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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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Hundreds killed in Brazil floods, mudslides
Disaster hits the poor hardest, rickety homes builts on steep inclines swept awayRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ― Summer rains sent tons of red mud and torrents of water rushing down mountainsides in towns outside Rio, enveloping homes of rich and poor alike and killing at least 257 people in 24 hours. Some survivors clung to trees to escape the water and landslides.Rescuers used heavy machinery, shovels and
InternationalJan. 13, 2011
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Italian researcher: Symbols discovered in ‘Mona Lisa’
ROME (AP) ― Forget her smile. An Italian researcher says the key to solving the enigma of “Mona Lisa” lies in her eyes.Silvano Vinceti claims he has found the letter “S” in the woman’s left eye, the letter “L” in her right eye, and the number “72” under the arched bridge in the backdrop of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting. According to the researcher, the symbols open up new leads to identifyin
PerformanceJan. 13, 2011
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Jessica Szohr strips naked for new advertisement
U.S. actress Jessica Szohr posed nude for a new advertise (Captured from New York Daily News)ment campaign to promote a soft drink, New York Daily News reported.The 25-year-old actress, who came into the spotlight after starring in the hit television series Gossip Girl, removed all her clothing with nothing but body paint covering her. In the photos, the star is seen naked holding a bottle of SoBe
InternationalJan. 13, 2011
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Japanese firm invents mirror to spot the flu
TOKYO (AFP) ― A Japanese technology firm on Tuesday unveiled a mirror-like thermometer that can identify a person who is feverish.“Thermo Mirror,” which looks like a table mirror, measures the skin temperature of the person looking into it, without the need for physical contact, said the firm, NEC Avio Infrared Technologies.The person’s temperature is displayed on the surface, and the device has a
Arts & DesignJan. 13, 2011
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National team faces huge Aussie test
Cho Kwang-rae aims to crack tough defenseSouth Korea is coming off a solid 2-1 win over Bahrain on Tuesday to start its Asian Cup football tournament in Qatar, but the real test is set for Friday.At 10:15 p.m. Friday, Korean time, South Koreans will face Australia, the highest-ranked team at this year’s Asian Cup at No. 26 in the world.This is Australia’s second Asian Cup appearance since the coun
SoccerJan. 13, 2011
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Coach for Olympic swimmer Park resigns
The coach credited with grooming swimmer Park Tae-hwan to become an Olympic gold medalist abruptly announced Thursday that he was resigning as head coach of the national team, a move that followed Park's recruitment of a foreign private coach. Roh Min-sang started coaching Park when the swimmer was 7, two years after his parents introduced him to swimming to heal asthma.National swimming coac
More SportsJan. 13, 2011
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POSCO looks to buy Korea Express
Steelmaker posts record sales in 2010POSCO chief executive Chung Joon-yang said Thursday the nation’s top steelmaker is considering acquiring the country’s largest delivery service provider Korea Express Co.Kumho Asiana Group plans to sell Korea Express, which it acquired in March 2008, to stabilize the group’s financial structure.“With regards to the logistics needs arising at overseas steelworks
IndustryJan. 13, 2011
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Samsung opens official global blog
Samsung Group, Korea’s top conglomerate, said Thursday it has launched an English blog to boost communications with users around the world. The Samsung Village (www.samsungvillage.com) is designed to introduce the group’s history and business, and offer open forums where local and foreign visitors can share their views and opinions about news and human interest stories, the group said.“Digital med
IndustryJan. 13, 2011
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SK Group to invest W10.5tr in 2011
Telecom, energy giant to focus on green energy, overseas resources, new mobile technologiesSK Group said Thursday it would increase investment 30 percent this year to a record high 10.5 trillion won ($9.4 billion) to power future growth in clean energy, overseas resources and advanced mobile technologies.Korea’s third-largest conglomerate also plans to hire about 3,000 new employees, 25 percent mo
IndustryJan. 13, 2011
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Seoul strives to fight hikes in home rental costs
A package of government measures unveiled Thursday to curb rising consumer prices includes a policy to stabilize the property market amid soaring housing rent prices.The government has focused on active supply of small-sized houses and funding for the mid- and lower-income households which generally resort to “jeonse,” the Korean rent system under which tenants pay a lump-sum deposit to rent a hou
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Renault-Nissan ups cooperation with Korean parts makers
Renault-Nissan Alliance held its annual purchasing conference in Seoul this week, opening new opportunities for local parts makers, Renault Samsung Motors Co. said Thursday.The conference, held Monday and Tuesday by Renault-Nissan Purchasing Organization that oversees purchasing and quality control of parts for Renault and Nissan operations, is customarily held at the headquarters of Renault or Ni
IndustryJan. 13, 2011
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[R&D POLICY IN KOREA(41)] Promoting industry and academy cooperation
Consilience and platforms act as foundation for knowledge connection and integrationThis is the 41st in a series of articles introducing the Korean government’s R&D policies. Researchers at the Science & Technology Policy Institute will explain Korea’s R&D initiatives aimed at addressing major socioeconomic problems facing the nation. ― Ed.As the knowledge-based economy intensifies, knowledge exch
Special ReportsJan. 13, 2011
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[Editorial] Distorted energy prices
The unusually long and severe cold spell is driving up electricity consumption. According to the government, a surge in power demand for heating boosted peak power consumption to 71.84 million kilowatts at noon Tuesday, sending power reserves falling to a dangerously low level of 4.07 million kilowatts, or 5.7 percent of the nation’s maximum power generation capacity of 75.91 million kilowatts. It
EditorialJan. 13, 2011
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[Editorial] Health care reform
Encouraged by the electoral success of its free school meal program last year, the main opposition Democratic Party has recently unveiled a plan to offer free medical services for the entire population. The scheme, together with the party’s proposals for free child care and halved college tuition fees, is fueling a growing debate on welfare.The DP’s health care plan calls for raising the coverage
EditorialJan. 13, 2011
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Local bellwether elections in Osaka and Aichi
The results of coming local elections in Osaka and Aichi prefectures could have a great impact on the shape of Japan’s local government. The people concerned need to carefully watch and consider the moves of two men ― Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto and Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura. Hashimoto has the idea of dissolving the Osaka city and integrating the Osaka city and prefectural governments into a met
ViewpointsJan. 13, 2011
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[Kevin Horrigan] Selective wussification
For eight years, Ed Rendell was governor of Pennsylvania. The eight years before that, he was mayor of Philadelphia. In all that time, he never got the national attention he’s received in his last two weeks as governor, since unburdening himself about what he called “the wussification of America.”He was upset that the NFL postponed the Dec. 26 game between his beloved Philadelphia Eagles and the v
ViewpointsJan. 13, 2011
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[David Ignatius] Cries Americans choose to ignore
WASHINGTON ― Did our angry political culture help motivate Jared Lee Loughner on what authorities say was his mad shooting spree? Maybe, but a more troubling question for me is why nobody stopped this often incoherent, irrational young man on his long path to the rampage in Tucson. I don’t just mean the people who sold Loughner his Glock 19 semiautomatic pistol last November, or the people at a Wa
ViewpointsJan. 13, 2011
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[Greogry Rodriguez] Image of Americans in post-American era
The ugly American ― the stereotypically brutish, ethnocentric, bumbling traveler abroad ― is dead. He’s gone the way of global U.S. hegemony, the strong dollar and mid-20th century American naivete.Thirty years ago, the streets of major European capitals were awash with wide-eyed, culturally entitled, middle-class American tourists who were members of the first generation to take advantage of fore
ViewpointsJan. 13, 2011
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[Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz] CIA needs sunlight, and Tinners case might shine some on it
By its nature, an intelligence service is antithetical to the transparency and accountability that are hallmarks of a democracy. When the Central Intelligence Agency was created in 1947, diplomat Dean Acheson wrote, “I had the gravest forebodings about this organization and warned the president that as set up neither he, the National Security Council, nor anyone else would be in a position to know
ViewpointsJan. 13, 2011
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[Joel Brinkley Back to ‘normal’ in the Middle East
Life is returning to normal in Israel and the Palestinian territories, now that the latest round of peace talks is dead.Militants in Gaza are firing dozens of missiles into Israel once again, forcing Israelis to dive into bomb shelters. Israel is responding with air strikes.Israelis are building new West Bank settlements at a furious pace ― 2,000 new homes under construction right now and 13,000 m
ViewpointsJan. 13, 2011