its end.Gangwon Province will have to pick a new governor as Lee Kwang-jae wa
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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S. Korea repatriates N. Korean man
South Korea sent a North Korean man back to his communist homeland Friday after he drifted across the maritime border to the South in a boat in waters off the peninsula's west coast last month, the Red Cross said. The man, who has since expressed his desire to return home, was handed over to the North Friday afternoon at the border village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone separating
North KoreaJan. 28, 2011
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Man sentenced to suspended jail term for throwing feces at ex-president's tomb
A local court on Friday sentenced a 63-year-old man to a two-year suspended jail term for throwing human excrement at the tomb of late former President Roh Moo-hyun.The man, identified only by his surname Jeong, was caught in November last year after pelting a bag of feces at Roh's grave in Bongha Village, Gimhae, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul.Roh took his own life in May 2009 by jumping
Social AffairsJan. 28, 2011
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Expert warns of complacency on N.K.
Professor Myers of Dongseo Univ. expects third nuclear test in 2011, but not direct assaultRelations between North and South Korea were not at a particularly low point when “The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters” hit bookstores at the end of 2009. In the summer before, former U.S. President Bill Clinton had gone to Pyongyang to successfully negotiate the release o
North KoreaJan. 28, 2011
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Former senior prosecutor gets jail term for bribery
A Seoul court sentenced a former senior prosecutor to two-and-a-half years in jail for accepting a luxury car and other kickbacks from a businessman in return for ordering his subordinate to investigate a case against the bribe giver's rival. The 52-year-old, surnamed Jeong who formerly served at the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office, was charged with accepting bribes worth 46 million won (US$
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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Farm minister offers to resign over FMD spread
Yoo Jeong-bok, agriculture minister (Yonhap News) South Korea's farm minister offered Friday to step down over the severest foot-and-mouth (FMD) outbreak in the country's history once ongoing quarantine efforts arrest the spread of the highly contagious animal disease. Yoo Jeong-bok said in a news conference that he plans to take full responsibility for the outbreak that forced the government t
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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N. Korean leader opposed hereditary power transfer, eldest son says
TOKYO -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was against a third-generation power succession, but had no other option in order to stabilize the troubled communist regime, a Japanese newspaper quoted Kim's eldest son as saying in its Friday edition. Kim Jong-nam, believed to be in his late 30s, has lived abroad for years after apparently falling out of favor with his father for attempting to enter
North KoreaJan. 28, 2011
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5-foot Monitor lizard wanders Calif. neighborhood
This image provided by Riverside County Animal Services shows Animal Services officer, Kim McWhorter, holding a 5-foot long Monitor lizard animal controls officers found wandering around a condo complex in the city of Riverside, Calif., Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011. Black-throated Monitor lizards are carnivorous and native to the grasslands of Africa (Photo: AP)RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- Animal services o
InternationalJan. 28, 2011
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N. Korea to develop nuclear-capable ICBMs within decade: Adm. Mullen
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- North Korea will likely develop intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads within the coming decade, the chief U.S. military officer said Thursday. "There's little doubt in my mind, unless North Korea is deterred, that sometime in the next, I'm not sure but, five to 10 years, the provocations ... will continue at a much higher threat level,
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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Ex-police chief arrested on corruption charges
Former police chief Kang Hee-rak was arrested Thursday on charges of receiving kickbacks from a contractor in exchange for influence-peddling. Prosecutors claimed Kang received 180 million won in 2009 from a broker who demanded operational rights of makeshift cafeterias at construction sites. A Seoul district court issued an arrest warrant for him. The court had refused to approve the prosecution’
Social AffairsJan. 27, 2011
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Seoul steps back on apology from N. Korea
South Korea has said this week it will not link an apology from North Korea for last year’s attacks with resuming multinational disarmament talks, taking a step toward making peace with its nuclear-armed rival. The change of attitude could lead to early resumption of the six-nation talks aimed at North Korea’s denuclearization, an issue that has sparked a months-long tug of war among regional powe
PoliticsJan. 27, 2011