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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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[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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4 in 10 young South Koreans take up 'irregular' jobs: data
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SM founder Lee Soo-man is back with A2O Entertainment
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[Graphic News] India to see highest GDP growth rate in Asia
The Asian Development Bank projected that India would see the highest gross domestic product growth rate in Asia in 2018 at 7.3 percent, though this is lower than the nation's growth rate of 6.7 percent in 2017. Vietnam and Bhutan are forecast to see the second-highest GDP growth rate in Asia at 7.1 percent. The former's growing workforce has been instrumental to its growth, boosted by export expansion, rising domestic consumption, strong investments, and a strengthening agriculture sector. Bh
World BusinessNov. 20, 2018
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Instagram ousting fake followers from accounts
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Instagram on Monday said it is booting fake followers, likes, and comments generated by applications tailored to make accounts appear more popular than they actually are.The crackdown comes as Instagram parent Facebook strives to assure people that the leading social network and its services can be trusted.“Recently, we’ve seen accounts use third-party apps to artificially grow their audience,” Instagram said in a blog post.“Starting today, we will begin removing inauthent
World NewsNov. 20, 2018
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Report: Ivanka Trump used personal email for government work
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and a top White House adviser, sent hundreds of emails about government business from a personal email account last year, The Washington Post reported Monday.The emails were sent to White House aides, Cabinet members and Ivanka Trump’s assistants, many in violation of public records rules, the paper said. President Donald Trump mercilessly criticized his 2016 Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, for using a private email server during her t
World NewsNov. 20, 2018
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‘I want to thank me,’ rapper Snoop Dogg on getting Hollywood star
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Rap great Snoop Dogg thanked himself on Monday as he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame just days before the 25th anniversary of his debut album “Doggystyle.”“I want to thank me for believing in me,” the 16-time Grammy nominee said after the star was unveiled on the famed walk.“I want to thank me for doing all this hard work. I want to thank me for having no days off. I want to thank me for never quitting. I want to thank me for always being a giver, and trying to
World NewsNov. 20, 2018
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Flagging Victoria’s Secret announces new lingerie CEO
NEW YORK (AFP) -- US lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret announced Monday that it had appointed fashion executive John Mehas as new lingerie CEO, hoping to boost its ailing fortunes.Mehas will take over in the New Year, replacing Jan Singer, who resigned with the brand under fire for slumping sales, idealized glamazonian femininity and reluctance to put larger and transgender models on the catwalk.His appointment was announced as Victoria’s Secret parent company L Brands reported third-quarter resu
World BusinessNov. 20, 2018
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Olympic curling champion booted for ‘drunken’ antics
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Olympic gold medallist Ryan Fry was among a group of four curlers thrown out of a tournament in Canada for “extreme drunkenness,” reports said Monday.Fry, who won gold for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, was tossed out of the Red Deer Curling Classic along with Jamie Koe, DJ Kidby and Chris Schille for “unsportsmanlike behavior,” several reports said.“They went out to curl and they were extremely drunk and breaking brooms and swearing and just unacceptable behav
World NewsNov. 20, 2018
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Limiting screen time for your kid? It’s harder than it looks
CHICAGO (AP) -- It is Saturday morning, and 10-year-old Henry Hailey is up at the crack of dawn. Still in PJs, his microphone-equipped headphones glowing blue in the dim basement, he fixates on the popular online game “Fortnite” on a large screen.“What?! Right as I was about to finish it, I died,” he calls out disappointedly to his friend Gus, a fellow fifth-grader playing the game from his home just a few blocks away. “Dude, I should NOT have died.”The digital battles resume, and Henry’s enthus
World NewsNov. 20, 2018
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Gunman opens fire at Chicago hospital, wounds at least 4
CHICAGO (AP) -- A gunman opened fire Monday at a Chicago hospital, wounding at least four people, including a police officer and a hospital employee, authorities said.A police spokesman said the gunman was dead, but it was not immediately clear if he took his own life or was killed by police at Mercy Hospital on the city’s South Side.A witness named James Gray told reporters that it looked as if the attacker “was turning and shooting people at random.”The shooting apparently began as the suspect
World NewsNov. 20, 2018
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New tech regulation 'inevitable,' Apple CEO says
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook predicts that new regulations of tech companies and social networks to protect personal data are "inevitable."In an interview with news website Axios being broadcast Sunday on HBO television, Cook said he expected the US Congress would take up the matter."Generally speaking, I am not a big fan of regulation," Cook said in an excerpt released by Axios. "I'm a big believer in the free market. But we have to admit when the free market is not working. And it ha
World BusinessNov. 20, 2018
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Victims mourned as toll hits 77 in California wildfire
PARADISE, Calif. (AFP) -- The toll from the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history rose further on Sunday to 77, the sheriff's office said, after a vigil to honor the victims. "One human remain was located today," raising the toll by one in the so-called Camp Fire which broke out 10 days earlier in northern California, a statement from the Butte County Sheriff said, following US President Donald Trump's visit on Saturday to survey thedevastation.On Sunday, mourners gathe
World NewsNov. 20, 2018
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China's youth embrace street dance amid hip-hop crackdown
In China, where children are often saddled with a packed schedule of extracurricular activities before they even enter grade school, some parents are making room for a surprising pursuit: hip-hop dance classes.Inside a dance studio in central Beijing, a group of kids bopped up and down to an American hip-hop beat as they mimicked their teacher, a young woman in a dark blue beret and loose clothing.Some practised in earnest -- bending their arms just so -- while others giggled, treating the class
World NewsNov. 20, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Auto titan Ghosn under arrest, faces ouster at Nissan
Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn faces being fired this week after being arrested in Japan over allegations of financial misconduct, the firm said Monday, in a stunning fall from grace for one of the world's best-known businessmen.Ghosn's arrest and his likely dismissal from Nissan, as well as possibly from Mitsubishi and Renault, sent shockwaves through the auto industry, where he is a towering figure, credited with turning around several major manufacturers.Besides being chairman of Nissan, the 64
World BusinessNov. 20, 2018
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Saudi king backs son amid furore over Khashoggi murder
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi King Salman stood by the crown prince and heaped praise on the judiciary Monday, in his first public remarks since critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder tipped the country into one of its worst crises.The public prosecutor last week exonerated Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the king's son, of involvement in the murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, but the CIA reportedly concluded he had ordered the assassination.The prosecutor called for the de
World NewsNov. 20, 2018
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Why a salmonella outbreak shouldn’t ruin your Thanksgiving
NEW YORK (AP) -- There’s no reason to skip Thanksgiving dinner because of a salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey.That’s according to health officials who’ve been monitoring the year-old outbreak. But they say it’s a reminder to properly prepare your holiday bird. Cooking kills salmonella.The ongoing outbreak and recall last week of ground turkey may nevertheless leave you with a few questions when reaching for a plate of turkey. (AP)CAN MY TURKEY HAVE SALMONELLA?Salmonella is considered wide
World NewsNov. 19, 2018
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Searchers in California wildfire step up efforts before rain
CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Volunteers in white coveralls, hard hats and masks poked through ash and debris Sunday, searching for the remains of victims of the devastating Northern California wildfire before rains that are forecast for this week complicate their efforts.While the predicted downpours could help tamp down the blazes that have killed 76 people so far, they also could wash away telltale fragments of bone, or turn loose, dry ash into a thick paste that would frustrate the search.A team of 1
World NewsNov. 19, 2018
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Trump says doesn't want to hear 'suffering' Khashoggi tape
US President Donald Trump says he has been fully briefed on an audio recording of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder but does not want to listen to it himself."Because it's a suffering tape. It's a terrible tape," he said in an interview with "Fox News Sunday.""It was very violent, very vicious and terrible."Trump refrained from blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, even though the CIA reportedly concluded that he ordered the October 2 assassination in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
World NewsNov. 19, 2018
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Swimmer killed by stingray, two mauled by sharks in Australia
A swimmer died after a rare suspected stingray attack off an Australian beach while another two people were mauled in separate shark encounters this weekend.The 42-year-old's death came more than a decade after world-renowned "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was killed when a stingray barb punctured his chest while he was filming on the famed Great Barrier Reef.The man was in waters off Lauderdale Beach some 23 kilometres (14 miles) from Hobart in the southern island state of Tasmania Saturday whe
World NewsNov. 19, 2018
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At what cost? Debate swirls on 'giveaways' after Amazon HQ deal
As the winners of the biggest corporate prize in decades -- the new Amazon headquarters -- relished their victory, debate was still raging over the billions of dollars in incentives offered to attract the fast-growing US technology colossus.The new Amazon "HQ2" with an estimated $5 billion investment creating 50,000 new jobs will be split between the Long Island City district in New York and Crystal City, a Virginia community across the Potomac River from the US capital Washington.Officials in b
World BusinessNov. 19, 2018
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[Graphic News] Singapore Airlines named world’s best airline for 2019
After launching the world's longest flight route this year and introducing some of the most advanced aircraft into its fleet, Singapore Airlines has been lauded as the world’s best airline for 2019. The editors at AirlineRatings.com recently announced their picks for their annual Airline Excellence Awards, and Singapore Airlines got the top honor. The launch of a nonstop flight from Singapore to New York City played a part. It was the first time at the top of the list for the Asian carrier, wh
WorldNov. 18, 2018
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Korean American narrowly defeated in US Congress election
LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON -- Republican candidate Young Kim, who was expected to become the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress, has been defeated by Democratic rival Gil Cisneros in California's 39th district, a report said Saturday.The South Korea-born politician took the lead in initial vote counting in the Nov. 6 election. But she lost to Cisneros by 1.6 percentage point as of 8:00 p.m. after mail-in ballots were counted, according to the Associated Press. Republican candidate for
World NewsNov. 18, 2018