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K-Pop Europe concert sell out
All tickets for an upcoming concert by top Korean pop groups in Paris sold out in just 15 minutes. The concert organized by SM Entertainment will feature top groups such as Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, SHINee and f(x).The first K-POP concert in Europe will be held at Le Zenith de Paris on June 10. All tickets were sold out within 15 minutes of advance sale through Livenation, Fnac and other Eu
Performance May 1, 2011
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Man loses suit against parents over allowance
A Spanish family court has ordered a 25-year-old man to leave home and get a job, dismissing a suit he filed against his parents for “no allowance.”The plaintiff, whose name has not been revealed, sued his parents for cutting off his allowance of $587, according to the Think Spain.Judge Jose Luis Utrera said that despite the soaring unemployment in Spain he is still capable of finding a job, and t
Social Affairs April 29, 2011
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Samsung Electronics Q1 net down 30% on weak TV, PC demand
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top memory chip and liquid crystal display (LCD) panel maker, said Friday that its first-quarter earnings fell 30.3 percent on-year, hurt by weak demand for TVs and PCs that eroded component prices.Net profit reached 2.78 trillion won (US$2.59 billion) in the January-March period, compared with 3.99 trillion won during the same period a year earlier, the compan
Industry April 29, 2011
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Korean iPhone users sue Apple
A group of Korean iPhone users on Thursday filed a class action lawsuit against U.S. telecom giant Apple Inc. and its Korean unit over the firm's allegedly illegal collection of users' location data.It will be the first such case in the country."We learned that our whereabouts over the past six months were entirely revealed. It's a privacy violation," said legal representatives of 29 plaintiffs in
April 29, 2011
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Korea's industrial output grows 8.7% in March
Korea's industrial output grew for the 21st straight month in March, indicating that the nation's economy continued to expand, a government report showed Friday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining and manufacturing industries rose 8.7 percent last month from a year earlier. Output has increased every month since July 2009. The expansion was fueled mainly by increa
April 29, 2011
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Parliamentary panel approves Korea-EU FTA bill
The foreign affairs and trade committee of South Korea's National Assembly on Thursday passed the nation's free trade deal with the European Union in a vote after rival parties agreed to tax cuts for small livestock farms.The parliamentary committee approved the ratification bill for the long-stalled free trade agreement with the EU by a vote of 17 to 2 in a plenary session after hearing protectiv
Politics April 28, 2011
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2-year-old prodigy learns everything from iPhone
A 2-year-old reportedly memorized massive amount of information from his parents’ iPhone, including all the 44 U.S. presidents in order.Rockford Ramierz from California is able to name all American states and capitals and all the countries in the world, the Daily Mail reported. His reading skill is also way above his peers.The secret of the genius child was iPhone, according to his parents. They s
Technology April 28, 2011
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N. Koreans steal cyber money from South Korean sites
(MCT)North Korean hackers are stealing cyber money from South Korean game sites, an Internet security expert said.North Koreans are said to be behind a recent cyber attack on the National Agricultural Cooperative Association, or Nonghyup.Lim Chae-ho, vice president of KAIST Cyber Security Research Center, said that the hackers are intruding into South Korea-based game sites to obtain cyber money,
North Korea April 28, 2011
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50-year friendship via hand-written letters
Linked by Korea Herald, Korean, Swede transcend distance for five decadesThe word “pen pal” might seem ancient for those accustomed to social networking sites. But these sites did not exist 50 years ago, so the steadfast friendship between Chang Key-kwan and Gunnar Sildevon was shared through letters. When Chang sent his first letter to Sildevon in 1962, Chang was a junior at Yonsei University and
People April 27, 2011
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Obama steps up campaign against high fuel costs
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday stepped up his campaign over politically damaging high gasoline prices, calling on Congress to eliminate $4 billion dollars in subsidies to oil industry giants."There are steps we can take to ensure the American people don't fall victim to skyrocketing gas prices over the long term," said Obama in a letter to top Republican and Democratic lea
World News April 27, 2011
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Fire hits SK oil storage
A fire broke out at SK Energy’s oil storage facility in Incheon Tuesday afternoon.No casualties were reported. Fire fighters have been struggling to put out the fire.
Social Affairs April 26, 2011
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Termites eat up millions in Indian bank
Police in India are investigating a case where 10 million rupees ($222,000) were reportedly missing after a raid. Those who broke into the steel chest at the bank were not human but termites.According to a report by the Telegraph, the termites had been damaging bank furniture and documents before they broke into the storage where the money had been preserved since January.“It’s a matter of investi
World News April 26, 2011
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Police probing online commerce fraud
A woman in Gwangju requested a police investigation after she received a can of butane gas from an online seller instead of the iPod she had paid for. Kim ordered an iPod from an online second-hand vendor who offered it at half the market price.After a phone call with the seller, the woman sent half of the money to the vendor’s account. But what Kim received was a can of butane gas. Kim tried to r
Social Affairs April 26, 2011
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World’s rarest language on verge of extinction
Linguists from the University of Oxford are striving to preserve the Dusner, an endangered Indonesian tribal language, as its only three speakers were reportedly injured in natural disasters. Two of them narrowly escaped death during a flood and the other was living next to a volcano when it erupted, the Astralian newspaper said. The scholars including Mary Dalrymple, a professor of syntax, have v
Culture April 26, 2011
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Samsung Electronics sues Apple over patents
A Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab is displayed at its a showroom of the headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Apple Inc. has sued Samsung Electronics Co., saying the South Korean company's Galaxy line of smartphones and tablet computers copy Apple's popular iPad and iPhone.(AP-Yonhap News)Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest maker of mobile phones, said Friday
Technology April 22, 2011
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