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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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103 autumn foliage paths in Seoul
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Hanwha, HD Hyundai vie for Poland’s $2.7b submarine program
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Seoul aims to halve current suicide rate by 2030
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First lady’s controversies to top agenda at meeting of party leaders
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When two worlds collab: K-pop flexes power with global stars
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Bipartisan panel formed to address livelihood issues amid tension over first lady probe
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Trump state visit plans put queen in 'difficult position'
LONDON -- The British government is holding fast to plans to invite U.S. President Donald Trump for a state visit even as protests mount.Peter Ricketts, a former head of the Foreign Office, said Tuesday the invitation has put Queen Elizabeth II in a "very difficult position" because of the furor surrounding Trump's travel ban on refugees and people from some Muslim-majority countries. He said in a letter to The Times that the invitation to Trump was "ill-judged" and should not have been made unt
World NewsJan. 31, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Trump ousts acting attorney general as outcry grows
Defiant in the face of an international backlash, President Donald Trump pressed into his second week in office defending his sweeping immigration ban _ and then fired a Cabinet head who refused to enforce it.Acting Attorney General Sally Yates earlier Monday ordered Justice Department lawyers to stop defending the executive order, which temporarily suspends the US refugee program and bars all immigration for citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries for 90 days. By Monday night, she was out.
World NewsJan. 31, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Justice head tells staff not to defend Trump refugee order
Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a Democratic appointee, on Monday directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend President Donald Trump's controversial executive refugee and immigration ban, joining a growing group of administration officials distancing themselves from the new president's order. Her directive was likely to be temporary, given that Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump's pick for attorney general, will likely move to uphold the president's policy. Sessions is awaiting Senate confir
World NewsJan. 31, 2017
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[Graphic News] New Zealand, Denmark deemed the ‘least corrupt’ countries
The following is a list of the top- and bottom-ranked nations on graft watchdog Transparency International‘s 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index.For its 2016 index, the watchdog ranked 176 countries on a scale of 0-100, where zero means very corrupt and 100 signifies very clean.The data is based on surveys from the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the Economist Intelligence unit and other bodies.New Zealand and Denmark shared the number one spot with a score of 90 points, with Finland, Sw
World NewsJan. 30, 2017
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6 killed in Canada mosque shooting; Trudeau calls it terror
A shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers left six people dead and eight others wounded in an attack that Canada's prime minister called an act of terrorism. Police arrested two suspects. More than 50 people were at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre at the time of Sunday's attack. Some of the wounded were gravely injured, Quebec provincial police spokeswoman Christine Coulombe said early Monday. The dead ranged in age from age 35 to 70, she said. Thirty-nine people were unhar
World NewsJan. 30, 2017
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Global shares fall on uncertainty over US immigration flap
Shares fell in Europe and Asia on Monday, rattled by weak data and the potential impact of President Donald Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries and other immigration actions. KEEPING SCORE: Germany's DAX lost 0.6 percent to 11,744.80 and the CAC 40 in France shed 0.9 percent to 4,798.53. Britain's FTSE 100 also skidded 0.9 percent, to 7,122.43. Dow futures fell 0.2 percent and S&P futures were down 0.3 percent. TRUMP TRAVEL BAN: The executive order signed by Trump on Fri
World BusinessJan. 30, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Uber CEO challenged for Trump connection after immigrant ban
Uber found itself in hot water on two fronts related to President Donald Trump's temporary ban on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries: for allegedly exploiting a taxi protest against the ban and for CEO Travis Kalanick's relationship with Trump.Kalanick said in a Facebook post that the 90-day ban could hurt “thousands” of Uber drivers and he will raise his concerns directly with the president during a Friday business advisory group meeting in Washington. But the co-founder of the rid
World NewsJan. 30, 2017
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US judge bars deportations under Trump travel ban
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge issued an emergency order Saturday night temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban.U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in New York issued the emergency order after lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union filed a court petition on behalf of people from seven predominantly Muslim nations who were detained at airports across the country as the ban took effect.As the decision was announced, ch
World NewsJan. 29, 2017
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Tech companies protest Trump immigration order
NEW YORK (AP) - Google, Apple and other tech giants expressed dismay over an executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump that bars nationals of seven Mu-slim-majority countries from entering the U.S. The U.S tech industry relies on foreign engineers and other technical experts for a sizeable percentage of its workforce. The order bars entry to the U.S. for anyone from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days.The move, ostensibly intended to prevent extremists
World NewsJan. 29, 2017
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Trump to speak to Saudi, UAE, Korean leaders Sunday -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trumpwill speak to the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United ArabEmirates and South Korea in separate calls on Sunday, the WhiteHouse said in a statement.
World NewsJan. 29, 2017
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Mexican leader mulls cancelling Trump meeting
MEXICO CITY (AFP) -- President Enrique Pena Nieto weighed on Wednesday whether to cancel a meeting with Donald Trump next week as he condemned the US president's decision to build a massive border wall.Lawmakers are pressuring Pena Nieto to scrap Tuesday's talks in Washington after Trump made good on his campaign pledge to quickly order the construction of the barrier."I regret and condemn the decision of the United States to continue construction of a wall that, for years, has divided us instea
WorldJan. 26, 2017
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Trump orders work to start on Mexico border wall
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered work to begin on planning and building a wall on the Mexican border, sounding a hardline tone on immigration as he moved to fulfill a key campaign pledge.The US leader instructed officials to begin to "plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border" and -- perhaps more problematically -- see how it could be funded."A nation without borders is not a nation," Trump said, echoing former president Ronald Reagan, as
WorldJan. 26, 2017
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[Graphic News] Korea to increase emissions trading rights for 2017
South Korea will increase the total greenhouse gas emissions rights in its cap-and-trade scheme for this year, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.Under the revised 2017 emissions allocation plan endorsed by the Cabinet, some 538.9 million tons of emissions rights will be allocated to the trading market, up 17 million tons from the country’s earlier goal of 521.9 million tons for the year, according to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance.South Korea’s cap-and-trade scheme is part of its plan to c
World NewsJan. 25, 2017
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Workers dismayed by President Trump's federal hiring freeze
McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- Federal worker Greg Guthrie had held out hope after Donald Trump's election to president that his professed advocacy for the American worker would extend to the federal workforce, too.That hope diminished after Trump on Monday issued an executive order implementing a hiring freeze across the federal government, with exceptions only for military, national security or public safety personnel.So while Guthrie wasn't shocked to learn Trump had imposed the hiring freeze, he was di
WorldJan. 24, 2017
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Germany sends second batch of Afghan refugees to Kabul
KABUL (AFP) -- Deported after years of living in Germany, 26 young Afghans arrived in Kabul Tuesday with only one thought in mind: fleeing this war-torn country.Escorted by 80 German police officers, their plane landed shortly after 7:30 a.m. -- the second batch deported under a disputed Afghan-EU deal signed last October and aimed at curbing the influx of migrants."What would you have me do here? There is only death!" said 19-year-old Ramid Afshah, returning from Germany after five years -- a c
WorldJan. 24, 2017
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750,000 still living under militant rule in Iraq's Mosul: UN
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.N. and several aid organizations said Tuesday that an estimated 750,000 civilians are still living under Islamic State rule in the western part of Mosul, the next target of a U.S.-backed Iraqi offensive launched three months ago.Lise Grande, the U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, said the cost of food and basic goods is soaring, water and electricity are intermittent and that some residents are forced to burn furniture to keep warm.Iraqi and Kurdish forces launched a m
World BusinessJan. 24, 2017
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'Court ruling will not change Brexit timetable'
LONDON (AFP) -- Britain still intends to start talks on leaving the European Union by the end of March, despite a Supreme Court ruling that the government must first obtain parliamentary approval, Downing Street said Tuesday."The British people voted to leave the EU, and the government will deliver on their verdict -- triggering Article 50, as planned, by the end of March," a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May's office said."Today's ruling does nothing to change that."Brexit minister David
World BusinessJan. 24, 2017
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[Graphic News] Lotto sales reach new record in 2016
Sales of the Korean lottery Lotto hit their highest last year, statistics from its operator showed Monday, a trend that happens during an economic slump, social analysts say.Data from the Korea Lottery Commission said Lotto sales reached 3.55 trillion won ($3.04 billion) -- or 3.55 billion tickets -- last year, an increase of 9 percent from the year before. The sales volume was the highest on record since the lottery was first introduced here in 2002. The monetary amount of sales is also the de
World NewsJan. 24, 2017
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Trump moves to pull US out of big Asia trade deal
Charting a new American course abroad, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday, using one of his first actions in office to reject a centerpiece of Barack Obama’s attempts to counter China and deepen US ties in Asia.For Trump, the move was a fulfillment of a central campaign promise. He has repeatedly cast the 12-nation trade pact _ which was eagerly sought by US allies in Asia _ as detrimental to American businesses“Great thing for
World BusinessJan. 24, 2017
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Xiaomi's Barra quits China for Silicon Valley
BEIJING (AFP) -- Hugo Barra, who caused a sensation in 2013 by leaving Google to become a vice president of Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, announced Monday he was returning to the United States for health reasons.Barra, under whom Xiaomi was for a time China's best-selling brand, described his experience as a "spectacular" journey but said it was time to return home for a "new adventure". He did not elaborate."But what I've realized is that the last few years of living in such a singular envir
World BusinessJan. 23, 2017