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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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Ivanka Trump denounces white supremacy, neo-Nazis after Charlottesville
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka weighed in Sunday on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia with an appeal for unity, saying there was "no place in society for racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis."A woman was killed and 19 injured in the university town Saturday when a car plowed into a crowd after a white nationalist protest rally turned violent.Trump, who has a following among white supremacist groups attracted to his nationalistic rhetoric, has come under
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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Merkel challenger slams Trump as German election draws near
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief rival, Social Democrat Martin Schulz, slammed US President Donald Trump and said he still stands a chance to win the election despite polls showing him trailing six weeks ahead of the contest.Schulz said he wouldn’t criticize Merkel’s approach to a possible nuclear conflict over North Korea, saying German political parties should stand together. Instead, he turned his ire to Trump, saying the US leader was responsible for sowing chaos at home and abroad, r
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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US debate on arming Ukraine puts pressure on Russia, Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seeking leverage with Russia, the Trump administration has reopened consideration of long-rejected plans to give Ukraine lethal weapons, even if that would plunge the United States deeper into the former Soviet republic's conflict. The deliberations put pressure on President Donald Trump, who's fighting perceptions he is soft on the Kremlin amid investigations into whether his campaign colluded with Moscow to interfere in the 2016 US election. The proposal, endorsed by the Pen
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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Enough evidence to convict Syria's Assad of war crimes: prosecutor
GENEVA (AFP) -- A UN commission probing Syria rights abuses has gathered enough evidence to convict President Bashar al-Assad of war crimes, an outgoing member of the commission said in interviews published Sunday.Veteran former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, who is preparing to step down after five years serving in the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told Swiss media the evidence against Assad was sufficient to secure a war crimes conviction."I am convinced of that," she told Le Mati
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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Floods, landslides triggered by heavy rain kill 47 in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 47 people in southern Nepal and left thousands homeless, police said Sunday. The death toll was expected to go up, with around two dozen other people missing and feared dead after three days of heavy downpours in at least nine southern districts of the Himalayan country, said police spokesman Pushkar Karki. Around 31,000 families have been displaced by the floods and landslides, which began Friday, he s
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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Senior Afghan IS members killed in US air strike
KABUL (AFP) -- Several senior Islamic State group members in Afghanistan -- including a provincial leader -- have been killed in a United States air strike, an official said Sunday.General John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said Thursday's strike killed Abdul Rahman, who he claimed was a provincial leader in IS's Afghanistan branch, known as IS-Khorasan Province.Rahman's death comes a month after US forces killed Abu Sayed, the head of IS-K. That marked the third time in a ye
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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Iran lawmakers raise missile, Guard spending to challenge US
TEHRAN (AP) -- Iran's parliament voted overwhelmingly Sunday to increase spending on its ballistic missile program and the foreign operations of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, chanting "Death to America" in a direct challenge to Washington's newest sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The lawmakers' vote comes amid growing anger in Iran over U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to renegotiate the nuclear deal struck with world powers in 2015. While they stressed the bill wouldn't violate t
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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[Graphic News] Delhi to grow fastest in Asia
Delhi is now the fastest growing city in Asia, according to a new study from Oxford Economics. Indian cities are set to expand the most across the region, with growth speeding up from the past 5 years.Tianjin is forecast to clock the fastest growth in China, given that it has a large manufacturing base and one of the nation’s busiest ports. Ho Chi Minh was the only non-Indian city in the top five, reflecting the city’s success in establishing itself as a manufacturing center, as well as its stro
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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Trump again cites ‘military’ option on N. Korea
US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart pledged Saturday to work to denuclearize North Korea, but Trump again invoked the grim possibility of “military measures” if other steps should fail.Trump’s latest warning came amid a flurry of international calls -- from China, the North’s key ally, as well as Russia, Germany, Britain and the United Nations -- for the president to show greater rhetorical restraint. (Yonhap)A White House statement said Trump and French President Emmanuel Macro
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Kim and Trump: A tale of two leaders
In many ways the two leaders on either side of North Korea-United States missile stand-off could not be more different. In others they are startlingly similar. North Korea’s Kim Jong-un has just overseen his second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, bringing much of the US mainland within reach and presenting US President Donald Trump with a crisis. But while Pyongyang has long issued bellicose threats of nuclear war, this time it is the leader of the United States of America who is
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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Strong 6.4 earthquake hits Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS
JAKARTA -- A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Indonesian island Sumatra on Sunday but there was no tsunami risk, seismologists said as panicked residents fled their homes.The quake hit at a depth of 35 kilometres (22 miles) at 10:08 am (0308 GMT) 73 kilometres west of Bengkulu, according to the United States Geological Survey."The earthquake was quite strong and shallow, it was felt all the way to Padang, West Sumatra, but there was no threat of a tsunami," Mochammad Riyadi, an offici
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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Officials: White nationalist rally linked to 3 deaths
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, hurting more than a dozen others and ratcheting up tension in a day full of violent confrontations. Shortly after, a Virginia State Police helicopter that officials said was assisting with the rally crashed outside Charlottesville, killing the pilot and a trooper. The chaos boiled over at what is believed to be the largest group of wh
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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Trump blames 'many sides' for violent clashes in Virginia
BEDMINSTER, NJ -- President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed "many sides" for the violent clashes between protesters and white supremacists in Virginia and contended that the "hatred and bigotry" broadcast across the country had taken root long before his political ascendancy.That was not how the Charlottesville mayor assessed the chaos that led the governor to declare a state of emergency, contending that Trump's campaign fed the flames of prejudice.Trump, on a working vacation at his New Jersey
World NewsAug. 13, 2017
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OPEC production rises again to above its output ceiling
VIENNA (AP) -- Production of crude oil across all OPEC countries rose again in July, to above the level the cartel has agreed would be the upper limit _ and above the estimated level of global demand.The cartel said Thursday in a market report that its countries' production rose for a third month in July, by 173,000 daily barrels, to an average of 32.9 million barrels a day.That puts it above the 32.5 million barrels a day that the group had agreed in November would be their limit. The cartel ag
World BusinessAug. 10, 2017
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[Graphic News] Samsung registers 2nd largest number of patents in US
South Korea‘s tech giant Samsung Electronics registered an average of 19 patents per day in the United States in the first seven months of the year, industry data showed.According to the data by US online journal Quartz, a total of 4,143 patents were registered by Samsung Electronics through Aug. 1, with a daily 19.5 patents on average.It ranked second among technology firms in terms of patent registers in the world’s largest economy, after IBM, which posted 5,797 patents in total over the same
World NewsAug. 10, 2017
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Tensions over North Korea weigh on stocks but boost gold
LONDON (AP) _ Worries over a potential confrontation between the United States and North Korea weighed heavily on global stock markets on Wednesday but helped boost the price of assets, such as gold and the Swiss franc, that are considered safe havens in times of geopolitical peril. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, France‘s CAC 40 fell 1.6 percent to 5,135 while Germany’s DAX was down 1.3 percent at 12,133. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.7 percent lower at 7,489. Wall Street was po
World BusinessAug. 9, 2017
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Guam’s worries grow as tensions rise between US, North Korea
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) _ Residents of the tiny Pacific island of Guam say they‘re afraid of being caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea after Pyongyang announced it was examining plans for attacking the strategically important U.S. territory. Though local officials downplayed any threat,europeople who live and work on the island, which serves as a launching pad for the U.S. military, said Wednesday they could no longer shrug off the idea of being a potential t
World NewsAug. 9, 2017
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Deposed Pakistani PM begins 2 days of rallies
ISLAMABAD (AP) _ Pakistan‘s deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif began two days of rallies Wednesday aimed at demonstrating his political strength, making stops from the capital Islamabad to his hometown of Lahore, ignoring security threats and drawing thousands of supporters.Sharif planned to spend at least two nights along Grand Trunk Road, the main road from Islamabad to Lahore, during his first public appearances since July 28, when the country’s Supreme Court disqualified him from serving fo
World NewsAug. 9, 2017
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[Graphic News] France remains world’s favorite tourism destination
France retained its position as the world’s favorite tourism destination in 2016, the UN’s World Tourism Organization said, defying concerns over terror attacks. The United States came second followed closely by Spain, according to annual figures that the Madrid-based UNWTO normally announces in January, but which were delayed this year.The number of tourists visiting the US was also down, falling three percent to 75.61 million, which saw the country narrowly maintain its second position as Spai
World NewsAug. 9, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Strong quake strikes southwest China, killing at least 7
A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in southwestern China near a famous national park, killing seven people, injuring 88 others and knocking out power and phone networks.At least five of the dead were tourists. The information office of the Sichuan province government released an updated number of casualties early Wednesday, but it didn't have more details on the victims of the Tuesday evening quake, China's official Xinhua News Agency said. The office said 21 people were seriously in
World NewsAug. 9, 2017