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Signs point to N. Korean troops in Russia-Ukraine combat zone
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Rose's 'Apt.' redefines K-pop's global appeal
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Two years on, thousands mourn Itaewon tragedy, calling for accountability
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[Herald Interview] Love for K-drama, food defines 'Secret Ingredient'
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Hanwha, HD Hyundai vie for Poland’s $2.7b submarine program
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First lady’s controversies to top agenda at meeting of party leaders
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[Photo News] Rallying against LGBTQ+
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4 in 10 young South Koreans take up 'irregular' jobs: data
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'1 million' Christians join anti-LGBTQ+ marriage rally
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SM founder Lee Soo-man is back with A2O Entertainment
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[Graphic News] Facebook scandal affected up to 87m users
Several million Facebook users in the EU who installed the Cambridge Analytica app and their friends may have been affected by the data leak involving the political consultancy. Facebook said last week that as many as 87 million people might have had their data accessed -- an increase from the 50 million disclosed in previous reports. Facebook is basing the estimate in part on the number of friends each user might have had. Cambridge Analytica said in a statement that it had data for only 30 m
World BusinessApril 10, 2018
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Facebook to send Cambridge Analytica data-use notices Monday
NEW YORK (AP) -- Get ready to find out if your Facebook data has been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Starting Monday, the 87 million users who might have had their data shared with Cambridge Analytica will get a detailed message on their news feeds. Facebook says most of the affected users (more than 70 million) are in the U.S., though there are over a million each in the Philippines, Indonesia and the U.K. In addition, all 2.2 billion Facebook users will receive a notice title
World BusinessApril 9, 2018
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China says US trade talks currently ‘impossible’
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China warned on Monday that trade talks with the United States were “impossible” under current conditions after President Donald Trump reassured markets by suggesting that the dispute could be resolved. The two sides have announced tit-for-tat tariffs and threatened to hit each other with more duties, raising the prospect of a trade war that could rattle the global economy.US President Donald Trump (AP-Yonhap) Asian markets rose on Monday after Trump tweeted that he saw a
World NewsApril 9, 2018
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[Graphic News] OPCW: Ridding the world of chemical weapons
Russia lost a bid last week at the global chemical weapons watchdog to launch a joint probe with Britain into the spy poisoning scandal. It has sought to press its case at the highest level, calling for urgent UN Security Council talks. Founded in 1997, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons based in The Hague oversees the application of the Chemical Weapons Convention aimed at ridding the world of toxic arms. Chemical weapons, such as mustard gas, were first used on the battl
WorldApril 9, 2018
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Suspected poison gas kills at least 40 in Damascus suburb
BEIRUT — Suspected poison gas was used to attack the last remaining foothold for the Syrian opposition in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, killing at least 40 people, including families found in their homes and shelters, opposition activists and local rescuers said Sunday.The attack on the besieged town of Douma came almost exactly a year after a chemical attack in the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun killed dozens of people. That attack prompted the US to launch several dozen Tomahawk cru
World NewsApril 9, 2018
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Trump suggesting China will 'take down' its trade barriers
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is suggesting China will ease trade barriers "because it is the right thing to do" and Washington and Beijing can settle disputes that have rattled financial markets, consumers and businesses.A new Trump tweet doesn't explain why he's optimistic about resolving an escalating trade clash between the world's two biggest economies.Trump says he and Chinese President Xi Jinping "will always be friends, no matter what happens with our dispute on trade."President D
World NewsApril 8, 2018
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[Graphic News] US-China trade fight escalates over tariffs
Tit-for-tat trade penalties have escalated between the world’s two-largest economies as they inch closer to the brink of a damaging international economic conflict. The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed 1,300 Chinese items, mainly in the advanced technology and heavy industry sectors, to be hit by US tariffs that will target $50 billion of goods.
World BusinessApril 8, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Brazil's Lula surrenders to serve prison sentence
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil -- Brazil's election frontrunner and leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned himself in Saturday to start a 12-year sentence for corruption after a chaotic attempt by supporters to stop him from surrendering.Surrounded by bodyguards, Lula had to push through a seething throng of supporters to get into a police vehicle outside the metalworkers' union building in Sao Bernardo do Campo, where he had been holed up for two days and nights.Earlier, the same crowd ha
World NewsApril 8, 2018
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Germany seeks motive after van crashes into crowd, killing 2
MUENSTER, Germany -— A van crashed into people drinking outside a popular bar Saturday in the German city of Muenster, killing two people and injuring 20 others before the driver of the vehicle shot and killed himself inside it, police said.A top German security official said there was no indication of an Islamic extremist motive but officials were investigating all possibilities in the deadly crash that took place at 3:27 p.m. on a warm spring day.Witnesses said people ran away screaming from t
World NewsApril 8, 2018
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Defence in Kim Jong Nam trial casts doubt on poison test lab
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia -- The laboratory that tested the nerve agent allegedly used to assassinate the North Korean leader's half-brother was not on the list of centres approved by the global chemical weapons watchdog, a Malaysian court heard Thursday.Two women -- Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong -- are on trial over the Cold War-style killing of Kim Jong Nam at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 13 last year.Defence lawyers have argued that the women were recruited
World NewsApril 5, 2018
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[Graphic News] Samsung overtakes IBM for top spot in US patent portfolio
Samsung Electronics has overtaken IBM as the holder of the most US patents as of the start of this year, data showed. The South Korean tech firm held 75,596 US patents, outdoing No. 2 IBM by nearly 1.6 times, as of Jan. 1, according to the top 100 list drawn up jointly by the journal IAM and intellectual property big data analysis company ktMINE. IBM, which had ranked top for the past 25 years, held 46,443 patents. Another South Korean tech firm, LG Electronics, was at seventh place with 28,2
World BusinessApril 5, 2018
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'Not in a trade war with China' says Trump
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is not in a trade war with China, as both sides shake global markets with tit-for-tat actions."We are not in a trade war with China, that war was lost many years ago by the foolish, or incompetent, people who represented the US," Trump said in a morning tweet. "Now we have a Trade Deficit of $500 Billion a year, with Intellectual Property Theft of another $300 Billion. We cannot let this continue!" (AP)The comments come after China unvei
World NewsApril 4, 2018
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[Graphic News] Vienna remains world's most livable city
Austrian capital Vienna once again defended its position as the city offering the best quality of life in the world, while Iraqi capital Baghdad remained the worst, in an annual survey from consulting firm Mercer. Mercer's survey of 231 cities helps companies and organizations determine compensation and hardship allowances for international staff. Its criteria include political stability, health care, education, crime, recreation and transport. Europe has eight of the world’s top 10 most plea
WorldApril 4, 2018
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Woman opens fire at YouTube, wounds 3 before killing herself
SAN BRUNO, CA — A woman opened fire Tuesday at YouTube headquarters, wounding three people before fatally shooting herself as terrified employees huddled inside, police and witnesses said.After receiving multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire, officers and federal agents swarmed the company’s suburban campus sandwiched between two interstates in the San Francisco Bay Area city of San Bruno.YouTube employee Dianna Arnspiger said she was on the building’s second floor when she heard gun shots, ran t
World NewsApril 4, 2018
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[Graphic News] Number of Facebook users worldwide rises
The number of active Facebook users worldwide rose from the fourth quarter of 2015 to the fourth quarter of 2017. Around 1.4 billion users visited the social network daily in the fourth quarter of last year. Facebook was also the most popular social app in terms of users, with around 2 billion monthly users in June last year. YouTube saw 1.5 billion monthly users in the same month, while Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, both owned by Facebook, each had 1.2 billion users in April and February l
World BusinessApril 3, 2018
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Chinese space station breaks up over South Pacific
China's defunct space station broke up over the South Pacific Ocean as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere at 9:16 a.m. Monday (Korean time), a local space institute said.The Tiangong-1 disintegrated at an area around 195.7 degrees west, 13.6 degrees south, off the coast of Chile, the state-run Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute said. Tiangong-1 (Photo courtesy of China National Space Administration-Yonhap)South Korea was among the possible places where debris could fall, but the insti
World NewsApril 2, 2018
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Chinese space station may fall to Earth on Monday
China's defunct space station is likely to plunge to Earth early this week, two hours ahead of the originally expected time, South Korean space authorities said Sunday.The Tiangong-1 will fall to Earth between 9:12 a.m. and 1:12 p.m. Monday (Korean time), the state-run Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute said, updating its early Sunday calculation of between 7:26 a.m. and 3:26 p.m. Monday.The 10.5-meter, 8.5-ton decommissioned spacecraft was orbiting the planet at an altitude of 155 kilo
World NewsApril 1, 2018
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California Judge: Coffee needs cancer warnings
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge ruled that California law requires coffee companies to carry an ominous cancer warning label because of a chemical produced in the roasting process.Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle wrote in a proposed ruling Wednesday that Starbucks and other coffee companies failed to show that the threat from the chemical was insignificant.The Council for Education and Research on Toxics, a nonprofit group, sued Starbucks and about 90 other companies, including grocery stores
World NewsMarch 30, 2018
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[Graphic News] Singapore named world’s most expensive city
The eye-watering cost of owning a car in space-starved Singapore means the city-state is the world’s most expensive place to live - for a fifth year in a row - according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living 2018 survey. The Asian financial hub - where owning a no-frills sedan can set you back $76,000 - beat global capitals to the dubious title, despite stiff competition from resurgent European cities. Pricey perennials Tokyo and New York did not even make the top 10 in
World BusinessMarch 28, 2018
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Myanmar parliament elects Suu Kyi loyalist as new president
NAYPYITAW -- Myanmar's parliament on Wednesday elected Win Myint, a loyalist of Aung San Suu Kyi, as new president, while she retained her executive authority over the government. The vote comes as Suu Kyi's civilian government has struggled to implement peace and national reconciliation, with the powerful military still embroiled in combat with ethnic rebels and under heavy international criticism for its brutal counterinsurgency campaign against the Muslim Rohingya minority. Myanmar's military
World NewsMarch 28, 2018