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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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Minority candidates see both success and veiled racism
WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the many successes among candidates of color, the midterm elections also proved to some the enduring power of racism, with minority politicians’ intelligence and integrity called into question by their opponents and President Donald Trump in what were widely seen as coded appeals to white voters.Several Democratic strategists said Wednesday that the outcome showed the need for the party to recalibrate its strategy heading into 2020 and beyond.To win, they said, the part
World NewsNov. 8, 2018
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Jeff Sessions pushed out after a year of attacks from Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump, who inserted in his place a Republican Party loyalist with authority to oversee the remainder of the special counsel’s Russia investigation.The move has potentially ominous implications for special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, given that the new acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, until now Sessions’ chief of staff, ha
World NewsNov. 8, 2018
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[Graphic News] Air pollution kills 600,000 children each year: WHO
Exposure to toxic air both indoors and out kills some 600,000 children under the age of 15 each year, the World Health Organization warned Monday. Data from the UN health body shows that every day, 93 percent of children under the age of 15 -- a full 1.8 billion youngsters, including 630 million under the age of 5 -- breath dangerously polluted air. According to WHO data, more than 9 out of 10 people on the planet breathe dangerously toxic air, causing some 7 million premature deaths each year.
World NewsNov. 7, 2018
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Out of many, several firsts elected across country
WASHINGTON (AP) — What is already the most diverse Congress ever will become even more so after Tuesday’s elections, which broke barriers of race and gender.For the first time, a pair of Native American congresswomen are headed to the House, in addition to two Muslim congresswoman. Massachusetts and Connecticut will also send black women to Congress as firsts for their states, while Arizona and Tennessee are getting their first female senators. In this Oct. 1, 2018 file photo, Boston City Counci
World NewsNov. 7, 2018
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Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of US midterm elections
Facebook said it blocked 115 accounts for suspected "coordinated inauthentic behavior" linked to foreign groups attempting to interfere in Tuesday's US midterm elections.The social media company shut down 30 Facebook accounts and 85 Instagram accounts and is investigating them in more detail, it said in a blog post late Monday. (Yonhap)Facebook acted after being tipped off Sunday by US law enforcement officials. Authorities notified the company about recently discovered online activity "they bel
World NewsNov. 7, 2018
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White House points to Trump's campaign for GOP
The Latest on Election Day (all times local):(Evan Vucci/Associated Press)7:15 p.m.As polls begin to close, the White House is stressing the effort President Donald Trump put into a political ground game aimed at putting Republicans in the win column for Tuesday's midterm elections. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says in a written statement that Trump has headlined 50 political rallies, 30 in the past two months. He's campaigned for dozens of candidates at all levels of gover
World NewsNov. 7, 2018
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Migrants unwittingly take center stage in US vote
The Central American migrants trekking toward the United States in a caravan have unwittingly become key players in Tuesday's US midterms, though many are not even aware the elections are happening.As Americans headed to the polls for a vote seen as a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency, it was just another day on the road for some 4,500 migrants camped out at a stadium-turned-shelter in Mexico City. (AFP)Having spent the night in the high-altitude chill of the Mexican capital, they made sm
World NewsNov. 7, 2018
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Eat your heart out at the Pizza Museum
NEW YORK (AP) — There is now a museum for pizza lovers everywhere that’s popped-up in arguably America’s pizza capital, New York City.The Museum of Pizza is dedicated to all things cheese and sauce, but there’s more to it than meets the tongue. (AP)“It’s often that the simplest ideas are the best. And we wanted to use pizza’s ubiquitous appeal to get people through the door and looking at art and hearing about history in a different format,” said Alexandra Serio, Chief Content Officer at Nameles
World NewsNov. 7, 2018
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US exempts Indian-backed port in Iran from sanctions
The United States said Tuesday it would exempt Iran's Indian-backed port of Chabahar from new sanctions on Tehran, recognizing the value of the project to Afghanistan.Iran late last year inaugurated the port on the Indian Ocean which provides a key supply route to landlocked Afghanistan and allows India to bypass its historic enemy Pakistan.(IRANIAN PRESIDENCY/AFP)The United States will exempt from sanctions the development of Chabahar along with an attached railway project and Iranian petroleum
World NewsNov. 7, 2018
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Poop in hand, Bill Gates backs China's toilet revolution
As one of the world's richest men and most active philanthropists, Bill Gates usually has his hands full. Just not with poop.So it came as a surprise when the founder of Microsoft brandished a jar of human waste at a forum on the future of the toilet in Beijing on Tuesday.The stunt was an effort to draw attention to a problem affecting developing countries around the world: not enough toilets. Microsoft founder Bill Gates talks next to a container with human feces, a stunt to draw attention to t
World BusinessNov. 7, 2018
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Metoo, Brexit, environment inspire new dictionary entries
"Single-use" was named the Collins Dictionary word of the year on Wednesday, following a four-fold increase in usage since 2013 in a reflection of increased concerns about sustainability.It edged out "MeToo" and "whitewash" to top the list of 10 new and notable words that "reflect an ever-evolving culture and the preoccupations of those who use it", Collins said. (Agence France-Presse London)The wider 10 words of the year include ones inspired by Brexit, environmental concerns and the 2018 footb
World NewsNov. 7, 2018
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Amazon considers New York, Virginia amid reports of HQ split
NEW YORK (AP) — After a yearlong search for a second home, Amazon is now reportedly looking to build offices in two cities instead of one, a surprise move that could still have a major impact on the communities it ultimately selects.New York’s Long Island City as well as Crystal City in northern Virginia have emerged as the front runners, according to sources familiar with the talks with Amazon.Selecting those areas would bring more jobs to places that already have plenty. Jed Kolko, the chief e
World BusinessNov. 7, 2018
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Two Korean-Americans in tight race for US Congress
Two Korean-Americans are in a tight race to win a seat in the US Congress in this week's midterm elections, polling data showed Monday.With one day to go until Tuesday's vote, Young Kim, the Republican nominee for California's 39th congressional district, is in a neck-and-neck race with her Democratic rival, Gil Cisneros, according to the opinion poll analysis website, FiveThirtyEight. Young Kim (Yonhap)As of Monday, Kim, a former California state legislator, was behind Cisneros by only 1.2 perc
World NewsNov. 6, 2018
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China's Xi promises market opening as import fair begins
SHANGHAI (AP) -- President Xi Jinping promised Monday to open China wider to imports as he opened a high-profile trade fair meant to rebrand the country as a global customer. But he offered no response to US and European complaints about technology policy and curbs on foreign business.The China International Import Expo is part of official efforts to defuse trade tension while resisting pressure to roll back industry plans that Washington, Europe, Japan and other governments say violate its mark
World NewsNov. 5, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Storms, floods in Sicily kill at least 12 people; 2 missing
ROME (AP) — Storm-related floods killed at least 12 people in Sicily, Italian authorities said Sunday, including nine members of two families who were spending a long weekend together when water and mud from a swollen river overran their rented villa.After surveying the stricken Mediterranean island by helicopter, Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte identified two more of the victims as a German couple whose car was swept away by flood waters near Agrigento, a tourist town known for its ancient Greek
WorldNov. 5, 2018
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Migrants camped at border worry caravans will shut them out
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Waiting on the southern end of a bridge that leads to the United States, Humberto Alvarez Gonzalez warily follows the progress of the caravan winding through Mexico with the goal of reaching the border.Alvarez and about two dozen other people are waiting in Matamoros, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, because US customs officers say there’s no space to process them. They sleep on cots near the bridge and rely on donors who bring them food and clothing. Some
WorldNov. 5, 2018
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Why it’s still in Russia’s interest to mess with US politics
PARIS (AP) — Sweeping accusations that the Kremlin tried to sway the 2016 US election haven’t chastened Russian trolls, hackers and spies — and might even have emboldened them.US officials and tech companies say Russians have continued online activity targeted at American voters during the campaign for Tuesday’s election, masquerading as US institutions and creating faux-American social media posts to aggravate tensions around issues like migration and gun control.Russia denies any interference.
WorldNov. 5, 2018
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World leaders to mark WWI in France amid warnings about nationalism
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday kicks off a week of commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, which is set to mix remembrance of the past and warnings about the present surge in nationalism around the globe.Some 70 to 80 world leaders including US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are preparing to fly to the French capital next weekend for a ceremony marking a century since the guns fell silent.This Sunday, German President Fra
WorldNov. 5, 2018
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Trump, Democrats in frenzied final push ahead of US elections
Donald Trump and his Democratic rivals made frenzied, final pushes to motivate their core voters Sunday ahead of contentious midterm elections seen as a referendum on the president's divisive first two years in office.Both sides say voter turnout will be key.Trump was on a hectic schedule of campaign appearances for Republican candidates 48 hours before Americans deliver their verdict at the ballot box, while former president Barack Obama made a last-ditch appeal for an endangered Senate Democra
WorldNov. 5, 2018
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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie calls for lasting support for Yemenis
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie on Sunday called on the South Korean government to provide support for hundreds of Yemenis until they safely return home, the UN Refugee Agency said. Jolie is visiting South Korea. Her visit to Seoul follows that of UNHCR Filippo Grandi on Oct. 23-24. Around 500 Yemenis fled the conflict in their home country to South Korea's resort island of Jeju in May. (Yonhap)In a meeting with South Korean Justice Minister Park Sang-k
World NewsNov. 5, 2018