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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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103 autumn foliage paths in Seoul
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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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Ariana Grande to become Manchester honorary citizen
Manchester officials say they are making US pop singer Ariana Grande an honorary citizen of the city because of her response to the deadly concert attack in May.City council leader Richard Leese proposed the move, describing the 23-year-old singer as “a young American woman for whom it would have been understandable if she never wanted to see this place again.” (AP)He said instead, Grande “brought comfort to thousands and raised millions” for an emergency fund when she returned to headline the O
World NewsJuly 13, 2017
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Democrat files first impeachment article against Trump
WASHINGTON - A Democratic congressman on Wednesday became the first US lawmaker to formally file an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump, but the effort is likely to stall in the Republican-controlled Congress.Democrat Brad Sherman of California followed through on a threat he made last month to seek to remove the president from office, filing a four-page resolution aimed at "impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors."US Presi
World NewsJuly 13, 2017
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[Graphic News] Electricity consumption expected to hit record high this summer
South Korea‘s electricity consumption is expected to hit a record high this summer.According to the Korea Power Exchange, electricity usage will likely reach 86.5 million kilowatts during the summer season, up 1.32 million kilowatts from a year earlier. Despite the all-time high electricity demand, the KPX said the power supply reserve ratio will be 11.7 percent with 10.1 million kilowatts, as the country has a power supply capacity of 96.8 million kilowatts.
World NewsJuly 12, 2017
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[Graphic News] S. Korea has fewest out-of-wedlock births in OECD
The proportion of babies born out of wedlock was 1.9 percent in South Korea in 2014, the lowest level among 35 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to a central bank report. This was due to deep-rooted sentiment here against having a child without first getting married, the Bank of Korea said. Korea’s figure was lower than Japan’s 2.3 percent and below the average of 39.9 percent for OECD members in the cited year.The BOK’s report was based on
World NewsJuly 11, 2017
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Trump’s son met Russian to get dirt on Clinton
Donald Trump’s eldest son on Monday admitted meeting a Russian lawyer to get dirt on his father’s 2016 rival Hillary Clinton, thrusting the White House deep into another Russia-related scandal. Trump junior confirmed reports that he was on the trail of damaging information on the Democrat vying to become America’s first female president, when he met Natalia Veselnitskaya in June 2016. “Obviously, I’m the first person on a campaign to ever take a meeting to hear info about an opponent,” Trump’s s
World NewsJuly 11, 2017
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Apple to invest $900mn in Danish data plant
STOCKHOLM -- Apple on Monday said it would invest six billion Danish kroner ($920 million, 810 million euros) in a data centre in Denmark, its second in the country to run entirely on clean energy.Ground-breaking at the plant in Aabenraa, which will employ between 50 and 100 people, will start in the final quarter of 2017, with construction due to be completed in early 2019.The facility will help to handle data from iMessages, answers from the voice-activated assistant Siri and song downloads fr
World BusinessJuly 10, 2017
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Afghan students denied US visa to attend robot competition
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Six female students from war-torn Afghanistan who had hoped to participate in an international robotics competition in the US this month will have to watch via video link after their visa applications were denied -- not once, but twice.The girls wanted to show the world that Afghans can also construct a hand-made robot. But of 162 teams who planned to participate, the Afghan girls are the only nation's team to be denied visas by the U.S. and must participate from afar, watc
World NewsJuly 10, 2017
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Chinese deities end SE Asia luxury tour
SINGAPORE (AFP) - A statue of a Chinese goddess that became a social media sensation after being pictured flying business class for a Southeast Asian tour has headed home after putting her feet up at a premium airport lounge in Singapore, organisers said Monday.Adorned in brightly coloured clothes, an extravagant headdress and garlands of flowers and cash, Chinese sea goodness Mazu got the chance to relax a little in the lounge early Friday before a flight home -- on business class, no less -- f
World NewsJuly 10, 2017
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MEPs threaten to veto Brexit offer on EU nationals
LONDON -- The European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator on Monday threatened to veto a plan by the British government on the status of EU nationals after Britain leaves the bloc, calling it a "damp squib".Guy Verhofstadt signed the letter published in Britain's Guardian daily and other European newspapers, along with the leaders of the main centre-right and centre-left groupings in the European Parliament."The European Parliament will reserve its right to reject any agreement that treats EU
World NewsJuly 10, 2017
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[Graphic News] Car production in Asian countries
In Asia, the biggest motor vehicle production plants are in China, Japan, India and South Korea. China, however, captures a bigger slice of the global market share in auto production than any other Asian country.China produced around 28 million vehicles which captures 30 percent of the global market share in auto production leading all other countries in Asia, according to Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles.Japan is responsible for the second highest number of vehicles p
World BusinessJuly 10, 2017
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South Sudan marks grim 6th independence anniversary
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- For the second year in a row, the world's youngest nation will not have any official celebrations to mark the anniversary of its birth because of the widespread suffering caused by its ongoing civil war. ``We did not feel it was appropriate to spend whatever little funds we may have to celebrate, when our people are hugely affected by the economic crisis,'' said South Sudan President Salva Kiir in an address to the nation on Sunday. ``It's difficult for many people to a
World NewsJuly 9, 2017
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[Graphic News] Ronaldo still world’s highest-paid athlete
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo remained at the top of Forbes’ list of 100 of the world’s highest paid athletes, with Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James moving up to second on a list heavy with NBA players.The 32-year-old Portugal forward is estimated to have earned a total of $93 million through his soccer salary of $58 million and $35 million in endorsement income.James, with estimated earnings of $86.2 million, was one of 32 NBA players who made the top 100, up from 18 last year.He took
World NewsJuly 9, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Melania, Ivanka have starring roles in Trump’s foreign trip
Why, yes, that was Ivanka Trump briefly filling her father’s seat at the Group of 20 summit, an international gathering that turned out to be quite the family affair for the Trumps. The president’s daughter attracted particular attention after a member of the Russian delegation tweeted a photograph of her sitting in her father’s chair during an official summit event on Saturday. A White House official said the president had stepped out of the room and that Ivanka Trump, a senior adviser, moved
World NewsJuly 9, 2017
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G-20 leaders wrap up search for common ground at summit
HAMBURG -- Leaders of the world's top economic powers are wrapping up their search for common ground on trade, climate change and a host of other issues at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg Saturday, a meeting overshadowed by violent clashes between anti-globalization activists and police. Saturday's agenda features discussions on partnerships between the G-20 and Africa, on migration and health. There is also a discussion on digitalization, empowering women and unemployment. A key focus is on w
WorldJuly 8, 2017
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Anti-G20 activists riot overnight in Hamburg
HAMBURG -- Anti-globalization activists have rioted for a second night as Hamburg hosts the Group of 20 leaders, setting up street barricades, looting supermarkets and attacking police with slingshots and petrol bombs. Police say riots were extremely violent in the early hours of Saturday in the city's Schanzenviertel neighborhood. Hundreds of officers went into buildings to arrest rioters while being attacked with iron rods and Molotov cocktails thrown from the roofs. Thirteen activists wer
WorldJuly 8, 2017
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Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's health deteriorates
BEIJING (AFP) -- Fears about the health of China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo rose on Thursday as the hospital treating him said the liver function of the country's most prominent democracy advocate had deteriorated.Friends voiced concerns that Liu, 61, is now near death after it emerged last month that he had been transferred from prison to a hospital due to terminal liver cancer.Liu was sentenced to 11 years in prison in December 2009 for "subversion" after calling for democrati
World BusinessJuly 6, 2017
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Japan, EU seal landmark trade deal in challenge to Trump
BRUSSELS (AFP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and top EU officials agreed Thursday to the broad outline of a landmark trade deal, presented as a direct challenge to the protectionism championed by US President Donald Trump.The breakthrough capped four years of talks and came on the eve of a G20 meeting in Germany at which Trump is expected to defend his "America First" stance on world trade."Today we agreed in principle on an Economic Partnership Agreement (with Japan), the impact of whic
World BusinessJuly 6, 2017
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Trump warns future of the West at stake
WARSAW (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump warned that the future of the West was at risk and lashed out at Russia and North Korea on Thursday at the start of a high-stakes trip to Europe.On the eve of what is likely to be a prickly G20 summit, with Trump facing animosity from traditional US allies, he will use a landmark address in Warsaw to warn that a lack of collective resolve could doom an alliance that endured through the Cold War."The defence of the West ultimately rests not only on means
World NewsJuly 6, 2017
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Spacecraft unveiled for Europe's first mission to Mercury
THE HAGUE (AFP) -- European and Japanese scientists Thursday proudly unveiled the BepiColombo spacecraft ahead of its seven-year journey to Mercury, one of the Solar System's most enigmatic planets.Due to be launched in 2018, BepiColombo will be the European Space Agency's first mission to the closest rock to the Sun.The mission has an unusual design, comprising a "stacked aircraft" carrying two orbiters -- one European, the other Japanese -- which will separate on arrival to go into different o
WorldJuly 6, 2017
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Floods in southern Japan force hundreds to flee; 2 dead
TOKYO (AP) -- Troops were working Thursday to rescue families left stranded by flooding in southern Japan. At least two people were found dead and more than a dozen missing in flooding that wrecked homes, roads and rice terraces. Heavy rain warnings were in effect for much of the southern main island of Kyushu after Typhoon Nanmadol swept across Japan earlier in the week. Authorities in Fukuoka, in Kyushu, said four people suffered slight injuries. Hideki Tanaka, a Fukuoka prefectural disaster
WorldJuly 6, 2017