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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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Suicide attack kills 17 at Afghan public bath: police
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber killed 17 people and wounded another 21 in assassinating a police commander at a public bath in a southern Afghan town on the border with Pakistan, the local government said.A nine-year Taliban insurgency is concentrated in southern Afghanistan, but suicide attacks targeting civilians in public places are relatively rare."A suicide bomber blew up explosives strapped to his chest at a public bath in Spin Boldak," border police official General Abdul
Jan. 7, 2011
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Chemical signal in women's tears a turnoff for men
WASHINGTON — If a crying woman's red nose isn't a big enough turnoff to a man, a surprising experiment found another reason: Tears of sadness may temporarily lower his testosterone level.Those tears send a chemical signal as the man gets close enough to sniff them — even though there's no discernible odor, say researchers from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science.It's the first such signal to be
Jan. 7, 2011
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TV host Menounos suffers bikini wardrobe malfunction
U.S. TV host and actress Maria Menounos sparked a buzz online on Wednesday because of her bikini malfunction in Miami Beach.CBS reported that the "Access Hollywood" correspondent suffered a wardrobe malfunction while vacationing over the weekend. "The 32-year-old was playing beach football in the surf when her black bikini bottom budged to the right, partially exposing her private parts," it repo
Jan. 5, 2011
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Study reveals single women find married men more attractive
Angelina Jolie was attracted to Pitt, who was then married to Jennifer Aniston. (Matt Sayles/ AP)Why are some single, young and attractive females drawn to married men? A study reveals that single women are attracted to men who are already taken more than the ones who are not, reported the Daily Mail on Monday. Psychologist Anthony Little said female birds and fish find a male more attractive if t
Jan. 5, 2011
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Kim Kardashian poses for Glamour
“I don’t find myself as sexy as everyone thinks,” Kim Kardashian said in Glamour magazine’s February issue. “I am a lot more insecure than people would assume, but with little stupid things. When I get dressed, I’m always so indecisive.” (Glamour)The sexy star, who has posed nude on the covers of Playboy and W, expressed her thoughts on women being comfortable with their body, and recalled memorie
Jan. 4, 2011
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Popping eyeballs out of sockets
Brazilean Claudio Paulo Pinto pops his eyeballs out of their sockets, in Belo Horizonte, 340 kilometers (210 miles) north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Pinto can pop his eyeballs at least 7 millimeters (0.3 inches) out of their sockets, a national record for eye-popping according to RankBrasil, an organization modelled after the Guinness Book of World Records that lists Brazilian records. Pinto says h
Jan. 4, 2011
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Navy to investigate lewd videos shown on carrier
NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy said Sunday it will investigate "clearly inappropriate" videos broadcast to the crew of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in which a top officer of the ship used gay slurs, mimicked masturbation and opened the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together. The star of the videos, made in 2006 and 2007, is a former Top Gun pilot who now commands the same ship, the Norfolk-based USS Enterprise, which was deployed in the Middle East at the time and is weeks from d
Jan. 3, 2011
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[Major Events] What’s planned in Korea and overseas
Major Events in 2011January1: Brazil’s new president Dilma Rousseff takes office 1: Estonia joins euro club 1: France takes over the presidency of Group of Eight 6-9: Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas 14: U.S. Defense Minister Robert Gates to visit Korea19: Barack Obama-Hu Jintao summit in Washington26-30: World Economic Forum in DavosChinese President Hu Jintao will meet U.S. President Barac
Jan. 2, 2011
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Suicide bomber kills 21 at Egypt church
Christians clash with police; interior minister blames 'foreign elements'ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AFP) ― Egypt said a suicide bomber killed 21 people and wounded 79 outside a Coptic church on Saturday, in an attack President Hosni Mubarak said was the work of “foreign hands.”There was no immediate claim but al-Qaida has called for punishment of Egypt’s Copts over claims that two priests’ wives they say
Jan. 2, 2011
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India-China border tensions belie leaders’ warm words
NEW DELHI (AFP) ― The theme of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to India was “friends not rivals,” but a border dispute remains a source of tension and, analysts warn, potential conflict between the Asian giants.The joint communiqu that concluded Wen’s recent visit barely mentioned the long-standing border issue, as both sides sought to highlight areas of agreement with an ambitious plan to double trade to 100 billion dollars by 2015.The only reference was a vague pledge to try and “maintain p
Dec. 26, 2010
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WikiLeaks founder to meet U.K. police
LONDON (AFP) ― WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was Monday arranging to meet with British police, his lawyer said, as the net tightened around the man behind the release of a hoard of secret U.S. diplomatic cables.Swedish authorities want to quiz the elusive 39-year-old Australian ― whose website is in the process of releasing tens of thousands of U.S. cables ― on suspicion of crimes including rape.Assange’s lawyer, Mark Stephens, said British police had telephoned him to say they have received
Dec. 7, 2010
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Families pay last respects to stampede victims
PHNOM PENH (AFP) ― Grieving families in Cambodia were due to pay their last respects Wednesday to relatives among the nearly 380 victims killed in a massive stampede at a water festival in the capital.The annual three-day celebration ended in tragedy Monday, with survivors recalling scenes of fear and panic as crowds surged on an overcrowded bridge, crushing and trampling people underfoot.Relatives were left with a harrowing search through hospitals and makeshift morgues in the capital Phnom Pen
Nov. 24, 2010
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Building collapse in New Delhi kills 61
NEW DELHI (AFP) ― At least 61 people died when a four-storey building in a crowded area of New Delhi collapsed, officials said Tuesday, as rescuers hunted for more victims trapped in the rubble.Officials said the building in eastern Delhi may have been weakened by flooding brought on by some of the strongest monsoon rains in decades, which burst the banks of the nearby river Yamuna that runs through the city.Rescue workers and residents worked through the night trying to remove debris after the
Nov. 16, 2010
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