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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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103 autumn foliage paths in Seoul
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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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When two worlds collab: K-pop flexes power with global stars
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4 in 10 young South Koreans take up 'irregular' jobs: data
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Police say 6 victims, 3 suspects killed in London assaults
LONDON (AP) _ Terrorism struck at the heart of London, police said Sunday, after a vehicle veered off the road and mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge and witnesses told of men with large knives stabbing passersby at nearby Borough Market. Guests from the Premier Inn Bankside Hotel are evacuated and kept in a group with police on Upper Thames Street following an incident in central London, Saturday, June 3, 2017. Terrorism struck at the heart of London, police said Sunday, after a vehicle ve
WorldJune 4, 2017
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[BREAKING] Police call London attacks terrorism
LONDON (AP) -- Police say a hit-and-run and stabbings on and near London Bridge have been officially declared a "terrorist incident." People walk away about 10 minutes after midnight from inside a police cordon after an attack in London, Sunday, June 4, 2017. Armed British police rushed to London Bridge late Saturday after reports of a vehicle running down pedestrians and people being stabbed nearby. (AP)Armed officers flooded the busy area of the city after a van struck multiple people on the b
World NewsJune 4, 2017
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Japan's defense chief says 'comfort women' issue already resolved
Japan's defense minister said Saturday her government regards the so-called comfort women issue with South Korea as fully resolved.Tomomi Inada said the historical matter shouldn't be allowed to hamper efforts to improve Seoul-Tokyo ties anymore, a view that runs counter to public sentiment in South Korea.The neighboring countries have an "irreversible and final"agreement, she said, referring to a 2015 deal on Korean women who served as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.Korea
World NewsJune 3, 2017
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Trump gov't to stay put in Asia, defense chief says
Addressing the Shangri-La Dialogue here, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Saturday sent a clear message: We won't turn away from Asia.It marked an unusual declaration by a top Trump government official on its specific approach toward the region, while coordination with China remains a challenge especially on North Korea and wrangling over the South China Sea.Five months into office, President Donald Trump's Asia strategy is still in question.His government has jettisoned such symbolic expres
World NewsJune 3, 2017
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Mattis: THAAD is to address 'real' N. Korea problem
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Saturday the deployment of the THAAD missile defense system is aimed at thwarting "real" threats from North Korea that have been gaining pace."I do not choose to send THAAD to South Korea and to protect the South Korean people from an imaginary problem. This is a real problem," Mattis said at a regional security forum under way in Singapore. "And the problem is not South Korea putting a purely defensive system for the defense of their own people. The pr
World NewsJune 3, 2017
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North Korea 'poses a threat to us all': Mattis
SINGAPORE (AFP) - North Korea and its nuclear weapons programme pose a "threat to us all," US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday, calling on the international community to work together on the issue."It is therefore imperative that we do our part each of us to fulfill our obligations and work together to support our shared goal of denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula," Mattis said in a policy speech at the Shangri-La defence summit in Singapore.Pyongyang on Monday test-fired another
World NewsJune 3, 2017
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EU, China seek to save Paris deal amid furore over Trump pullout
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The EU and China moved Friday to fill the leadership void on the Paris climate pact after President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the deal, triggering a furious global backlash.Trump announced Thursday at the White House his administration would immediately stop implementing the "bad" 195-nation accord brokered by his predecessor Barack Obama in 2015 in tandem with Chinese leaders.In what could turn into a global diplomatic realignment, the European Union and China held summ
World NewsJune 2, 2017
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Gunman storms Philippine casino, police suspect robbery
MANILA -- A masked gunman stormed a hotel-casino complex in the Philippine capital early Friday, shooting up a TV screen, torching gambling tables and stuffing a backpack with casino chips before fleeing, authorities said. A guard was shot during the melee but survived, and more than 70 others suffered mostly minor injuries in a stampede to get away from the gunman, who was wielding an assault rifle. (EPA-Yonhap)The attack sent hundreds fleeing into the night and produced an immediate claim of t
World NewsJune 2, 2017
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Trump pulling US from global climate pact, dismaying allies
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump declared Thursday he was withdrawing the US from the landmark Paris climate agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat climate change and distancing the country from many allies abroad. He said the US would try to re-enter but only if it can get more favorable terms.Framing his decision as “a reassertion of America’s sovereignty,” he said, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” His decision ended weeks of spec
World NewsJune 2, 2017
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Duterte slams Chelsea Clinton again for rape joke criticism
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at the daughter of former US President Bill Clinton in an expletive-laden speech for a second straight day Thursday after she criticized a comment he made about rapes committed by soldiers. Duterte, speaking Wednesday at a navy event, questioned whether Chelsea Clinton also criticized her father when he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky in the White House when he was president. He repeated his remarks Thursday
World NewsJune 1, 2017
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[Graphic News] Newlyweds quit jobs after having first child
Many newlyweds quit their jobs after having a baby, as it can be a struggle to raise children while working, data from Statistics Korea showed.Out of 235,000 couples who tied the knot in 2014, 130,000 couples, or 55.5 percent, had at least one child as of November 2015, up from 22.5 percent a year earlier. On the other hand, the proportion of married couples who were both working after having their first child was 50.8 percent in 2014, but this fell to 41.2 percent in 2015, according to the data
World NewsJune 1, 2017
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‘Covfefe’: Trump’s tweets entertain and confound
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President Donald Trump’s cryptic tweet of a non-existent word -- “covfefe” -- sparked a flood of humor and ridicule on the internet, but it also highlighted the inability of his communications team to control White House messaging.It may have been a simple keyboard slip, or a “senior moment” -- the soon to be 71-year-old Trump’s huge catalog of Twitter bloopers regularly offer evidence that a spelling-challenged speed-tweeter occupies the Oval Office.It also shows that four m
World NewsJune 1, 2017
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Truck bomb kills 90, wounds hundreds in Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide attacker struck the fortified heart of the Afghan capital with a massive truck bomb Wednesday, killing 90 people, wounding 400 and raising new fears about the government’s ability to protect its citizens nearly 16 years into a war with insurgents.The bomber drove into Kabul’s heavily guarded diplomatic quarter during the morning rush hour, leaving behind a bloody scene of chaos and destruction in one of the worst attacks since the draw-down of foreign forces
World NewsJune 1, 2017
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World watches as Yemen descends into total collapse: UN
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- Yemen is descending into total collapse, with its people facing war, famine and a deadly outbreak of cholera, as the world watches, the UN aid chief said Tuesday.Speaking to the UN Security Council, Stephen O’Brien said “the time is now” to end the world’s largest food emergency and put Yemen back on the path to survival.“Crisis is not coming, it is not looming, it is here today -- on our watch and ordinary people are paying the price,” said O’Brien, the UN under-secretar
World NewsMay 31, 2017
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Japan’s ultralow jobless rate masks grim reality
TOKYO (AFP) -- Japanese employers are scrambling to find staff, unemployment is at its lowest level in more than two decades and the labor market is tighter than it was during Japan’s booming bubble economy years.This should be great news for the world’s No. 3 economy, but analysts are warning not to pop the champagne quite yet because it is mostly due to a shrinking labor force. And many jobs are temporary and pay very little.Japan tied with Iceland in 2016 for the lowest annual unemployment ra
World BusinessMay 31, 2017
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From Nikki Haley, another side of Trump’s ‘America First’
BAB AL-HAWA, Turkey-Syria Border (AP) -- Nikki Haley crouched low in the trailer of an 18-wheeler taping up a box of lentils and wheat for besieged Syrians, her hands-on diplomacy a world apart from the gleaming new NATO headquarters where President Donald Trump was debuting his “America First” doctrine overseas.Haley, Trump’s UN ambassador, had started the day in Turkey’s capital, opened a refugee school in the south of the country, then traveled hours in an armored vehicle to the Syrian border
WorldMay 31, 2017
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[Graphic News] Ramadan begins for world's Muslims
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan began on Saturday and with it, followers of the world’s second most popular religion will start their period of fasting and prayer. In keeping with the teachings of the Quran, Muslims across the globe abstain from intercourse, drinking, eating and any kind of activities which are deemed worldly. The world’s Muslims observe Ramadan, their month of spiritual discipline, by fasting, abstinence and prayer during daylight hours.
World NewsMay 31, 2017
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US successfully tests ICBM defense system
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon scored an important success Tuesday in a test of its oft-criticized missile defense program, destroying a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean with an interceptor that is key to protecting US territory from a North Korean attack.Vice Adm. Jim Syring, director of the Pentagon agency in charge of developing the missile defense system, called the test result “an incredible accomplishment” and a critical milestone for a program hampered by setbacks over the years. Peop
WorldMay 31, 2017
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Massive Kabul truck bomb kills 64; Korean embassy damaged
At least 64 people were killed and hundreds wounded Wednesday when a massive truck bomb ripped through Kabul's diplomatic quarter, shattering the morning rush hour and bringing carnage to the streets of the Afghan capital.Bodies littered the scene and a towering plume of smoke rose from the area, which houses foreign embassies, after the blast blew out the windows in several missions and residences hundreds of metres away.Witnesses described dozens of cars choking the roads as wounded survivors
World NewsMay 31, 2017
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Trump lashes out at Germany over trade and NATO, promises 'change'
Relations between the United States and Germany veered further toward crisis on Tuesday as President Donald Trump complained about the US trade deficit with Germany and said it must pay more for the NATO military alliance.His censure follows a volley of criticism from Germany after the president concluded his first official tour abroad on Sunday, returning from Saudi Arabia, Israel, Brussels and then Italy for a G7 summit."We have a MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany, plus they pay FAR LESS than
World NewsMay 30, 2017