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Dongduk Women’s University halts coeducation talks
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Defense ministry denies special treatment for BTS’ V amid phone use allegations
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Russia sent 'anti-air' missiles to Pyongyang, Yoon's aide says
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OpenAI in talks with Samsung to power AI features, report says
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Two jailed for forcing disabled teens into prostitution
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Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser
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South Korean military plans to launch new division for future warfare
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Gold bars and cash bundles; authorities confiscate millions from tax dodgers
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Kia EV9 GT marks world debut at LA Motor Show
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Teen smoking, drinking decline, while mental health, dietary habits worsen
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Korea mulls hiking highway, train fares
South Korea will likely raise highway and train service fares by the end of this year following years of unchanged rates aimed at curbing inflation, a source said Friday.The finance ministry and the transportation ministry are currently in the last phase of talks to determine when and by how much th
Oct. 30, 2011
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Samsung's presence in U.S. 3D TV market weakens in Sept.
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest flat-screen TV maker, lost ground in the 3D TV market in the United States due mainly to increased competition, industry data showed Sunday.Samsung Electronics' market share stood at 49 percent in terms of 3D TVs sold in the U.S. last month, falling below
Oct. 30, 2011
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Regulator set to order Lone Star to sell KEB stake
(Yonhap News) FSC fails to gain public consent on its rulingLone Star Funds lost the status of biggest shareholder of Korea Exchange Bank on Saturday as the U.S.-based equity fund failed to meet the eligibility requirements set by financial regulators.The fund’s position of losing, or being ba
Oct. 30, 2011
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Overseas-based Web sites praising N.K. on sharp rise: police
The number of overseas-based websites glorifying the North Korean regime has been increasing rapidly, a police report here showed Sunday. With their servers based in foreign countries, South Korean authorities have faced difficulties in dealing with the Korean-language websites legally. Police detec
Oct. 30, 2011
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Fishermen net bag stashed with yen off Japan coast
TOKYO (AP) -- A fishing boat netted a bag packed with cash worth 11 million yen ($145,000) off Japan's northeastern coast, a catch probably swept away in the tsunami seven months ago.A trawler pulled the bag with more than 1,000 notes worth 10,000-yen ($130) from the bottom of the sea on Oct. 8 near
Oct. 30, 2011
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Suspected killer tied to other deaths
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Police have linked the man charged with 10 murders in the ``Grim Sleeper'' serial killings to a number of other deaths, a law enforcement official said Friday.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, did not specify how many deaths p
Oct. 30, 2011
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Search ends for Korean climbers missing in Himalayas
KATHMANDU (Yonhap News) -- The Himalayan search for renowned South Korean mountaineer Park Young-seok and his two missing teammates has ended for the year due to concerns about the safety of rescue climbers, an official said Saturday, pledging to resume operations next year."We've ended this year's
Oct. 30, 2011
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Court grants divorce to woman suffering from husband's nit-picking
The Seoul Family Court said Saturday it has granted divorce to a housewife and ordered her husband to pay her compensation, finding him responsible for ruining the relationship with his constant belittling comments.The 37-year-old wife, identified only by her surname Park, filed for divorce, claimin
Oct. 30, 2011
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Brazil's Silva has cancerous tumor in larynx
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undergo chemotherapy to treat a cancerous tumor in his larynx, doctors said Saturday.The tumor was detected earlier in the day during an examination at Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes Hospital, the hospital said in a statement, which added
Oct. 30, 2011
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Study: Japan nuke radiation higher than estimated
NEW YORK (AP) — The Fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much of a dangerous radioactive substance into the atmosphere as Japanese authorities estimated, reaching 40 percent of the total from Chernobyl, a preliminary report says.The estimate of much higher levels of radioactive cesium-
Oct. 28, 2011
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Crowded Earth: how many is too many?
Already straining to host seven billion souls, Earth is set to teem with billions more, and only a revolution in the use of resources can avert an environmental crunch, experts say.As early as 1798, Thomas Malthus gloomily forecast that our ability to reproduce would quickly outstrip our ability to
Oct. 27, 2011
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Secrets of long life sought in DNA of the elderly
NEW YORK (AP) _ George Eberhardt turned 107 last month, and scientists would love to know how he and other older folks like him made it that far. So he's going to hand over some of his DNA.He's one of 100 centenarians taking part in a project announced Wednesday that will examine some of the oldest
Oct. 27, 2011
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Texas woman sentenced in NY in Russia smuggle case
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New York City say a Latvian-born woman who has drawn comparisons to a spy with the same first name will spend four months in jail for trying to smuggle high-tech rifle sights to Russia.Prosecutors said Monday that Anna Fermanova also was sentenced to four
Oct. 26, 2011
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Lindsay Lohan poses nude for Playboy: report
LOS ANGELES, Oct 25, 2011 (AFP) - Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has posed nude for Playboy in a deal worth nearly $1 million dollars, the TMZ celebrity news website reported Tuesday.The actress, who has faced a string of legal problems and is currently on probation, had wanted $1 million dollars an
Oct. 26, 2011
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In final weeks, Gadhafi between rage and despair
MISRATA, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's all-powerful leader for four decades, spent his final weeks shuttling from hideout to hideout in his hometown of Sirte, alternating between rage and despair as his regime crumbled around him, said a regime insider now in custody.Gadhafi, his son M
Oct. 26, 2011
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US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — The last of the nation's most powerful nuclear bombs — a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima — is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War. A weapons trainer talks to
Oct. 26, 2011
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IBM names its first female CEO
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — IBM Corp. ushered in Virginia Rometty as the company's first-ever female CEO on Tuesday, as Sam Palmisano stepped down from the position.Palmisano, who turned 60 this year, has been CEO for nearly a decade. He will stay on as chairman. Virginia "Ginni" Rometty, 54, is in c
Oct. 26, 2011
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Panel: Boys should get HPV vaccine given to girls
ATLANTA (AP) — A vaccine against cervical cancer hasn't been all that popular for girls. It may be even a harder sell for boys now that it's been recommended for them too.A government advisory panel on Tuesday decided that the vaccine should also be given to boys, in part to help prevent the c
Oct. 26, 2011
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Voting under way for Seoul mayoral, local by-elections
Polls opened Wednesday for the Seoul mayoral vote and other local by-elections seen as a significant test for the rival parties and presidential hopefuls before South Korea elects a new parliament and a new president next year.At stake are the Seoul mayoralty and 11 other posts in smaller local muni
Oct. 26, 2011
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Teen violence linked to heavy soda diet: study
Researchers in the United States said on Tuesday they had found a "shocking" association -- if only a statistical one -- between violence by teenagers and the amount of soda they drank.High-school students in inner-city Boston who consumed more than five cans of non-diet, fizzy soft drinks every wee
Oct. 25, 2011
