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Actor Jung Woo-sung admits to being father of model Moon Ga-bi’s child
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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury
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Seoul city opens emergency care centers
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[Exclusive] Hyundai Mobis eyes closer ties with BYD
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Jung's paternity reveal exposes where Korea stands on extramarital babies
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[Herald Review] 'Gangnam B-Side' combines social realism with masterful suspense, performance
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Why S. Korean refiners are reluctant to import US oil despite Trump’s energy push
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Agency says Jung Woo-sung unsure on awards attendance after lovechild revelations
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Prosecutors seek 5-year prison term for Samsung chief in merger retrial
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Tables turn on Murdoch as scandal rocks his empire
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― To his many enemies, Rupert Murdoch is getting his comeuppance.Murdoch’s tabloid newspapers long have reveled in the misdeeds of others with salacious photos and pun-packed headlines. Now, one of the world’s most powerful media executives is learning what it’s like to be enveloped in his own scandal.“There is a feeling that Murdoch has been king of the world for too long and i
July 18, 2011
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Indonesia volcano unleashes biggest eruption
TOMOHON, Indonesia (AP) ― A volatile volcano in central Indonesia unleashed its most powerful eruption yet Sunday, spewing hot ash and smoke thousands of feet (meters) into the air and sending panicked villagers racing back to emergency shelters. There were no immediate reports of casualties.Mount Lokon, located on northern Sulawesi island, has been dormant for years but rumbled back to life late
July 18, 2011
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Syria forces besiege town after defections
July 18, 2011
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Berlusconi faces hearings on bribery, sex crime
ROME (AFP) ― Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces trial hearings for bribery and paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl on Monday, as the Italian leader fights off growing unpopularity and financial woes.Berlusconi, 74, is a defendant in three ongoing trials.He had been due to attend one of them, the corruption hearing in which he stands accused of paying a bribe to his former British lawyer, Da
July 18, 2011
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Chavez chemotherapy raises re-election doubts
July 18, 2011
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Russian girls urged to take off clothes to support Putin
An online campaign urging women to rip off their clothes in support for Vladimir Putin is spicing up Russia’s tense presidential race. The movement was launched by a group called “Putin’s Army,” which opened its homepage on Russia’s leading social-networking service, vkontakte.ru/armiaputina, over the weekend. A video clip on the site features three young women asking Russian girls to tear off the
July 18, 2011
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Mubarak, long-time pharaoh with recent health problems
CAIRO (AFP) -- Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, whose health was the subject of contradictory reports on Sunday two weeks before he was due to face trial on August 3 for murder and corruption, enjoyed near absolute power for three decades as president before being toppled in February.The health ministry denied a report that he had gone into a "full coma" at the hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh where he has been
July 18, 2011
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British police chief quits over phone-hacking scandal
LONDON (AFP) -- Britain's most senior police officer Paul Stephenson resigned on Sunday, citing allegations about Scotland Yard's links to Rupert Murdoch's empire amid the phone-hacking scandal."I have this afternoon informed the Palace, the Home Secretary and the Mayor of my intention to resign as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service," Stephenson said in a statement.British police have
July 18, 2011
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Rebekah Brooks 'arrested' in phone hack probe: report
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has been arrested in connection with phone hacking at the News of the World newspaper, Sky News reported, citing sources.Scotland Yard said police have arrested a 43-year-old woman, without naming her. It is the tenth arrest so far over the scandal.The woman was arrested by appointment at a police station in London and is currently in custod
July 17, 2011
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Obama-Dalai Lama meeting angers China
U.S. President Barack Obama meets the Dalai Lama at the White House in Washington, D.C., Saturday. (White House photo)BEIJING (AP) ― China on Sunday slammed President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has “grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs” and damaged Chinese-American relations.The strident statement from China’s Foreign Ministry came hours after Obama met wit
July 17, 2011
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Israel aircraft raid Gaza for 4th day in row
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) ― Israeli aircraft struck Gaza overnight for the fourth time in as many days, wounding a militant who was about to fire a rocket, Palestinian security sources said on Saturday.The Palestinian was admitted to hospital but his injuries were not life-threatening, the sources said.An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that an air strike had targeted a Pales
July 17, 2011
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Chavez to delegate some duties
CARACAS (AP) ― Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez delegated some of his duties to his vice president and finance minister on Saturday as he prepared to fly to Cuba to start chemotherapy and a new stage of cancer treatment.Chavez had refused opposition demands that he temporarily cede power to Vice President Elias Jaua while undergoing chemotherapy in Havana. But shortly after a legislative vote appr
July 17, 2011
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Clinton chides NATO ally Turkey on rights curbs
ISTANBUL (AP) ― U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, chiding a NATO ally whose support is critical to American goals in the Mideast, said Saturday that Turkey must act on concerns about backsliding on human rights and its secular traditionsSpeaking politely but firmly about the moderate Muslim nation, Clinton said the recent arrests of dozens of journalists and curbs placed on religious
July 17, 2011
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Vietnam police break up anti-China rally
HANOI (AFP) ― Vietnamese police rounded up at least 10 people as they forcibly broke up an anti-China rally on Sunday after a series of protests over tensions in the South China Sea.Around 50 demonstrators, greatly outnumbered by the security forces, were stopped and forced to disperse after they gathered close to the Chinese embassy in the capital Hanoi.“Down with China! Down with arresting patri
July 17, 2011
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British government, police under pressure over Murdoch links
LONDON (AFP) -- The British government and police faced fresh pressure over their ties to Rupert Murdoch on Saturday as the media mogul published apologies in national newspapers over the phone hacking scandal.A day after Murdoch lost two of his most senior executives, the crisis returned to haunt the British establishment with new allegations about the close ties between the media baron's empire
July 17, 2011
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British police hunt suspected hospital killer
LONDON (AFP) - British police were on Saturday hunting a suspected hospital killer after the unexplained deaths of three patients, in a case with echoes of the notorious nurse Beverley Allitt.Officers said they were interviewing 11 patients who survived being given insulin-contaminated saline solution at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, northwest England. (MCT)Allitt, dubbed the "angel of deat
July 17, 2011
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China slams Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama
BEIJING (AP) -- China has slammed President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has ``grossly interfered in China's internal affairs'' and damaged Chinese-American relations.The statement from China's Foreign Ministry comes hours after Obama met with the Tibetan spiritual leader in Washington.China had already called on the United States to stop Saturday's White House meeting
July 17, 2011
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'We are sorry' Murdoch tells UK in full-page ad
LONDON (AP) -- ``We are sorry'' the full-page ad began, as Rupert Murdoch tried to halt a phone-hacking scandal that has claimed two of his top executives with a gesture of atonement and promises to right the wrongs committed by his now-shuttered tabloid, News of the World.Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative-led government and the London police, meanwhile, faced increasing questions Saturd
July 17, 2011
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Murdoch apologizes over scandal
July 16, 2011
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U.S., allies formally recognize Libya rebels
Women take part in a rally in the town of Zlitan, roughly 160 kilometers east of Tripoli, Libya, in this file photo taken on July 15, 2011. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has rejected the decision by the U.S. and other countries to recognize the rebels fighting to oust him, and he vows never to surrender. (AP) ISTANBUL (AP) -- The United States and more than 30 other nations on Friday formally r
July 16, 2011
