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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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‘Incontrovertible’ sarin gas used in Syria: watchdog
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The head of a global arms watchdog said Wednesday that “incontrovertible” test results from an alleged chemical strike in Syria showed sarin gas or a similar substance had been used.Samples from 10 victims of the April 4 attack on Khan Sheikhun analyzed at four laboratories “indicate exposure to sarin or a sarin-like substance,” said Ahmet Uzumcu, head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.The suspected attack on the rebel-held town in Idlib provin
World NewsApril 20, 2017
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Europhiles see chance of revival in Brexit election
LONDON -- Voters could give Europhile politicians a boost in Britain‘s upcoming election, but the effect will be limited and the prospect of a grand alliance to soften Brexit is improbable, analysts said.Defeated by last year’s referendum to quit the European Union, which was won by 52 percent to 48 percent, EU supporters outside of Scotland in fact have few options except for the Liberal Democrats.“Fortuitously for them, they find themselves in a position of being the only party that is making
World NewsApril 20, 2017
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Boy, woman killed in Venezuela mass protests
CARACAS, Venezuela -- A teenage boy and a woman died after being shot Wednesday during massive protests in Venezuela against President Nicolas Maduro, bringing to seven the number killed this month in a mounting political crisis.Riot police fired tear gas to force back stone-throwing demonstrators as tens of thousands of people joined protest marches in Caracas and several other cities.The opposition has accused Maduro of letting state forces and gangs of armed thugs violently repress demonstrat
World NewsApril 20, 2017
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UN court rejects Kiev bid for measures against pro-Russian rebels
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The UN’s top court Wednesday rejected a bid by Kiev for emergency measures to halt Russia’s alleged funneling of money and arms into Ukraine’s war-torn east, but warned Moscow to protect ethnic rights in Crimea.The complicated interim ruling by 16 judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague came as the conflict in eastern Ukraine enters its fourth year.“Both parties shall refrain from any action which might aggravate or extend the dispute before the court
World NewsApril 20, 2017
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Victoria Beckham gets royal recognition
LONDON -- It was a posh day at the palace for former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham.The pop singer turned fashion designer was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire Wednesday. Fashion designer Victoria Beckham (center) receives her OBE from Britain’s Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London on Wednesday. (AP-Yonhap)Prince William presented the award at Buckingham Palace.“I‘m proud to be British,” she said in a statement.She was
World NewsApril 20, 2017
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Son of world's oldest woman dies at 97 at home in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The son of a woman believed to be the oldest person in the world died at their home Wednesday in Jamaica at the ripe old age of 97.Harold Fairweather, who had recently been ill but had seemed to recover, awoke saying he felt dizzy and then deteriorated over the course of the morning, said Elaine McGrowder, one of two family caretakers who were at the home at the time.The world's oldest person Violet Brown, center, poses with her care givers Elaine Mcgrowder , left, and Dolet
World NewsApril 20, 2017
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[Newsmaker] UK leader calls for early election to boost Brexit bid
Delivering the latest jolt in Britain's year of political shocks, Prime Minister Theresa May called Tuesday for a snap June 8 general election, seeking to strengthen her hand in European Union exit talks and tighten her grip on a fractious Conservative Party. With the Labour opposition weakened, May’s gamble will probably pay off with an enhanced Conservative majority in Parliament -- but it‘s unlikely to unite a country deeply split over the decision to quit the EU. British Prime Minister Ther
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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[Graphic News] Japan is home to the world’s oldest people
Italian Emma Morano’s death at the age of 117 years has left Jamaican Violet Brown, born March 10 1900, as the oldest living person, according to the Gerontology Research Group.Here is the number of people aged over 110 by country, all of whom are women, according to the US-based group.The list is dominated by Japanese and Italian women with the oldest man coming in at 16th place at the age of 113.
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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US Sen. Elizabeth Warren launches book tour
NEW YORK -- She wasn't in her home state, but US Sen. Elizabeth Warren couldn’t have asked for a friendlier audience to launch her book tour.The Massachusetts Democrat entered and left to warm ovations Tuesday night at the Barnes & Noble in Manhattan's Union Square, where she spoke about "This Fight is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America’s Middle Class." Elizabeth Warren (AP-Yonhap)More than 200 people gathered as Warren, one of the country's leading progressives, read a few pages and respond
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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'O’Reilly Factor' viewership drops without Bill O’Reilly
NEW YORK -- Through four days of Bill O'Reilly’s vacation, his show's viewership declined by 23 percent in the hands of substitutes Dana Perino, Eric Bolling and Greg Gutfeld.O’Reilly is on a nearly two-week vacation at the same time Fox News Channel's parent company looks into a woman’s accusation that her career was slowed when she spurned his advances. Dozens of his show's advertisers have fled following reports of harassment settlements paid to other women. O’Reilly has denied any wrongdoing
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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Britain's snap election spells trouble for Labour: experts
LONDON – Britain’s snap election is likely to be judgement day for embattled opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, but offers little prospect of resolving the deep-seated tensions tearing the party apart, experts said.As the country gears up for a June 8 vote, the center-left party lags far behind Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives in the latest opinion polls and is bitterly divided over Brexit.With her shock announcement calling for an election Tuesday, May made a bid to strengthen he
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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Trump administration says Iran complying with nuclear deal
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration has notified Congress that Iran is complying with the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated by former President Barack Obama, and says the US has extended the sanctions relief given to the Islamic republic in exchange for curbs on its atomic program. However, in a letter sent late Tuesday to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the administration has undertaken a full review of the agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Pl
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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Breaking news: French ‘human hen’ artist hatches first chick
A French artist who has spent three weeks sitting on 10 eggs hatched his first chick Tuesday.Abraham Poincheval -- who made headlines last month after spending a week entombed inside an egg-shaped rock -- has hardly slept since he stepped inside a glass vitrine in a Paris modern art museum to sit on the eggs on March 29.But late on Tuesday afternoon the first of the eggs began to hatch, forcing the artist to temporarily rise from his nest for fear of crushing the new-born.Up until then Poincheva
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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Facebook pushes to augment reality through smartphones
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook on Tuesday launched a mission to make smartphone cameras windows to augmented reality, focusing on what people have in hand instead of waiting for high-tech eyewear.While kicking off the leading social network’s annual developers conference in the heart of Silicon Valley, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg called smartphone cameras an initial and promising platform for augmented-reality features in applications tailored to synch with the social network.“I am confident now
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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Refugees bring dying Italy village back to life
SANT’ALESSIO IN ASPROMONTE, Italy -- In the foothills of the Aspromonte mountains in southern Italy, the silence of a once-dying village is broken by the laughter of a small group of refugees.Tiny Sant’Alessio has been welcoming families and vulnerable migrants here for three years in a project which not only provides humanitarian assistance but brings with it invaluable economic and social benefits.Over the years the village has dwindled to only 330 inhabitants, many of them elderly. The steep
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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Trump targets visa program he says hurts American workers
KENOSHA, Wisconsin -- Turning back to the economic populism that helped drive his election campaign, US President Donald Trump signed an order Tuesday he said should help American workers whose jobs are threatened by skilled immigrants.At the headquarters of hand and power tool manufacturer Snap-on, Trump signed an order that asks the government to propose new rules and changes that will stop what he called abuses in a visa program used by US technology companies. Dubbed “Buy American and Hire A
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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Mummies discovered in ancient tomb near Egypt’s Luxor
LUXOR, Egypt -- Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed several mummies, colourful wooden sarcophagi and more than 1,000 funerary statues in a 3,500-year-old tomb near the city of Luxor, hailing an “important discovery.”The 18th Dynasty tomb containing at least eight mummies was discovered in the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis near the famed Valley of the Kings, the Antiquities Ministry said in a Tuesday statement.Members of an Egyptian archaeological team work on a coffin with mummy discovered in a
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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At UN, US warns on human rights in Iran, Cuba, N. Korea
UNITED NATIONS -- The United States on Tuesday singled out North Korea and Syria over human rights violations and warned at the United Nations that new conflicts could be triggered by abuses in Iran, Cuba and North Korea.US Ambassador Nikki Haley made the case at the Security Council that more attention should be focused on rights abuses to prevent conflict, a view challenged by Russia, China and other countries at the UN body. “When a state begins to systematically violate human rights, it is a
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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George H.W. Bush hospitalized again
HOUSTON (AP) -- Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for four days with a recurrence of a case of pneumonia he had earlier in the year, a family spokesman said Tuesday.The 92-year-old former president and father of former president George W. Bush has been in Methodist Hospital in Houston since Friday for observation because of a persistent cough, Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said in a brief statement. He said doctors diagnosed a mild case of pneumonia that has been tr
World NewsApril 19, 2017
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US 'Facebook killer' takes own life after police chase
NEW YORK -- A US gunman accused of murdering an elderly grandfather and posting the footage on Facebook killed himself Tuesday after a brief police chase, bringing to a close a frantic nationwide manhunt.Steve Stephens, 37 and thought to have been mentally unstable, had been on the run since 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr was shot dead on Easter Sunday, seemingly at random in broad daylight in Cleveland, Ohio.The murder and a video sparked outrage across the world and renewed scrutiny of the growi
WorldApril 19, 2017