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Samsung under pressure after Intel's foundry spin-off: analysts
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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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Seoul to suggest date for meeting with N.K. on high-level defense talks
The South Korean Defense Ministry said Friday it will suggest a date for a preparatory meeting with North Korea next week to arrange the high-level military talks.“The preliminary talks are likely to be held in February if the two sides agree on the agenda and other issues,” said ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok, adding that colonels from the two sides will likely hold the preparatory talks.While a
PoliticsJan. 21, 2011
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DP divided over tax, welfare
Are Koreans ready to pay more taxes in return for free school meals, nurseries and medical fees?How to finance “universal welfare” is now haunting the main opposition Democratic Party after it announced a slew of pledges for broader welfare benefits to attract voters in the 2012 general and presidential elections. Party members are facing off over how to finance the 16.4 trillion won ($14.7 billio
PoliticsJan. 21, 2011
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U.S. envoy due in Seoul next week over N. Korea
The deputy U.S. secretary of state will arrive in Seoul next week to debrief officials on the results of the U.S.-China summit, Washington announced Friday.James Steinberg will also travel to Japan and China to follow up on U.S. President Barack Obama’s meeting with his counterpart Hu Jintao in Washington this week, the U.S. State Department said. Steinberg will arrive in Seoul on Jan. 26.The trip
PoliticsJan. 21, 2011
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Cheonghae Unit’s previous anti-piracy successes
The Cheonghae Unit, which was deployed in March 2009 to join an international anti-piracy campaign in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast, has thus far subdued pirate ships on 15 occasions.The unit, consisting of a 4,500-ton destroyer, a helicopter and three high-speed boats, has also escorted hundreds of vessels passing through the waters off Somalia and assisted in their safe navigation. The f
PoliticsJan. 21, 2011
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Rescue sends tough message to pirates
First storm of hijacked ship shows shift to hardline responseThe government in Seoul has taken military action against the Somali pirates, which have targeted an increasing number of South Korean ships for ransom.Not only South Korean vessels are seized by pirates in the Arabian Sea. Many foreign freighter ships have been captured there for ransom.Somali pirates seized a Korean-flagged freighter a
PoliticsJan. 21, 2011
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All 21 crewmembers of Samho Jewelry rescued
The Underwater Demolitaion Team prepares to enter the steering room of the Samho Jewelry on Friday. (ROK Navy) South Korea's defense minister official briefs on the raid of the Korean ship hijacked by Somali pirates on Friday. (Yonhap News) All of the 21 crewmembers of a South Korean freighter seized by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean last Saturday were safely rescued by South Korean anti-pira
PoliticsJan. 21, 2011
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Past hijackings by pirates
* Apr. 4, 2006: Fishing boat “Dongwon,” carrying 25 crewmembers including eight Koreans, is hijacked near Somali territory. The crew is held for 117 days until July 30. * May 15, 2007: Twenty-four crewmembers of “Mabuno No. 1” and “No. 2,” including four Koreans, are kidnapped on the seas off Somalia. They are released 174 days later on Nov. 4. * Oct. 28, 2007: Japanese chemical tanker “Golden Nor
Social AffairsJan. 21, 2011
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Timeline of Samho Jewelry hijacking, rescue
Jan. 15: Chemical freighter Samho Jewelry carrying 21 crewmembers including eight Koreans was captured by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea between Oman and India. Jan. 16: South Korea's Cheonghae Unit dispatched 4,500-ton destroyer Choi Young to the scene. Jan. 18: South Korean troops fire at the Somali pirates as they attempt to hijack a Mongolian vessel. The shootout left three South Korean sol
PoliticsJan. 21, 2011
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Somali parliament blocks piracy bill
Portuguese soldiers arrest Somali pirates in 2009. (Yonhap News) MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somali lawmakers on Tuesday blocked a bill criminalising piracy which was proposed by the justice minister to pave the way for a local tribunal. The bill finalised last week by the government is meant to beef up Somalia's legal arsenal in prosecuting and detaining pirates, who have so far been mainly tried abroa
PoliticsJan. 21, 2011
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Lee praises Korean troops for 'perfect' raid on Somali pirates
President Lee Myung-bak expressed appreciation for the successful rescue operation by the country's navy for a South Korean chemical freighter and its 21 sailors seized by Somali pirates and reaffirmed Seoul's resolve not to tolerate any future attacks on South Korean people."Our military carried out the operation perfectly under difficult circumstances," Lee said in a brief statement broadcast li
PoliticsJan. 21, 2011
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S. Korea to propose bilateral nuclear talks with N. Korea: FM
South Korea plans to propose bilateral nuclear talks with North Korea, separately from the upcoming high-level defense talks, to determine whether Pyongyang is serious about giving up its nuclear programs, Seoul's foreign minister said Friday.After a series of calls for unconditional talks, North Korea offered Thursday to hold high-level defense talks with Seoul to discuss its November shelling of
North KoreaJan. 21, 2011
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Two killed in collision of light planes
(Yonhap News)Two light planes collided and crashed in southern South Korea on Friday, leaving two pilots dead, police said.The mid-air collision happened during training flights at around 9:51 a.m. and the civilian planes went down into road-side rice paddies in the coastal town of Uljin, about 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, according to police.The aircraft had taken off from Uljin Airport's f
Social AffairsJan. 21, 2011
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Two killed in collision of light planes
Two light planes collided and crashed in southern South Korea on Friday, leaving two pilots dead, police said. The mid-air collision happened during training flights at around 9:51 a.m. and the civilian planes went down into road-side rice paddies in the coastal town of Uljin, about 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, according to police. The aircraft had taken off from Uljin Airport's flig
Social AffairsJan. 21, 2011
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Denuclearization still top agenda between Koreas: ministry
The denuclearization of North Korea remains an unexpendable issue for South Korea even as Seoul prepares for talks with Pyongyang over a pair of other security issues, an official said Friday. The comments by Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung mean that South Korea will continue to press North Korea to agree to separate talks on the nuclear programs the communist state operates. On T
Social AffairsJan. 21, 2011
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U.S. welcomes Koreas' agreement to resume talks
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- The United States Thursday welcomed North Korea's proposal for high-level inter-Korean military dialogue to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula after the North's shelling of a front-line island and torpedoing of a South Korean warship last year. "I think following that, the Republic of Korea agreeing to enter talks with the North Koreans -- clearly, conditions were cr
PoliticsJan. 21, 2011
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Korean tourist arrested at Yoko Ono's NYC building
Yoko Ono is pictured during a panel discussion on the PBS special "Lennon NYC" at the PBS Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP)NEW YORK (AP) _ Authorities say a Korean tourist faces trespassing charges after he somehow got into an apartment building in New York City and rode the elevator with Yoko Ono.Police say the man was heading down to the lobby of the
InternationalJan. 21, 2011
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Seoul accepts N.K. proposal for high-level military talks
The Seoul government said Thursday it has decided to accept North Korea's proposal to hold high-level military talks which came a day after the U.S. and China called on the communist state to end provocations. The proposal is the latest in a series of recent overtures from the North for dialogue with its southern neighbor against which it made two deadly attacks last year.North Korea said it will
North KoreaJan. 20, 2011
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N.K. proposes high-level military talks with S. Korea
North Korea proposed holding high-level military talks with South Korea on Thursday, a day after the U.S. and China called on the communist state to end provocations.The proposal is the latest in a series of recent overtures from the North for dialogue with its southern neighbor against which it made two deadly attacks last year.“Under the name of Kim Yong-chun, minister of the People’s Armed Forc
DefenseJan. 20, 2011
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Seoul to up pressure on N.K. nuke program
Evaluating the outcome of the U.S.-China summit as positive, South Korea repeated on Thursday that the resumption of any kind of dialogue with North Korea “depended fully” upon the nuclear-armed state’s earnest intent to halt provocations and disarm. Overcoming their once-divided view on how to deal with Pyongyang’s growing belligerence, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao
PoliticsJan. 20, 2011
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Seoul fraught by Somali pirates’ ship hijackings
The Seoul government appears to be agonizing over how to deal with Somali pirates, after a South Korean cargo vessel carrying 21 crewmembers was seized last Saturday.The 11,500-ton Samho Jewelry freighter, carrying eight South Koreans, was captured in the Arabian Sea between Oman and India en route to Sri Lanka from the United Arab Emirates.The government has reiterated its vow not to negotiate wi
PoliticsJan. 20, 2011