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Signs point to N. Korean troops in Russia-Ukraine combat zone
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[Exclusive] Korean adoptee sisters meet for the first time in 39 years
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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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Yoon calls for measures to protect Koreans amid escalating Iran-Israel conflicts
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Civil servant’s death linked to workplace bullying
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[Weekender] Walk around Korea to really get to know the country
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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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Just hours left to secure a Brexit deal before EU summit
Britain must reach a Brexitagreement with the EU by the end of Tuesday so it can beapproved at a leaders‘ summit this week, the bloc’s officialsand diplomats said, otherwise Britain‘s scheduled departure date of Oct. 31 could be pushed back. Officials said it was still possible to reach a deal over customs arrangements on the island of Ireland by the Tuesday deadline, and if it was missed, an extra summit could be calledbefore the end of the month. But they also said the EU mus
World BusinessOct. 15, 2019
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S. Korean parliamentary leader, Serbian president discuss investment issues
South Korean parliamentary chief Moon Hee-sang had a meeting here Tuesday with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the nations, Moon‘s office said. In the session at the presidential residence in the Serbian capital, National Assembly Speaker Moon stressed that the country can become the biggest magnet for South Korea’s investment in the Western Balkan region if it offers “strong support” for South Korean firms. Moon not
World NewsOct. 15, 2019
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Hungary police refer cruise ship captain in deadly boat sinking to prosecution
Hungarian police have referred to the prosecution the captain of a cruise ship that sank and caused dozens of South Korean deaths in May in Budapest, recommending indictment for negligence and other charges, officials said Tuesday. Wrapping up a roughly four-month-long probe into the accident, the Budapest police announced the results of its investigation into Yuriy C., the captain of the Switzerland-registered cruise ship, Viking Sygin, according to the officials. He is accused of causin
World NewsOct. 15, 2019
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Texas police officer charged with murder for shooting black woman
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A white policeman who shot dead a black Texas woman as she played video games at home with her young nephew has been charged with murder, police said Monday.Aaron Dean gunned down 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson from outside her Fort Worth property in the early hours of Saturday as she approached a window to investigate noises outside.The incident, less than two weeks after a white policewoman was jailed for killing a black man in his apartment in nearby Dallas, has spark
World NewsOct. 15, 2019
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US trio win Nobel Economics Prize for work on poverty
STOCKHOLM (AFP) -- A trio of Americans on Monday won the Nobel Economics Prize for their work in the fight against poverty, including Esther Duflo, the youngest-ever economics laureate and only the second woman to win the prize.Duflo -- a 46-year-old French-American professor who has served as an advisor to ex-US president Barack Obama -- shared the Nobel with her husband, Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee and fellow American Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global
World NewsOct. 15, 2019
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US slaps sanctions on Turkey as Syrian regime returns to north
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The United States slapped sanctions on Turkey Tuesday as it demanded an end to its deadly incursion against Syrian Kurdish fighters, accusing its NATO partner of putting civilians at risk and allowing the release of Islamic State extremists.The actions came hours after regime troops returned for the first time in years to parts of northeastern Syria, invited by Kurdish fighters desperate for protection as the United States pulls out.President Donald Trump took extraordinary m
World NewsOct. 15, 2019
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[Graphic News] New York world’s top financial center
New York has extended its lead as the world’s top financial center, with London barely holding on to second place ahead of Hong Kong, as uncertainty over Brexit takes its toll on the UK capital, a Z/Yen Group survey showed. Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo, Beijing, Dubai, Shenzhen and Sydney make up the remainder of the top 10 centers, the Global Financial Centers Index said in a statement. South Korea’s two largest cities, Seoul and Busan, ranked Nos. 39 and 43, respectively. The GFCI
World BusinessOct. 14, 2019
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Pentagon says up to 1,000 US troops to withdraw from northern Syria
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The Pentagon said Sunday President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from northern Syria -- almost the entire ground force in the war-torn country -- amid an intensifying Turkish assault on Kurdish forces.Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the move came after the US learned that Turkey was pressing further into Syria than had been expected.The Kurds -- with whom the US partnered to combat the Islamic State group -- later announced they had reached a
World NewsOct. 14, 2019
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At least 26 dead after Typhoon Hagibis slams Japan
TOKYO (AFP) -- At least 26 people were killed by powerful Typhoon Hagibis, local media reported Sunday, a day after the ferocious storm slammed into Japan, unleashing unprecedented rain and catastrophic flooding.More than 100,000 rescuers, including 31,000 troops, were working into the night to reach people trapped after torrential rain caused landslides and filled rivers until they burst their banks.The destruction forced the Rugby World Cup to cancel a third tournament match, though a key
World NewsOct. 13, 2019
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Russia will work with Saudi to stabilise oil market: Putin
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia will work with Saudi Arabia against any "attempt to destabilise" the oil market, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast Sunday, on the eve of a visit to Riyadh.Tensions in the region are high following attacks on oil installations in Saudi Arabia, which sent prices surging, and the seizure of tankers in the Gulf. "If anyone believes that acts such as the seizing of tankers or strikes against oil infrastructure could in any way affect the coo
World NewsOct. 13, 2019
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[Graphic News] Tether becomes most used cryptocurrency in world
What’s the world’s most widely used cryptocurrency? If you think it’s Bitcoin, which accounts for about 70 percent of all the digital-asset world’s market value, you’re probably wrong. While concrete figures on trading volumes are hard to come by in this often murky corner of finance, data from CoinMarketCap.com shows that the token with the highest daily and monthly trading volume is Tether, whose market capitalization is more than 30 times smaller. Tether’
World BusinessOct. 13, 2019
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Two dead as Typhoon Hagibis batters Japan with 'unprecedented' rain
TOKYO (AFP) -- Powerful Typhoon Hagibis barrelled through Japan Saturday, killing at least two people and lashing large parts of the country with "unprecedented" rain that caused floods, landslides and emergency disaster warnings.Around 7.3 million people were given non-compulsory evacuation orders, 90 were injured -- four seriously -- and several others reported missing as flooding hit many towns and cities.Even before making landfall, Hagibis wrought havoc on two major sporting event
World NewsOct. 13, 2019
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Trump again touts partial trade deal with China
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President Donald Trump on Saturday touted his partial, unsigned trade deal with China as a major achievement and the best deal US farmers have ever secured."WOW, the Farmers really hit pay dirt," Trump tweeted.Friday's initial agreement, which marks a halt in the 18-month trade war, calls for a huge increase in China's purchases of US farm products.It also covers intellectual property, financial services and currencies. Trump said Friday evening the deal calls
World NewsOct. 13, 2019
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Four dead in New York shooting
NEW YORK (AFP) -- At least four people died and three were wounded in a shooting at an unlicensed private social club in New York early Saturday, police said.No one has been arrested over the early morning shooting in Brooklyn, and the motive and exact circumstances are not known, a New York police official told AFP.The shooting on the borough's major artery Utica Avenue took place at the Triple A Aces Private & Social Rental Place, what NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea called "an i
World NewsOct. 13, 2019
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Germany shooting was live on Twitch for 35 minutes
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- An anti-Semitic attack that killed at least two people in the German city of Halle Wednesday was streamed live for 35 minutes, and eventually seen by some 2,200 people, the online platform Twitch said."The account owner streamed this horrific act live on Twitch for 35 minutes, during which time it was viewed by approximately five people," the livestream gaming platform posted on Twitter."A recording of the stream, which was automatically generated based
World NewsOct. 10, 2019
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Lawmakers urge NBA to suspend China activities over boycott
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A bipartisan set of US lawmakers urged the NBA on Wednesday to suspend all activities in China until Chinese firms and broadcasters end their boycott of the league and the Houston Rockets.The open letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver came from eight US lawmakers as politically diverse as Ted Cruz of Texas and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York, both from states with multiple NBA teams."You have more power to take a stand than most of the Chinese government's targets
World NewsOct. 10, 2019
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China slams NBA, Apple over Hong Kong
SHANGHAI (AFP) -- China on Wednesday slammed NBA commissioner Adam Silver's defence of free speech, cancelling a basketball fan event and lashing him in the state-run press, as Apple was warned it could be the next Western firm punished for supporting democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The NBA had been looking to cement its already huge popularity in the lucrative China market this week with a pair of annual pre-season exhibition games, but those plans were thrown into disarray by a tweet from H
World NewsOct. 10, 2019
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Turkey launches ground offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria
RAS AL-AIN (AFP) -- Turkey launched a broad assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria on Wednesday, with intensive bombardment followed by a ground offensive made possible by the withdrawal of US troops.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the attack on Twitter and soon after jets and artillery targeted Kurdish positions along the full width of the border, sending thousands of civilians fleeing their homes.That was followed late in the evening by the beginning of
World NewsOct. 10, 2019
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3 win Nobel Prize in Physics for work to understand cosmos
A Canadian American cosmologist and two Swiss scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved from the Big Bang and the blockbuster discovery of the first known planet outside our solar system.Canadian-born James Peebles, 84, of Princeton University, was credited for “theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and Switzerland’s Michel Mayor, 77, and Didier Queloz, 53, each from the University of
World NewsOct. 8, 2019
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[Graphic News] Property bubble risks in EU rise
The risk of a property bubble in the eurozone surged last year as ultralow interest rates helped drive up house prices. Munich is now the city most vulnerable to a property bubble, according to UBS Group’s annual Real Estate Bubble Index. Frankfurt and Paris are increasingly in danger of prices becoming unsustainable, even as some of the priciest cities around the world cool, the report said. For the first time in four years, London is no longer regarded as dangerously overvalued. Prices
World BusinessOct. 8, 2019