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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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Seoul aims to halve current suicide rate by 2030
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4 in 10 young South Koreans take up 'irregular' jobs: data
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[Photo News] Rallying against LGBTQ+
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103 autumn foliage paths in Seoul
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[Graphic News] Dusseldorf ranks world’s best city for driving
The German city Dusseldorf was named the best city for driving, according to a German study. Among the top 10 cities were Zurich, Tokyo and Basel. Kolkata was bottom of the list, followed by Karachi, Lagos, Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, and Mumbai. The study examined factors such as congestion, public transport, the average cost of parking, the cost of fuel as well as the frequency and perception of road rage.
WorldOct. 9, 2017
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Trial in Kim murder resuming with visit to Malaysian lab
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader entered its second week Monday, with the court moving temporarily to a high-security laboratory to view evidence contaminated with VX nerve agent.The judge, prosecutors, defense lawyers and the Indonesian and Vietnamese suspects were to visit the chemistry laboratory to examine samples of the women's clothing before they are formally submitted as evidence.Such a move is not unus
World NewsOct. 9, 2017
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[Graphic News] China dominates cosmetic surgery tourism
According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, foreigners spent around 270 billion won ($235 million) in South Korea on plastic surgeries and dermatology treatments last year. The number of foreigners visiting South Korea for medical purposes came to 452,380 in 2016, with nearly 100,000 of them receiving beauty-related treatments, the data showed. Of the foreign patients visiting plastic surgery clinics, Chinese accounted for 57.7 percent, trailed by Japanese with 5.7 pe
WorldOct. 8, 2017
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Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize
Nuclear disarmament group ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fuelled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran.More than 70 years since atomic bombs were used on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Nobel committee sought to highlight ICAN's tireless non-proliferation efforts.A handout photo made available by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons shows ICAN activists protesting against at
World NewsOct. 6, 2017
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Las Vegas gunman may have scoped out other music festivals
Investigators are looking into whether gunman Stephen Paddock scoped out bigger music festivals in Las Vegas and Chicago _ and perhaps Boston's Fenway Park _ before setting up his perch in a casino hotel and raining deadly fire on country music fans. Paddock booked rooms overlooking the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago in August and the Life Is Beautiful show near the Vegas Strip in late September, according to authorities reconstructing his movements before he undertook the deadliest mass shoot
World NewsOct. 6, 2017
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[Photo News] Golden Jubilee of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei
The handout photos made available by Brunei Prime Ministers Office shows Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Her Majesty Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hjh Saleha at the Golden Jubilee ceremony in the Throne Hall, Istana Nurul Iman, marking 50 years on the throne in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Thursday. The Sultan of Brunei's 50th anniversary of accession to the throne is being celebrated across Brunei in October.
World NewsOct. 5, 2017
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British author Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Literature Prize
British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day", won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the Swedish Academy said.The 62-year-old, "in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world," the Academy wrote in its citation.In this Saturday, Aug 8, 2009 file photo, author Kazuo Ishiguro poses for photographers before receiving the "Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa" prize for literature, in Santa Margheri
World NewsOct. 5, 2017
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Transgender metalhead makes historic run for US office
"Look at the inside of my shoe, ok?" replies Danica Roem when asked how many voters she has already approached in her bid to win a Virginia statehouse seat.The Democratic candidate has no time for subtleties as she races to become the first openly transgender person elected to office in this Republican US state. Danica Roem (Twitter)Whether spitting in the trashcan during a recent interview with Cosmopolitan magazine or whipping off her ballerina flat to show its worn insole to AFP, this young w
World NewsOct. 5, 2017
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Girlfriend of Las Vegas killer says he left her in the dark
The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman said Wednesday that she had no inkling of the massacre he was plotting when he sent her on a trip abroad to see her family. Marilou Danley issued the statement after returning from her native Philippines and being questioned for much of the day by FBI agents still trying to figure out what drove Stephen Paddock to open fire on 22,000 fans at a country music festival from his 32nd-floor hotel suite. ``He never said anything to me or took any action that
World NewsOct. 5, 2017
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Court asked to restore details of Kim Jong-nam post-mortem
Malaysia -- Prosecutors asked a Malaysian court Wednesday to restore expunged details in the post-mortem report into the poisoning death of the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader. Indonesian Siti Aisyah (left) and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong (right)The report had been presented as evidence Tuesday at the murder trial of the two women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam's face in a brazen assassination at Kuala Lumpur's airport in February. The High Court had agreed on th
World NewsOct. 4, 2017
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No S. Koreans on list of those confirmed killed in Las Vegas shooting rampage: official
No South Koreans were among those confirmed dead in the Las Vegas shooting rampage, though 11 Korean tourists haven't been able to be reached, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday.Officials of the South Korean consulate general in Los Angeles have checked with officials of the Clark County Coroner's Office and the State Department, and confirmed that no Koreans were on the list of those confirmed killed in Sunday's shooting, the ministry official said. (EPA-Yonhap)Consulate officials are a
World NewsOct. 4, 2017
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US trio wins physics Nobel for detection of waves from black hole collisions
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - US astrophysicists Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rainer Weiss were awarded the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for the discovery of gravitational waves -- a phenomenon that opens a door on the extreme Universe.Predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago as part of his theory of general relativity, but only detected in 2015, gravitational waves are "ripples" in space-time, as the theoretical fabric of the cosmos is called.They are caused by ultra-violent processes, such as collidin
World NewsOct. 3, 2017
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'I'm going to die': fear grips Vegas strip; gunman kills 59
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The rapid-fire popping sounded like firecrackers at first, and many in the crowd of 22,000 country music fans didn't understand what was happening when the band stopped playing and singer Jason Aldean hustled off stage. ``That's gunshots,'' a man could be heard saying emphatically on a cellphone video in the nearly half-minute of silence and confusion that followed. A woman pleaded with others: ``Get down! Get down! Stay down!'' Then the pop-pop-pop noise resumed. And pure ter
World NewsOct. 3, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock: retired accountant, heavy gambler
Stephen Craig Paddock, the retired accountant who smuggled an armory's worth of weapons into a swank Las Vegas hotel and mowed down concert-goers from a 32nd story window, was a high-stakes gambler whose bank-robber father was once on the FBI's most wanted list.The 64-year-old had a home in a tranquil golf course retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada, 80 miles (130 kilometers) east of the gambling hub and, according to a brother, showed no sign he was poised to commit mass murder. This undate
World NewsOct. 3, 2017
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US trio wins Nobel Medicine Prize
(Yonhap)US trio Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young won the 2017 Nobel Medicine Prize for their work on internal biological clocks known as the circadian rhythm, the jury said on Monday."Their discoveries explain how plants, animals and humans adapt their biological rhythm so that it is synchronized with the Earth's revolutions," the Nobel Assembly said.
World NewsOct. 2, 2017
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Sniper in high-rise hotel kills 59 in Las Vegas
A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing 59 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. More than 400 others were hurt and taken to the hospital, authorities said. SWAT teams using explosives stormed the gunman's hotel room in the sleek, gold-colored glass skyscraper and found he had
World NewsOct. 2, 2017
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Second NK restaurant in Vietnam closes amid tightening sanctions
Another North Korean restaurant in Vietnam has recently gone out of business, sources said Monday, as intensifying international sanctions are slashing its overseas foreign currency earnings.Koryo Restaurant, a North Korean restaurant in the biggest Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh, closed last week, according to the community of South Korean residents in the Southeastern Asian country. The North Korean restaurant opened in 2014 and was employing around 15 North Koreans. Currently, a notice at the
World NewsOct. 2, 2017
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Women plead not guilty to murdering NK leader's half-brother
Two women pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering the half-brother of North Korea's leader, at the start of their trial in Malaysia over the Cold War-style assassination that shocked the world.Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, who arrived at the heavily guarded court in handcuffs and wearing bulletproof vests, entered their pleas through interpreters as proceedings got under way.The defendants were arrested just days after the killing of Kim Jong-Nam on February 13 as he waite
World NewsOct. 2, 2017
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[Graphic News] S. Korea has fewest doctors among OECD
According to the OECD data released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea had 2.2 doctors per 1,000 people in 2015, the lowest number among member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. South Korea scored the lowest in physicians per 1,000 people, with the average being 3.3. The data included licensed physicians practicing Oriental medicine. Austria ranked top with 5.1 doctors per 1,000 people, followed by Norway with 4.4, Sweden and Switzerland with 4
WorldOct. 1, 2017
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15 dead in Rohingya boat sinking, UN chief tells Myanmar to end 'nightmare'
At least 15 people drowned and scores are feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya families capsized off Bangladesh Thursday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres exhorted Myanmar's leaders to end the refugees' "nightmare."The growing Rohingya refugee crisis prompted the UN Security Council to hold a rare public meeting on Myanmar, with the US slamming the country for trying "to cleanse the country of an ethnic minority" while Beijing and Moscow backed the Myanmar authorities. People come to see th
WorldSept. 29, 2017