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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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[Graphic News] Fruit prices hit highest mark in 4 years
The prices of major fruits sold in South Korea hit the highest level in four years last month, data showed Tuesday. According to data compiled by Statistics Korea, the index of the prices of 15 major fruits, including apples, pears, grapes, strawberries and tangerines, surged to 118.15 in May, the highest since May 2013 when the figure stood at 118.18, data by Statistics Korea showed. The index is calculated by comparing the prices with a base figure of 100 set in 2015.
World NewsJune 21, 2017
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After Warmbier’s death, US weighs travel ban on North Korea
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is considering banning travel by US citizens to North Korea, officials said Tuesday, as outrage grew over the death of American student Otto Warmbier and President Donald Trump declared it a “total disgrace.”Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has the authority to cut off travel to North Korea with the stroke of the pen, has been weighing such a move since late April, when American teacher Tony Kim was detained in Pyongyang, a senior State Department
World NewsJune 21, 2017
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Philippines' Duterte apologises for urban war
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologised Tuesday for a military offensive that has left the nation's main Muslim city in ruins, but said it was needed to crush militants linked to the Islamic State group.Duterte also vowed that US-backed air strikes on Marawi would continue, as the conflict entered its fifth week with no sign of an end and its reported death toll climbed towards 370."I am very, very, very sorry that this happened to us. I hope that soon you will find it in your heart to f
World NewsJune 20, 2017
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Taliban kill 8 Afghan guards working at US base
Taliban gunmen opened fire on Afghan security guards in the country's northern Parwan province, killing at least eight guards, a provincial official and the insurgents said Tuesday. Elsewhere in Afghanistan on Tuesday, four policemen were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb around in southern Helmand province, a Taliban heartland. And in eastern Nangarhar province _ where both the Taliban and an Islamic State affiliate are active _ a judge died in a bombing. The attack on the Afghan
World NewsJune 20, 2017
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Ronaldo summoned to answer judge's questions on tax fraud
A Spanish judge has summoned Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo to court to answer questions after he was accused of tax fraud by a state prosecutor.The Portugal international will have to appear in the Pozuelo de Alarcon court No. 1 on July 31.Last Tuesday, a Madrid-based prosecutor's office accused Ronaldo of four counts of tax fraud totaling 14.7 million euros ($16.5 million). Ronaldo has denied any wrongdoing. (AP)
World NewsJune 20, 2017
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No charges after 3-week-old Michigan girl killed by dog
A prosecutor says no charges will be brought after a 3-week-old girl was fatally attacked by a dog at a home in western Michigan while briefly left unattended.Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker announced the update Monday, calling the May 25 attack on Susannah Murray in Grand Rapids a "horrible tragedy for the family." She died the next morning at a hospital.Authorities say there were three dogs in the home and the sleeping girl was left in the living room for about five minutes while her mothe
World NewsJune 20, 2017
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[Graphic News] France has highest minimum wage in the world
France has the highest minimum wage in the world, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Its after-tax rate of $11.20 per hour is followed by Australia with $11.10 and Luxembourg with $11. Germany and Belgium are among the top five countries, with minimum hourly wages of $10.30 and $10.20, respectively, the OECD said. The United States ranked 12th, with a federal minimum wage of $7.20 per hour. Mexico came in last out of 32 countries, with the lowest take-home mi
World NewsJune 20, 2017
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Car rams police vehicle on famed Paris avenue; attacker dies
A man on the radar of French authorities for extremism was killed Monday after ramming a car carrying arms and explosives into a police convoy on Paris' famed Champs-Elysees Avenue, setting off a fiery blast and a cloud of orange smoke, officials said. France's anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation. Gendarmes jumped out of the vehicle, ran to the car, smashed its windows and pulled out the driver in an apparent attempt to save him, according to witness accounts. The interior minister
World NewsJune 20, 2017
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Portgual awaits foreign help to fight deadly wildfires
PEDROGAO GRANDE, Portugal-- More than 2,000 firefighters in Portugal battled Monday to contain major wildfires in the central region of the country, where one blaze killed 62 people, while authorities came under mounting criticism for not doing more to prevent the tragedy. Reinforcements, including more water-dropping planes from Spain, France and Italy, were due to arrive as part of a European Union cooperation program, officials said.However, giant clouds of smoke were preventing the deploymen
World NewsJune 20, 2017
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EU 'deeply regrets' US Paris climate pact withdrawal
LUXEMBOURG -- The European Union on Monday blasted US President Donald Trump for pulling out of the Paris climate change pact and said Brussels would continue to lead efforts to prevent global warming.Trump caused outrage when he withdrew the United States -- one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases -- from the 2015 accord which is meant to curb rising temperatures driven by human activity."The Council (of EU member states) deeply regrets the unilateral decision by the US administ
World NewsJune 19, 2017
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[Graphic News] Obesity affects one in 10 worldwide: study
More than 1 in 10 people worldwide are now obese, with weight-related health problems claiming millions of lives every year, according to a major new global study released Monday.Conducted in 195 countries over a 35-year period, the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at a conference in Stockholm is billed as the most comprehensive research to date on the subject.Obesity numbers more than doubled in 73 countries since the study launch in 1980, triggering a surge
World NewsJune 19, 2017
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Vehicle hits people near London mosque, causing casualties
LONDON (AP) _ A vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning, causing several casualties, police said. One person has been arrested. The London Ambulance Service says the injured are being taken to hospitals. Eyewitnesses reported seeing police give emergency medical treatment to at least one of the injured.The Muslim Council tweeted that worshippers were struck by a van as they were leaving prayers near the Finsbury Park mosque. It said its prayers are with the
World NewsJune 19, 2017
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58 dead in central Portugal wildfires; many killed in cars
AVELAR, Portugal (AP) -- Raging forest fires in central Portugal killed at least 58 people, many of them trapped in their cars as flames swept over a road, in what the prime minister on Sunday called "the biggest tragedy of human life that we have known in years." Nearly 60 other people were injured, including four firefighters and a seriously injured minor, Interior Ministry official Jorge Gomes told state broadcaster RTP. A lightning strike is believed to have sparked the blaze in the Pedrogao
WorldJune 18, 2017
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Rout by Macron's party expected in French parliament vote
PARIS (AP) -- French voters are casting ballots Sunday in the final round of parliamentary elections that could clinch President Emmanuel Macron's hold on power, as his fledgling party appears set to rout mainstream rivals and turn politics as usual on its head. Pollsters say that after its dominant performance in last week's first-round vote, Macron's Republic on the Move! party could win up to 450 seats Sunday in the 577-seat National Assembly, the powerful lower chamber. If the steamroller ef
WorldJune 18, 2017
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'Sombre' Britain prepares for historic Brexit talks
LONDON (AFP) -- Britain begins historic talks Monday on leaving the European Union while still mourning the victims of a devastating fire and reeling from an election that has badly weakened the government.Brexit minister David Davis will travel to Brussels to meet Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator, to kick off hugely complex withdrawal negotiations that are expected to conclude within two years.Worried by immigration and loss of sovereignty, Britain last year voted to end its decades-ol
WorldJune 18, 2017
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Gulf crisis mediation shifts to US as Tillerson helms talks
Efforts to end a two-week-old crisis in the Persian Gulf shifted to the US, with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson canceling a trip to Mexico to try to end a Saudi-led coalition’s isolation of Qatar.The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, which is part of the coalition, affirmed a need for a strong Western role in resolving the dispute, telling the Guardian newspaper in the U.K. that any agreement would have to be overseen by "Western allies."Kuwait and Turkey have been trying to mediat
WorldJune 18, 2017
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German minister sees hope of 'soft' Brexit, with conditions
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's foreign minister says there may now be a chance of a "soft" British exit from the European Union that keeps the U.K. in the bloc's single market, but is warning that Britain couldn't pick and choose its conditions. Brexit negotiations start on Monday, with question marks over Britain's approach after Prime Minister Theresa May lost her parliamentary majority in an election meant to strengthen her hand in the talks. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told Sunday's Wel
WorldJune 18, 2017
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Macron eyes next stage in revolution in parliament vote
PARIS (AFP) -- French voters went to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election set to hand a landslide victory to the centrist party of President Emmanuel Macron which would complete his stunning reset of national politics.The new assembly is due to be transformed with a new generation of lawmakers -- younger, more female and more ethnically diverse -- winning seats in the afterglow of Macron's success in last month's presidential election.The scale of the change is forecast to be so large
WorldJune 18, 2017
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[Graphic News] S. Korea’s export prices down 1% in May on strong won
South Korea’s export prices fell in May due to the strong won and a drop in oil prices, central bank data showed Friday.Export prices fell 1 percent in May, according to data. Still, year-on-year, export prices jumped 5.3 percent last month, marking the seventh consecutive month of gains.Export prices of industrial goods fell 1 percent month-on-month, according to the latest tally, while those of agricultural and fisheries products climbed 1 percent during the same period.Import prices also fell
World NewsJune 18, 2017
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US soldiers wounded in Afghan ‘insider attack’
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Seven American troops were wounded Saturday in an insider attack by an Afghan soldier at a military base, as the US appears set to boost its troop presence in the country.The shootout at Camp Shaheen near northern Mazar-i-Sharif city is the second “green-on-blue” attack -- where Afghan soldiers turn their weapons on international forces assisting them -- reported this week.It comes as Washington is expected to announce an increase in the US military deploymen
World NewsJune 18, 2017