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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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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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'1 million' Christians join anti-LGBTQ+ marriage rally
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SM founder Lee Soo-man is back with A2O Entertainment
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WWII bomb defused at Volkswagen site in German city
BERLIN (AP) -- A World War II bomb found on the premises of automaker Volkswagen in the German city of Wolfsburg has been defused after some 4,000 people were evacuated from the surrounding area. City authorities said on Twitter that the bomb was defused Sunday lunchtime. People within a 1-kilometer (0.6-mile) radius, an area that includes part of central Wolfsburg, had been evacuated as a precaution. Mechanic staff work on the production line of Volkswagen e-Golf in the Glaeserne Manufakt
World NewsJuly 8, 2018
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[Breaking] First two Thai schoolboys rescued from flooded cave
CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - The first two schoolboys have emerged from a flooded Thai cave after divers launched a daring and dangerous mission to rescue the children and their soccer coach, who have been trapped underground for more than two weeks, a Thai official said.“Two kids are out. They are currently at the field hospital near the cave,” Tossathep Boonthong, chief of the health department in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, told Reuters. “We are giving them a physical examination.”
World NewsJuly 8, 2018
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Rescue efforts for boys trapped in Thai cave begin
MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) - Elite divers on Sunday began the extremely dangerous operation to extract 12 boys and their football coach who have been trapped in a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand for more than two weeks, with some of the rescuers reaching the area where the team is sheltering. The “Wild Boars” team has been stuck in a cramped chamber several kilometres (miles) inside the Tham Luang cave complex since June 23, when they went in after football practice and were hemmed in by
World NewsJuly 8, 2018
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[Graphic News] South Korea tops internet usage in Asia
Among the countries surveyed, South Korea stands out as the most heavily connected society, with 96 percent of adults reporting that they use the internet. The Pew Research Center's newest study says that while the gap in internet usage between emerging and advanced economies is narrowing, there are still large swaths of the world where significant numbers of citizens do not use the internet. South Korea is in the same league as the Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, the US, Israel, the United Kingd
World BusinessJuly 8, 2018
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Thai officials aim to rescue kids from cave before rain hits
MAE SAI, Thailand -- Worried that heavy monsoon rain could soon make the job even more difficult, Thai officials said Saturday that they may need to quickly rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a partially flooded cave by helping them make risky dives to safety.The boys, ages 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach have been trapped for two weeks _ since June 23, when they went exploring in northern Thailand's Tham Luang Nang Non cave after a practice game. Monsoon flooding cut off their escap
World NewsJuly 8, 2018
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Strong quake hits near Tokyo; no injuries or damage reported
A strong earthquake struck south of Tokyo on Saturday, causing some buildings to shake and the main airport serving the city to shut briefly, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.The US Geological Survey says the magnitude 5.9 quake struck Saturday evening 30 kilometers (19 miles) southeast of Ohara at a depth of 39 kilometers (24 miles). The Japan Meteorological Agency put the magnitude at 6.0. (Yonhap)Japan's Kyodo news agency and public broadcaster NHK both reported that
World NewsJuly 8, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists
The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying he will resign if anybody can prove that God exists.President Rodrigo Duterte, who has had a thorny relationship with the church, questioned anew in a speech late Friday some of the basic tenets of the Catholic faith, including the concept of original sin, which he said taints even innocent infants and can only be removed through baptism in a
World NewsJuly 7, 2018
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Search resumes for 23 missing tourists in Thai boat tragedy
A search has resumed for some 23 missing tourists on a boat that sank during a storm off the southern resort island of Phuket.The death toll from Thursday's tragedy hit 33, all of them Chinese nationals, in Thai tourism's biggest disaster in years. Divers who entered the wreck of the tour boat Friday described heart-breaking scenes of bodies of children found in the arms of their mothers. Divers carry oxygen tanks at Chalong pier in Phuket on July 7, 2018, as rescue operations continue for missi
World NewsJuly 7, 2018
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Hurricane Beryl forms in Atlantic, heads for east Caribbean
The Atlantic season's first hurricane, Beryl, formed Friday and headed for a weekend push into the eastern Caribbean, threatening islands still struggling to recover from last year's storms.A hurricane watch was issued for Dominica as the Category 1 storm reached maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph), according to the US National Hurricane Center. The island's meteorological service warned of six to 12 inches of rain and said weather conditions would start deteriorating Saturday night on D
World NewsJuly 7, 2018
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China eyes eastern Europe investment as US trade war sizzles
As a trade war rages between China and the US, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is meeting leaders from central and eastern Europe in Bulgaria on Saturday to discuss investment opportunities.Road and rail projects funded by China will be high on the agenda at the summit, which has raised concerns in Brussels and richer Western European countries about growing Chinese influence in the region.At the seventh annual gathering of the so-called "16+1 cooperation", Li will meet leaders and firms from 11 EU m
World BusinessJuly 7, 2018
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[Graphic News] Over 1 billion small arms worldwide
A new study of small arms estimates there are over 1 billion legal and illicit firearms in the world today, including 857 million in civilian hands - with American men and women being the dominant owners. The report by the Small Arms Survey released Monday says 393 million of the civilian-held firearms - or 46 percent - are in the US That‘s “more than those held by civilians in the other top 25 countries combined.” The estimate of over 1 billion firearms worldwide in December 2017 also includes
World NewsJuly 5, 2018
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Chairman of China's HNA Group dies in accident in France
BEIJING -- The co-chairman of HNA Group, a conglomerate that operates China's fourth-largest airline and racked up tens of billions of dollars in debt as it went on a global buying spree, died in an accident while on a business trip in France, the company said Wednesday.Wang Jian, a co-founder of the company, suffered "severe injuries" in a fall in Provence in southern France and died Tuesday at age 57, said an HNA Group statement. It gave no other details."Together, we mourn the loss of an exce
World BusinessJuly 5, 2018
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Hawaii bans sunscreens harmful to marine life
Sunscreens containing chemical substances harmful to coral reefs will be banned in the US state of Hawaii from 2021, US local media reported Wednesday.Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed the legislation on Tuesday, making Hawaii the first state in the US to ban the sale, distribution and use of sunscreens that contain the chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate. The bill states, “Oxybenzone and octinoxate cause mortality in developing coral; increase coral bleaching that indicates extreme stress, even at t
World NewsJuly 5, 2018
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Two people fall critically ill near UK nerve poisoning town
AMESBURY, United Kingdom, July 4, 2018 (AFP) - Two people are in hospital in critical condition after exposure to an “unknown substance” in the same British town where a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent earlier this year, officials said Wednesday.Counter-terrorism police, who the led the investigation into the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, said they were assisting local police in the investigation which has been declared a “major incident” by the eme
World NewsJuly 4, 2018
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[Graphic News] ICBC tops world banks ranking
Chinese banks won top 4 places in The Banker's latest global ranking of the top 1,000 banks this year. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China remains No. 1 in terms of tier 1 capital, followed by China Construction Bank, Bank of China and Agricultural Bank of China, which together make nearly one third of global profits. US banks did well in the ranking, with JPMorgan placing 5th, Bank of America 6th, Wells Fargo 7th and Citigroup 8th.
World BusinessJuly 4, 2018
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Passengers rescued from stricken Indonesia ferry; 31 dead
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Passengers trapped for a night on a stricken ferry off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi were rescued early Wednesday, officials said, as the death toll rose to 31 with three people missing and believed drowned inside the vessel.The latest in a succession of boat tragedies in Indonesia began on the same day that officials called off a search for 164 people presumed drowned when a wooden ferry sank on June 18 in a deep volcanic crater lake on the island of Sumatra.(AP)The Su
World NewsJuly 4, 2018
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[Graphic News] Seoul ranks world's 5th most expensive city
Seoul is the world's fifth most expensive city for expatriates, according to an annual cost of living report by consultancy Mercer. Asia dominates the list, with Hong Kong at the top and Tokyo in second, followed by Singapore in fourth, Shanghai in seventh and Beijing in ninth. Outside of Asia, European and African cities were among the priciest cities for expatriates. Zurich ranked third and Luanda came in sixth. The survey ranked 209 cities across five continents and compared the cost of more
World BusinessJuly 3, 2018
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Thai rescuers find missing boys and coach alive in cave
Rescuers found all 12 boys and their soccer coach alive deep inside a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand late Monday, more than a week after they disappeared and touched off a desperate search that drew international help and captivated the nation.Video released early Tuesday by the Thai navy showed the boys in their soccer uniforms sitting on a dry area inside the cave above the water as a spotlight, apparently from a rescuer, illuminated their faces.Chiang Rai provincial Gov. Narongsa
World NewsJuly 3, 2018
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[Graphic News] Asylum applications in Germany drop 70%
The number of people claiming asylum in Germany fell to 222,560 last year, according to European Union figures. The data could provide some relief for Chancellor Angela Merkel as she fights to save her coalition. The EU's asylum office received 728,470 applications in 2017 compared to 1.3 million applications in 2016. The office also received 108,020 applications from Syria in 2017, a number that had decreased by 68.4 percent from 2016. Italy, France, Greece and the United Kingdom followed Germ
World NewsJuly 2, 2018
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Gunman kills 5 in attack targeting Maryland newspaper
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland -- A man armed with smoke grenades and a shotgun attacked a newspaper in Maryland’s capital Thursday, killing four journalists and a staffer before police quickly stormed the building and arrested him, police and witnesses said.The shooting came amid months of verbal and online attacks on the “fake news media” from politicians and others from President Donald Trump on down. It prompted New York City police to immediately tighten security at news organizations in the nation’s
World NewsJune 29, 2018