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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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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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[Photo News] Rallying against LGBTQ+
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Vietnam woman in Kim assassination to walk free next month
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia, April 1, 2019 (AFP) - A Vietnamese woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader's half-brother will walk free in May after pleading guilty to a lesser charge, her lawyer said. Doan Thi Huong welcomed the "fair sentence" after the judge handed down the verdict in a Malaysian court, where she has been on trial for the murder of Kim Jong Nam with a nerve agent.Huong was sentenced her to three years and four months in jail from her arrest in February 2017. But her leg
World NewsApril 1, 2019
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[Graphic News] Finland remains world’s happiest country
Finland has emerged as the happiest nation for the second consecutive year, according to a report. Researchers say the small Nordic country of 5.5 million people has succeeded in coming up with a recipe for a balanced life not simply dependent on economic and material wealth. The World Happiness Report, by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, ranks 156 countries in terms of how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. It is based on factors such as economic wealth, life exp
World NewsMarch 28, 2019
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Modi declares India 'space superpower' as satellite downed by missile
India said Wednesday it destroyed a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test that proved the nation was among the world's most advanced space powers.In a rare address to the nation just weeks out from a national election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India had joined the United States, Russia and China in accomplishing the feat. A man watches Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on a local news channel in New Delhi on Wednesday. (AFP-Yonhap)A missile fired from a test
World NewsMarch 27, 2019
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Ford closes 3 factories in Russia in broad overhaul
Ford is closing three factories in Russia as it pulls out of passenger vehicle manufacturing in the country, causing heavy job losses.Ford says it will stop making passenger cars in Russia by the end of June, closing vehicle assembly plants in St. Petersburg and Naberezhnye Chelny, as well as an engine plant in Yelabuga. A worker welds body panels on the shell of a Ford Focus automobile at a Ford Sollers plant in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Bloomberg)Ford says ``significant employee separations a
World BusinessMarch 27, 2019
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[Graphic News] S. Korea becomes top exporter of 77 products in 2017: KITA
South Korea became the No. 1 exporter of 77 products in 2017, a local trade organization showed, on the back of improved performance from the petrochemicals industry. According to the Korea International Trade Association, the number of products enjoying a top market share shipped from Asia’s fourth-largest economy grew from 68 in 2015 and 71 tallied for 2016. China had the highest number of products that topped the global market at 1,720, followed by Germany with 693 and the United States with
World BusinessMarch 27, 2019
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[Graphic News] Global hearable market to grow quickly
The world market for wireless hearables is expected to grow quickly over the next two years thanks to the popularity of Apple’s AirPod, an industry report said. The global market is estimated to reach 129 million units by 2020, compared with about 46 million units last year, according to a report from industry tracker Counterpoint Research. The report, however, didn’t provide an estimate for this year’s global sales. The research firm said Apple’s upcoming second-generation AirPod and similar e
World BusinessMarch 26, 2019
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UK lawmakers seize Brexit agenda in bid to break deadlock
LONDON (AP) _ British lawmakers seized a measure of control over the stalled Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May's foundering government Monday, setting up a series of votes that could dramatically alter the course of the U.K.'s departure from the European Union.The move came after May conceded that Parliament would defeat her twice-rejected divorce deal with the EU again if she put it to a third vote.With Brexit delayed and the new departure date up in the air, the House of Commons v
World NewsMarch 26, 2019
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Trump declares victory now but legal perils far from over
NEW YORK (AP) _ President Donald Trump may be reveling in what he sees as "complete and total exoneration'' from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, but his legal perils are far from over.Federal and state investigators in New York are deep into investigations of their own into Trump and those in his orbit, probes that some observers have long viewed as every bit as menacing as Mueller's two-year look into possible collusion with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election."Th
World NewsMarch 25, 2019
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Barr preparing a summary of Mueller report's key conclusions
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Attorney General William Barr scoured special counsel Robert Mueller's confidential report on the Russia investigation with his advisers, deciding how much Congress and the American public will get to see about the two-year probe into President Donald Trump and Moscow's efforts to elect him.Barr was on pace to release his first summary of Mueller's findings on Sunday, people familiar with the process said.The attorney general's decision on what to finally disclose seems almost
World NewsMarch 24, 2019
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Polls open in first Thai general election since 2014 coup
BANGKOK, March 24, 2019 (AFP) - Polls opened Sunday for the first Thai election since a 2014 coup, with a high turnout expected among a public who received a cryptic last-minute warning from the Thai king to support "good" leaders to prevent "chaos."All television stations repeated the rare statement by King Maha Vajiralongkorn moments before polls opened across a politically turbulent country.Sunday's election pits a royalist junta and its allies against the election-winning machine of billion
World NewsMarch 24, 2019
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Mueller submits report on bombshell Trump-Russia probe
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday submitted his long-awaited report into an explosive two-year investigation of Russian meddling in Donald Trump‘s 2016 election -- a probe the president denounces as a “witch hunt” and opponents say could fuel impeachment. What the report says is confidential, but Attorney General Bill Barr wrote in a letter to Congress that he might be able to summarize its “principal conclusions” for Congress as early as this weekend. The Mueller drama
World NewsMarch 23, 2019
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[Graphic News] Seoul ranks 7th most expensive city for expats
Paris has climbed to the top of the world‘s priciest city for expatriates, tied first with Singapore and Hong Kong according to a survey that named the capital of strife-torn Venezuela as the cheapest. South Korea’s capital city Seoul ranked as the seventh most expensive city. The average price of 1 kilogram of bread was found to be $15.59, while in Singapore it was $3.40. Currency appreciation, inflation and devaluation as well as political upheaval played a part in this year’s rankings, said
World BusinessMarch 21, 2019
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Britain has requested Brexit delay until June 30: PM
Britain has asked EU leaders to delay Brexit until June 30, Prime Minister Theresa May told parliament on Wednesday, on eve of an EU summit in Brussels. (Yonhap)May said she had written to EU President Donald Tusk "informing him that the UK seeks an extension to the Article 50 period to June 30"."I don't want a long extension," she said, warning that a longer delay would mean Britain having to hold European Parliament elections at the end of May."The idea that three years after voting to leave t
WorldMarch 20, 2019
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One dead in possible terror attack on Dutch tram
THE HAGUE (AFP) - A gunman opened fire on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding several in what officials said was a possible terrorist incident. A body covered in a sheet was reportedly seen on the tracks as armed police and emergency services swarmed around the scene in one of the largest cities in the Netherlands. Police said the attacker was still on the run after the incident. "A shooting occurred on the 24 Oktoberplein in Utrecht
World NewsMarch 18, 2019
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Syria slams 'hypocrisy' of donors
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria on Friday accused donors who pledged aid to help its citizens displaced by the country's eight-year war of "hypocrisy" as they continue to impose sanctions on the regime. International donors -- led by the European Union -- meeting on Thursday in Brussels pledged nearly $7 billion in aid for 2019 for civilians caught up in the conflict. But European powers stressed progress on a UN-led peace process must come before they release funds to rebuild Syria --
World NewsMarch 15, 2019
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Brexit uncertainty a constant worry for Brits in Brussels
BRUSSELS (AP) - Across Brussels, British residents are waking up. The first thing midwife Jo Everatt does is to check websites for Brexit updates. Lobbyist Brian O'Riordan scans two newspapers. European Union official Chris Kendall checks Twitter. For Brits living and working in the heart of the European Union, the Brexit debate and the uncertainty surrounding it is a constant background noise that occasionally fades away -- then comes roaring back louder than ever. In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2
World NewsMarch 15, 2019
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49 dead in New Zealand mosque shootings
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, March 15, 2019 (AFP) - Attacks on two Christchurch mosques left at least 49 dead Friday, with one gunman -- identified as an Australian extremist -- apparently livestreaming the assault that triggered the lockdown of the New Zealand city.In what appeared to be the worst attack against Muslims in a western country, witnesses spoke of victims being shot at close range, with women and children believed to be among those killed."It is clear that this can now only be descr
World NewsMarch 15, 2019
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[Graphic News] Bezos, Gates still top world’s ultrarich: Forbes
Jeff Bezos remains the world’s richest person, ahead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, according to the latest Forbes list of the ultrarich, while far behind President Donald Trump jumped 51 spots in the ranking. While things are largely stable up on top of the list, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg dropped three spots and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg rose by two. According to the list announced by Forbes, the riches of Bezos have swelled by $19 billion in one year and he is now wort
World BusinessMarch 14, 2019
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Vietnamese woman in N. Korea murder case loses bid for release
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia, March 14, 2019 (AFP) - A Vietnamese woman suspected of assassinating the North Korean leader's half-brother lost her bid for immediate release Thursday as Malaysian authorities refused to drop a murder charge, days after her Indonesian co-accused was freed.Doan Thi Huong broke down in tears as a prosecutor announced the attorney-general had rejected a request to free her and her trial would continue. She has been on trial for a year and a half over the 2017 assassination of
World NewsMarch 14, 2019
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[Graphic News] 50,000 women a year killed by intimate partners
More than half of women murdered worldwide last year were killed by intimate partners or family members, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Data found that of 87,000 women intentionally killed worldwide in 2017, 58 percent -- 50,000 women -- were killed by intimate partners or family members. The numbers show a substantial increase from the UN’s 2012 Global Study on Homicide, which found 48,000 women were killed by their family members or intimate partners, accounting f
World NewsMarch 13, 2019