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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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Seoul aims to halve current suicide rate by 2030
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4 in 10 young South Koreans take up 'irregular' jobs: data
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[Photo News] Rallying against LGBTQ+
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103 autumn foliage paths in Seoul
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Fiat family value surges past Tesla, GM on Marchionne's overhaul
Fiat just ain’t what it used to be, and that’s been a boon for investors, who have made the former Italian industrial conglomerate the most valuable automotive group on Wall Street amid speculation that more wheeling and dealing awaits.“Old Fiat” now consists of three listed companies -- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, Ferrari NV and CNH Industrial NV -- and their combined value rose over 70 percent this year to $63.7 billion. That’s more than 10 times the group’s worth in 2004, when Sergio Marchi
World BusinessSept. 28, 2017
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Brexit negotiators hail 'decisive' progress
Britain and the EU have taken "decisive steps forward' in Brexit talks after Prime Minister Theresa May's speech last week but more work needs to be done, negotiators said Thursday.Speaking after the fourth round of talks in Brussels, EU negotiator Michel Barnier and his British counterpart David Davis said they had achieved more clarity on the details of May's speech in Florence.But Barnier warned that they were "not there yet", with time running out to achieve sufficient progress to get EU lea
World NewsSept. 28, 2017
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Football: Brazil's Leonardo named new Antalyaspor manager
Ambitious Turkish top flight side Antalyaspor, which boasts a star-studded line up including Samuel Eto'o and Samir Nasri, on Thursday named Brazilian Leonardo as its new manager."Following talks, our club has signed a two-year agreement with Leonardo," Antalyaspor said in a statement without giving financial details. Leonardo, who has previously been manager of AC Milan and Inter Milan as well as director of football at Paris Saint-Germain, replaces Riza Calimbay who stepped down after a slow s
World NewsSept. 28, 2017
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Russia, US shoot for the moon with joint lunar station project
MOSCOW -- Russia and the United States agreed Wednesday to cooperate on a NASA-led project to build the first lunar space station, part of a long-term project to send humans to Mars.The US space agency said earlier this year that it was exploring a programme called the Deep Space Gateway, a multi-stage project to push further into the solar system.File photo: This handout artist impression released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on September 22, 2017 shows a multi-dome lunar base being const
World NewsSept. 27, 2017
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Ex-Thai leader sentenced in absentia to 5 years in prison
BANGKOK -- A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whose government was ousted in a 2014 military coup, to five years in prison in absentia for alleged negligence in a money-losing rice subsidy program.Yingluck, who has said the charges are politically motivated, is believed to have fled the country last month before the verdict originally was to have been delivered. Her lawyers said on Wednesday that they have no idea where she is.Yingluck's conviction had
World NewsSept. 27, 2017
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Uber CEO apologizes to users for company's mistakes
The new CEO of Uber offered contrition for past mistakes on Monday, just days after London's transport authority said it would scrap the company's operating license. Dara Khosrowshahi issued a letter to London's Evening Standard newspaper acknowledging that the company ``has got things wrong along the way'' as it expanded. He confirmed the company will appeal the London decision but will do so ``with the knowledge that we must also change.'' ``We won't be perfect, but we will listen to you; we w
World BusinessSept. 25, 2017
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Iraqi Kurds vote in referendum on independence from Baghdad
Iraqi Kurds cast ballots on Monday in their autonomous region and in a wide sweep of captured territories on whether to seek independence from Baghdad, a historic vote that has also raised tensions and fears of instability. The referendum is non-binding and will not immediately bring independence, but it would mark a definitive stance by the Kurds to break away, and Kurdish leaders say they will use a ``yes'' vote to press for negotiations with Iraq's central government to win statehood. From An
World NewsSept. 25, 2017
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Juncker urges strong German government after Merkel vote wobble
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday congratulated Angela Merkel on a "historic" German election victory but called for the formation of a strong coalition government as soon as possible.Merkel met with her party Monday after winning a fourth term with a far weaker mandate, facing the double headache of an emboldened nationalist opposition party and thorny coalition talks. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gives a press conference at the European Commission in
World NewsSept. 25, 2017
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Japan's Abe triggers snap election amid N.Korea crisis
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called a snap election, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world's third-largest economy as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever-pitch.Abe hopes to capitalise on a weak and fractured opposition to sweep back into power, as polls show him regaining ground after a series of scandals."I will dissolve the House of Representatives on the 28th" of September, Abe told reporters, a precursor to a general election. The prime minister did not give
World NewsSept. 25, 2017
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[Graphic News] World population to reach 9.8b in 2050
According to a recent United Nations report, the world population of 7.6 billion is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100. Roughly 83 million people are expected to be added to the world's population every year, even though fertility levels are assumed to continue declining. Among the 10 largest countries worldwide, Nigeria is growing the most rapidly. The population of Nigeria -- currently the world’s seventh largest -- is projected to surpass th
WorldSept. 25, 2017
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Singapore IS fighter challenges Prince Harry in video
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- A Singaporean member of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria has appeared in a video challenging Britain's Prince Harry to fight the jihadists, a monitoring group and authorities said Sunday.British Prince Harry. EPA-YonhapIt is believed to be the first time that a fighter from the affluent city-state has featured prominently in one of IS's videos. In the English-language video released Saturday, a man identified as "Abu 'Uqayl" from Singapore took issue with Prince Harry tal
World NewsSept. 24, 2017
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Israel minister wants probe of Arab filmmaker over Lebanon remarks
JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel's culture minister asked the attorney general Sunday to order the investigation of a prominent Arab Israeli filmmaker who spoke out against the Jewish state during a visit to Lebanon.Xinhua-YonhapMohammed Bakri, who is in Lebanon as part of the "Palestine Days" cultural festival, reportedly said over the weekend that "normalisation with the Zionist enemy is treason, and the debate surrounding it is disgraceful and totally unacceptable".Bakri called his presence in Leban
World NewsSept. 24, 2017
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Lavrov says US will not strike North Korea
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday that the United States would not carry out a strike on North Korea because it knows Pyongyang has nuclear bombs. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives a press conference during the 72nd session of UN General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters. Yonhap"The Americans won't carry out a strike on (North) Korea because it's not that they suspect, they know for sure that it has nuclear bombs," Lavrov said in an intervie
World NewsSept. 24, 2017
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Tens of thousands flee rumbling Bali volcano
KARANGASEM, Indonesia (AFP) -- More than 34,000 people have fled from a rumbling volcano on the resort island of Bali as the magnitude of tremors grows, prompting fears it could erupt for the first time in more than 50 years, an official said Sunday. Villagers rest at a temporary shelter in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday. AP-YonhapIndonesia's disaster mitigation agency said the number of people fleeing their homes surrounding the volcano had tripled since Friday amid growing alarm that Mo
World NewsSept. 24, 2017
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Rohingya in Bangladesh need 'massive' assistance: UN
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Bangladesh needs "massive international assistance" to feed and shelter the 436,000 Rohingya who have fled Myanmar in recent weeks, the head of the UN refugee agency said Sunday. Rohingya refugees reach up for relief supplies at the Kutupalong refugee camp. AFP-YonhapUN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said there were "immense" challenges after visiting the overflowing camps around Cox's Bazar in southern Bangladesh."I was struck by the incredible ma
World NewsSept. 24, 2017
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War of words ratchets up between Kim and Trump
WASHINGTON -- An escalating war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un ratcheted up a notch on Friday as the US president dubbed North Korea‘s leader a “madman,” a day after the reclusive regime hinted it may explode a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean.Hours earlier, in a rare personal attack, Kim took aim at Trump, branding him “mentally deranged” and a “dotard,” and warning he would “pay dearly” for his threat to destroy North Korea if challenged, uttered before the United Nations Ge
World NewsSept. 24, 2017
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New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least two people, toppling already damaged homes and a highway bridge, and causing new alarm in a country reeling from two even more powerful quakes that together have killed more than 400 people.The US Geological Survey said the new, magnitude 6.1 temblor was centered about 11 miles (18 kilometers) south-southeast of Matias Romero in the state of Oaxaca, which was the region most battered by a magnitude 8.1 quake on Sep
World NewsSept. 24, 2017
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Teenager charged over London Underground attack: police
British police said Friday they had charged an 18-year-old man with attempted murder following last week's bombing of a London Underground train, which injured 30 people. (AP-Yonhap)Ahmed Hassan, who was arrested the morning after the attack on September 15, was also charged with use of the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP), a statement said. (AFP)
World NewsSept. 22, 2017
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[Graphic News] Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire is a 40,000-kilometer horseshoe-shaped area of intense volcanic and seismic activity that follows the edges of the Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire includes 75 percent of the world‘s active volcanoes and is also responsible for 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes. The Ring of Fire is an arc of mountains, volcanoes and oceanic trenches that stretch from New Zealand northward along the eastern edge of Asia, then east across the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and south along the west
WorldSept. 21, 2017
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[Graphic News] Military balance in Northeast Asia
WorldSept. 20, 2017