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Signs point to N. Korean troops in Russia-Ukraine combat zone
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[Exclusive] Korean adoptee sisters meet for the first time in 39 years
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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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Yoon calls for measures to protect Koreans amid escalating Iran-Israel conflicts
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Civil servant’s death linked to workplace bullying
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[Weekender] Walk around Korea to really get to know the country
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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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Egypt's ousted president Morsi dies in court during trial
CAIRO — Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi who was ousted by the military in 2013 after a year in office, collapsed in court while on trial Monday and died, state TV and his family said.The 67-year-old Morsi had just addressed the court, speaking from the glass cage he is kept in during sessions and warning that he had “many secrets” he could reveal, a judicial official said. A few minutes afterward, he collapsed in the cage, th
World NewsJune 18, 2019
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Earthquake in southern China kills 11 people, injures 122
BEIJING — A strong earthquake that hit Sichuan province in southern China late Monday night killed 11 people and injured 122, the local government said.The Yibin city government posted the casualty toll on its social media accounts Tuesday morning. Xinhua news agency said rescue efforts were underway in the stricken area. The magnitude 6.0 earthquake collapsed a hotel in Changning county and damaged some roads, Xinhua said. Heavy rains were falling Tuesday morning.The Ministry of Emergency
WorldJune 18, 2019
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[Graphic News] World’s elderly population to hit 2.1 billion by 2050
The world is projected to have more than 2.1 billion residents aged 60 and above by 2050, more than double the number of 2017, according to the United Nations. The elderly population in Asia numbered 549 million in 2017 and will grow to around 1.27 billion in 2050. The number of elderly is expected to grow fastest in Africa, by more than threefold to 226 million, the data shows.
World NewsJune 17, 2019
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[News Focus] Trump to launch 2020 campaign in retiree-friendly Florida
THE VILLAGES, Florida -- Ronald, Don and John are living the good life in this haven of Republican retirees in Florida, a city designed for the aging, with paths everywhere for golf carts and where residents have plenty of time to campaign for their president, Donald Trump.The Villages is a pleasant, immaculately clean, fast-growing retirement town in central Florida. The average age of its 75,000 inhabitants is 71. Some two-thirds are Republican. One afternoon not long ago five retirees all wea
World NewsJune 17, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Protesters control key roads after historic Hong Kong rally
HONG KONG -- Holdout anti-government protesters remained in control of a major arterial road in Hong Kong on Monday a day after organizers said two million people flooded the streets in a historic rebuke of the city‘s pro-Beijing leader.Vast crowds marched for hours in tropical heat on Sunday calling for the resignation of chief executive Carrie Lam, who has been forced to suspend a widely loathed bill that would have allowed extraditions to the Chinese mainland.Critics fear the Beijing-ba
World NewsJune 17, 2019
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Pompeo vows US will guarantee passage through Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Sunday that the US will guarantee free passage through the vital Strait of Hormuz, as he accused Iran of recent attacks on oil tankers and the downing of a US drone.Pompeo confirmed in an interview with CBS that a US MQ-9 “Reaper” drone was shot down June 6 with a missile fired from Yemen “that we assess had Iranian assistance.” Pompeo would not be drawn on what options the US is considering to protect shipping -- or to p
World NewsJune 17, 2019
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Argentina, Uruguay restoring power after massive blackout
BUENOS AIRES -- Electricity services have been restored to more than 70 percent of Argentina and Uruguay following a massive blackout that left around 48 million people without power on Sunday, authorities said.At around 7:00 pm (2200 GMT), Argentina's Energy Ministry Gustavo Lopetegui said services had been restored to 77 percent of customers in the country. There are still outages in multiple provinces, while Tierra del Fuego, in the country's extreme south, was spared because it is not part o
World NewsJune 17, 2019
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Meghan and Harry release Father’s Day photo of baby Archie
LONDON — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex have released a photograph of their 6-week-old son Archie for Father’s Day.The sepia-toned photo, posted Sunday on the royal couple’s Instagram feed, shows the baby cradled in Harry’s arms and clutching his father’s finger. The post is captioned: “Happy Father’s Day! And wishing a very special first Father’s Day to The Duke of Sussex.”The couple posted a picture of the baby’s feet
World NewsJune 17, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Huge crowds march in Hong Kong, piling pressure on leader
HONG KONG — Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents, mostly clad in black, jammed the city’s streets Sunday in a vehement show of opposition to proposed legislation that has stoked fears of expanding control from Beijing in this former British colony.The marchers are demanding that Hong Kong’s leader first scrap an extradition bill that would allow some suspects to be sent for trial in mainland China and then resign. The conflict, which slipped into unusually violent clashes w
World NewsJune 16, 2019
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[Graphic News] Amazon dethrones Google as top global brand
US retail giant Amazon has overtaken tech titans Apple and Google to become the world’s most valuable brand, according to a survey. The brand value of Amazon surged 52 percent to $315 billion, global market research agency Kantar said in its 2019 100 Top BrandZ report. Amazon jumped from third to first place to eclipse Google, which slid from first to third place. Apple held on to the second spot. South Korea’s Samsung fell five spots to stand at No. 38.
World BusinessJune 16, 2019
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Ivanka Trump, Kushner took in as much as $135M last year
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner took in as much as $135 million in revenue during their second year as aides to President Donald Trump, generated from their vast real estate holdings, stocks and bonds and even a book deal, according to their financial disclosures released Friday. Ivanka Trump's stake in her family's Washington, D.C., hotel down the street from the Oval Office generated $3.95 million in revenue in 2018, barely changed from a year earlier. The hotel, a favorite gathering spot for f
World NewsJune 15, 2019
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US Senate confirms top diplomat for East Asia
The United States Senate on Thursday confirmed a former Air Force brigadier general as the top American diplomat for East Asia.David Stilwell was confirmed to be assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs by a 94-3 vote, becoming the first person to take the role under the Donald Trump administration.President Trump tapped Stilwell in October amid increasing challenges in East Asia caused by North Korea's nuclear weapons program and escalating trade and security tensions bet
World NewsJune 14, 2019
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Boris Johnson wins first round of UK leadership vote
Boris Johnson overwhelmingly won the first round of voting Thursday in the race to replace outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May, with the field of candidates narrowed to seven from 10.The Brexit-backing former foreign minister picked up 114 of the 313 votes cast in a secret ballot of Conservative Party lawmakers in the lower House of Commons.(AFP)
World NewsJune 13, 2019
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China extradition clashes plunge Hong Kong into historic violence
Hong Kong was rocked Wednesday by the worst political unrest since its handover to China, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who tried to storm parliament and blocked roads in the financial hub.The violent demonstrations were the latest expression of widespread public anger over the government's controversial Beijing-backed plan to allow extraditions to China.Clashes broke out hours after tens of thousands of people seized key arteries in the morning rush hour and
World NewsJune 13, 2019
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Hong Kong police use tear gas as protesters try to storm parliament
HONG KONG (AFP) -- Violent clashes broke out in Hong Kong on Wednesday as police tried to stop protesters storming the city's parliament, while tens of thousands of people blocked key arteries in a show of strength against government plans to allow extraditions to China.Police used tear gas, pepper spray and batons to disperse crowds of black-clad demonstrators -- most of them young people and students -- calling for authorities to scrap the Beijing-backed law.Clashes broke out shortly after 3:0
World NewsJune 12, 2019
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[Graphic News] North Korea ranks at bottom for press freedom: report
North Korea, along with China, Syria and other countries, has been rated as the worst in terms of press freedom, a recent report by a US freedom watchdog showed. US-based Freedom House released the annual report for 2019, titled “Freedom and Media: A Downward Spiral,” in which the North got zero on a scale of zero to four points. Dozens of other countries also received zero in the report. Norway had the best score for press freedom, followed by Finland and Sweden. Eritrea, North Kor
World NewsJune 10, 2019
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Violence mars end of huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition
A huge peaceful protest in Hong Kong against controversial plans to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland descended into violence early Monday as police fought running battles with small pockets of demonstrators.Organisers said more than a million people took part in the Sunday march -- the largest protest since Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China -- confronting the city's pro-Beijing leadership with a major political crisis.The city government is pushing a bill through the legislature that
World NewsJune 10, 2019
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G-20 finance officials pledge to protect global growth
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies wrapped up a meeting in Japan on Sunday with a pledge to use all the policies they can to protect global growth from disruptions due to trade and other tensions. The G-20 finance leaders said in a joint communique that risks from trade and geopolitical tensions were "intensifying." They did not refer directly to the tariffs war between the United States and China, though leaders participating in the meetings
World BusinessJune 9, 2019
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[Graphic News] Swine fever to affect pork market for years
Millions of pigs have been culled as African swine fever cuts through China and beyond, devastating global food chains, with pork prices expected to soar from the food markets of Hong Kong to American dinner tables. Since its first case in February, Vietnam has culled an estimated 1.7 million pigs - over 6 percent of the total population - and has set up screening stations along some borders.
World NewsJune 9, 2019
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UK's May quits as party leader, starting succession race
LONDON (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party on Friday, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit.May will remain prime minister until a new leader is chosen, likely in late July, but has relinquished control over the direction of Britain's tortuous departure from the European Union.Brexit is still scheduled for October 31 but while her rivals thrash it out, the project remains stuck, with the
World NewsJune 7, 2019