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Actor Jung Woo-sung admits to being father of model Moon Ga-bi’s child
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Wealthy parents ditch Korean passports to get kids into international school
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Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
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First snow to fall in Seoul on Wednesday
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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury
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Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
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Mubarak pledge to step down dismissed as too slow
Jan. 1, 2012
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Swiss care worker sexually abused 114 people - police
Jan. 1, 2012
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Japan P.M. hit by local election losses
Jan. 1, 2012
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Assange’s lawyer says Swedish probe improper
Jan. 1, 2012
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Israel: Iran warships to transit Suez for Syria
Jan. 1, 2012
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Ancient Brits ate dead and made skulls into cups
Jan. 1, 2012
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Wisconsin protests draw thousands
Jan. 1, 2012
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Iran naval ships to cross Suez Canal on Monday
Jan. 1, 2012
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Libyan unrest spreads to Tripoli as Benghazi erupts
Jan. 1, 2012
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U.N. chief expresses hopes for easing tensions on Korean Peninsula
UNITED NATIONS (Yonhap) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he hopes to see tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia ease next year, saying 2012 will be a very important one for Koreans. In a New Year's message to the people of his native Sou
Dec. 31, 2011
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U.S. urges N. Korea to improve ties with S. Korea
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- Responding to the new North Korean leadership's threats to eschew dialogue with South Korea, the United States called Friday for Pyongyang to improve inter-Korean relations. "We continue to monitor the situation on the Peninsula and are in close contact with
Dec. 31, 2011
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Mass boycott of UN ‘silence’ for North Korea‘s Kim
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- The United States, Japan, South Korea and leading European nations on Thursday boycotted a minute of silence at the U.N. General Assembly demanded by North Korea for its late leader Kim Jong-il.The U.N. tribute was the highest profile international move sought yet by the North‘s government as it seeks global recognition for the hardline leader who died on Saturday at the age of 69.The awkward silence was a “protocol” move following a North Korean request, according to U.N
Dec. 23, 2011
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Satellite gets picture of Chinese carrier
DENVER (AP) _ A commercial U.S. satellite company said it has captured a photo of China's first aircraft carrier in the Yellow Sea off the Chinese coast.DigitalGlobe Inc. said Wednesday one of its satellites photographed the carrier Dec. 8. A DigitalGlobe analyst found the image Tuesday while search
Dec. 15, 2011
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US orders review of student work visa program
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) _ U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has ordered an ``extensive and thorough review'' of a foreign exchange program that has been used by U.S. businesses as a source of cheap labor and exploited by criminals to import women to work in the sex industry.(AP)In the
Dec. 6, 2011
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S. Korea in dilemma over U.S. request for sanctions against Iran
South Korea is now in a dilemma over what stance it should take as the United States recently asked for its cooperation in toughening sanctions on Iran for its alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons programs, officials and experts said Tuesday.The request comes after the U.S. and some other countries slapped sanctions on Iran's financial, petrochemical and energy sectors last month following a United Nations report that Tehran is researching nuclear weapons.Robert Einhorn, the U.S. State Department'
Dec. 5, 2011
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S. Korea, U.S. push to implement automated immigration checks
South Korea and the United States have agreed to step up preparations to provide travelers from each other's country with automated immigration checks instead of face-to-face interviews, an official said Sunday.In April, South Korea's Justice Ministry and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sig
Nov. 14, 2011
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S. Korea, Australia seek to crack down on prostitution
South Korea and Australia will seek joint measures to crack down on prostitution by South Korean women in the latter country, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.Moon Ha-yong, ambassador for overseas Koreans and consular affairs, will meet with his Australian counterparts in Canberra later in the d
Nov. 14, 2011
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Bill Gates praises S. Korea in development report to G20 summit
Microsoft founder Bill Gates praised South Korea on Thursday for increasing assistance to developing nations as he appealed to world leaders to carry out their commitments to help needy nations.Assistance to developing nations is one of the key agenda items for a two-day summit of the G20 major and
Nov. 4, 2011
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Sung Kim sworn in as U.S. ambassador to S. Korea
Sung Kim is scheduled to take up the post as U.S. ambassador to South Korea next week, a diplomatic source here said Thursday after his swearing-in ceremony.Wendy Sherman, under secretary of state for political affairs, officiated at the ceremony at the State Department in lieu of Secretary of State
Nov. 4, 2011
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Korea‘s top university to offer first Japanese studies course
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea’s top-ranked university, said Friday it will offer its first Japanese studies course next year, breaking a longstanding taboo stemming from Japan‘s 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.SNU officials said the university
Oct. 14, 2011
