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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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103 autumn foliage paths in Seoul
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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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[Graphic News] China top Asian country in hydropower production
Hydroelectric power is China’s largest renewable energy source and its second overall, trailing only coal. The country is adding more new installed hydropower capacity than the rest of the Asia combined.China has added 331,110 megawatts of hydroelectricity generating capacity, far outpacing other Asian countries like India with 51,975 MW, Japan with 49,905 MW and Vietnam with 16,306 MW.On the other hand, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia and Bhutan are the Asian countries with the least hydroelectric
World BusinessJune 11, 2017
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What’s next for Comey? Maybe law, corporate work, politics
WASHINGTON (AP) -- So what‘s next for James Comey?The former FBI director boldly challenged the president who fired him, accused the Trump administration of lying and supplied material that could be used to build a case against President Donald Trump.But after stepping away from the Capitol Hill spotlight, where he’s always seemed comfortable, the 56-year-old veteran lawman now confronts the same question long faced by Washington officials after their government service.His dry quip at a rivetin
World NewsJune 11, 2017
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Islamists kill 13 Philippine marines in wartorn Marawi city
Thirteen Philippine marines have been killed in fresh gunbattles with Islamist militants who have overrun parts of a southern city, a military spokesman said Saturday, in a dramatic surge in the toll from two weeks of fierce fighting. Philippine troops are struggling to dislodge hundreds of fighters, who rampaged through the mainly Muslim city of Marawi on May 23 flying black flags of the Islamic State group, and have used bomb-proof tunnels, anti-tank weapons and human shields to fortify th
World NewsJune 10, 2017
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Merkel urges speedy Brexit talks after UK vote
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Britain Friday to quickly launch Brexit talks with the European Union after Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a harsh election setback."We are ready for the negotiations. We want to do it quickly, respecting the calendar," Merkel said during a visit to Mexico.She said talks with Britain on its withdrawal from what will now be the 27-member EU would start "in the coming days.""We were waiting for the election in Britain, but in the next few days these ta
World NewsJune 10, 2017
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Released French photographer says Turkey sending 'message'
French photojournalist Mathias Depardon, who was held for a month in Turkey, said on his return to France Friday night that Ankara wanted to send a "strong message" to reporters wishing to go to the southeast of the country.Depardon, who was detained near the Syrian border while on assignment for National Geographic magazine, said he was "happy to be in Paris, to be in France" as he was met by government officials at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. "I'm fine," the 37-year-old told reporte
World NewsJune 10, 2017
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Trump punches back, accuses Comey of lying to Congress
Punching back a day after his fired FBI director's damaging testimony, President Donald Trump on Friday accused James Comey of lying to Congress and said he was "100 percent" willing to testify under oath about their conversations. Trump cryptically refused to say whether those private exchanges were taped _ a matter at the heart of the conflicting accounts of what passed between them at a time when Comey was leading an FBI investigation into Russia's interference in the presidential election a
World NewsJune 10, 2017
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Brazil's Temer gets big victory in electoral court ruling
Brazil's top electoral court gave embattled President Michel Temer a big victory late Friday, voting to reject allegations of campaign finance violations that could have removed him from office. After four days of deliberations, judges voted 4-3 in a case that many viewed as a measure of whether Temer could remain in office amid a ballooning corruption scandal and single-digit popularity. Last month, a recording emerged that apparently captured Temer endorsing hush money to ex-House Speaker Edua
World NewsJune 10, 2017
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[Newsmaker] UK's Theresa May pays heavy price for gamble
LONDON (AP) -- In the big book of political blunders, Theresa May's decision to hold a snap election to solidify her Brexit mandate will rank among the most memorable _ and the most unnecessary. The British prime minister was cruising along two months ago with a solid majority in Parliament and several years to run on her party's mandate. There was no need for her to put her position on the line, and she had said earlier that an election was not needed. But her party's huge lead in the opinion
World NewsJune 9, 2017
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Comey says he was fired over Russia probe, blasts 'lies'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia's ties to the Trump campaign, bluntly accusing the White House of spreading ``lies, plain and simple.'' Comey also revealed that he'd orchestrated the public release of information about his private conversations with the president in an effort to further the investigation. Comey's testimony, at a hugely anticipated congressional hearing that c
WorldJune 9, 2017
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ECB hints at end to easy money policy
The European Central Bank on Thursday signalled greater confidence in the eurozone economy, as it took what analysts describe as a tentative step towards an exit from its easy-money policy.Policymakers meeting in Estonian capital Tallinn decided to keep the bank's main refinancing rate at 0.0 percent, the marginal lending rate at 0.25 percent, and the deposit rate at -0.4 percent -- meaning lenders have to pay to park cash with the central bank -- a spokesman said.But they also dropped a long-st
World BusinessJune 8, 2017
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Iran says 5 Tehran attackers had fought for IS
Five of the men who launched an attack in the heart of Iran's capital previously fought for the Islamic State group, the country's Intelligence Ministry said Thursday, acknowledging the first such assault by the extremists in the Shiite power.The attacks Wednesday on Iran's parliament and the tomb of its revolutionary leader killed at least 17 people and wounded over 40, stunning its people.The ministry issued a statement on its website with bloody pictures of the men's corpses. It identified th
World NewsJune 8, 2017
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4 dead in murder-suicide in Pennsylvania supermarket
State Police say four people are dead in a murder-suicide in a northeast Pennsylvania supermarket.Troopers responded to a report of someone shooting people inside Weis Market in Eaton Township, about 25 miles northwest of Scranton, just before 1 a.m. Thursday.Troopers found the bodies of three males and one female inside, along with one witness.Authorities believe one of the males opened fire on the others before turning the gun on himself.Authorities believe it is a contained incident and the p
World NewsJune 8, 2017
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Fierce clashes as US-backed force battles IS in Syria's Raqa
QAMISHLI, Syria (AFP) - US-backed fighters fought fierce battles Thursday as they tried to push further into the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa, two days after finally entering the northern city.The Syrian Democratic Forces alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters began the battle for the city earlier this week after seven months of fighting to surround the jihadist stronghold.On Wednesday, an AFP journalist entered the city with SDF fighters and witnessed heavy clashes in the Al-Meshleb
World NewsJune 8, 2017
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[Graphic News] Smoking kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO
Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than 7 million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste.The UN agency said tougher measures were needed to rein in tobacco use, urging countries to ban smoking in the workplace and indoor public spaces, outlaw marketing of tobacco products and hike cigarette prices.In a report, WHO warned that the annual death toll of 7 million people had jumpe
World NewsJune 8, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Comey says Trump pressured him on Russia probe
Fired FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that Donald Trump urged him to drop a probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, prompting fresh allegations that the US president tried to obstruct justice. In a bombshell revelation on the eve of his hotly anticipated appearance on Capitol Hill, Comey said Trump had raised the sensitive FBI probe into Russia‘s alleged meddling in the US election in multiple discussions, leaving him deeply uneasy over whether the president was attemp
World NewsJune 8, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Comey: Trump pressured on Russia probe
Fired FBI Director James Comey will testify under oath Thursday that President Donald Trump repeatedly pressed him for his "loyalty'' and directly pushed him to "lift the cloud'' of investigation shadowing his White House by declaring publicly the president was not the target of the probe into his campaign's Russia ties. In this combination photo, President Donald Trump, left, appears in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 10, and FBI Director James Comey appears at a news c
WorldJune 8, 2017
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Ariana Grande to resume tour in Paris amid tight security
US singer Ariana Grande is to resume her world tour in Paris on Wednesday, more than two weeks after it was interrupted by the Manchester suicide bomb attack.Security will be extra tight in the French capital, a day after police shot and injured a man who attacked an officer outside the world-famous Notre Dame cathedral Roads will be blocked off around the concert venue in the east of Paris while police will help security guards to check fans as they arrive for the show.Even before Tuesday's Not
World NewsJune 7, 2017
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Myanmar military plane carrying over 100 missing
A Myanmar military plane carrying 104 people went missing on Wednesday over the Andaman Sea, sparking an air and sea search."Communication was lost suddenly at about 1:35 pm (07:05 GMT) when it reached about 20 miles west of Dawei town," the office of military commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing said in a statement.Four naval ships and two air force planes have been sent to search for the plane, which was flying between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon at more than 18,000 feet when it went m
World NewsJune 7, 2017
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Confirmed death toll from London attack rises to eight: police
British police confirmed Wednesday that the death toll from last weekend's terror attack in London had risen from seven to eight, after announcing a body had been recovered from the River Thames."Detectives investigating the terrorist attack in London Bridge on Saturday, 3 June, can confirm the number of people that were killed as a result of the attack is now eight," a spokesman said.(AFP)
World NewsJune 7, 2017
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Trump taps Christopher Wray as new FBI director
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is tapping former Justice Department official Christopher Wray to serve as his new FBI director, on the eve of critical testimony by his ousted predecessor.Wray, a partner at King & Spalding law firm in Washington and Atlanta, served as assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's Criminal Division from 2003 to 2005, working closely with the FBI."I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be
World NewsJune 7, 2017