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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Public backlash against division of Gyeonggi Province under 'corny' name
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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[Today’s K-pop] Stray Kids go gold in US with ‘Maniac’
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Kardashian sisters sued over debit card debacle
FRESNO, California (AP) -- The Kardashian sisters have been sued by a California company that created a prepaid debit card endorsed the reality show starlets. The Fresno Bee reports that Revenue Resource Group LLC filed suit in Fresno County Superior Court last week against Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian. The sisters pulled out of the endorsement deal in November under criticism over the
InternationalJan. 11, 2011
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Man indicted for pro-NK postings on Twitter
Prosecutors pressed charges on Monday against a South Korean man accused of posting Internet messages praising North Korea in what is possibly the first occurrence of such postings through social networking sites. The 54-year-old man under arrest, identified only by his last name Cho, is suspected of posting about 100 counts of online messages and video clips from 2009 to October of last year on
Social AffairsJan. 10, 2011
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Seoul mayor proposes holding citizen poll on disputed free school meals
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on Monday proposed holding a citizen poll to settle an ongoing dispute with the opposition party over providing free lunches to all elementary, middle and high school students in the capital. The proposal comes four days after the opposition-controlled city council proclaimed an ordinance to provide free meals to all elementary school children under its jurisdiction from t
North KoreaJan. 10, 2011
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N. Korea proposes dialogue with Seoul in official letter
North Korea has proposed holding talks with South Korea in an official letter, a government official said Monday, after Seoul rejected earlier proposals offered in what officials here called a "unilateral announcement." In its letter to the Seoul government, Pyongyang again urged early resumption of government-level talks as well as Red Cross dialogue it earlier said will help resume suspended
North KoreaJan. 10, 2011
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S. Korea, Japan agree to expand military ties after N.K. attacks
South Korean and Japanese defense ministers agreed to “expand and deepen” bilateral military cooperation during talks in Seoul on Monday, amid heightened tensions following a series of deadly North Korean attacks last year.Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin and his Japanese counterpart Toshimi Kitazawa also exchanged views on regional security issues including North Korean nuclear threats, the Ministry
PoliticsJan. 10, 2011
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Auditor nominee likely to resign under pressure
Ruling party demands Chung give up post over ethical issuesThe ruling Grand National Party on Monday called for Chung Tong-ki, nominee for chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, to resign from his position. The GNP’s demand was an apparent bid to soothe public antipathy toward the former prosecutor, who has made 100 million won ($87,000) a month since stepping down as a prosecutor, alleged
Social AffairsJan. 10, 2011
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Ex-police chief faces arrest in bribery case
A bribery scandal involving construction site catering contracts is spreading from police chiefs and executives of large construction firms to senior government officials, politicians and presidential aides.Prosecutors on Monday questioned former National Police Agency Commissioner Kang Hee-rak over suspicions that he received kickbacks from a canteen operator and broker surnamed Yoo. The Seoul Ea
Social AffairsJan. 10, 2011
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Army marks dispatch of UAE contingent
The Army held a ceremony Monday marking the creation and dispatch of a South Korean contingent to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday a two-year mission to help train the Middle East country’s special forces.The dispatch of the 130-strong contingent, named “Akh,” “brothers” in Arabic, follows the UAE’s request last August that South Korea help it nurture world-class special warfare troops.The Seou
PoliticsJan. 10, 2011
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S. Korea, Philippines agree to boost ties
Foreign ministers of South Korea and the Philippines agreed to strengthen economic and diplomatic ties between the two countries at a meeting in Seoul. Philippine Foreign Minister Alberto G. Romulo met his South Korean counterpart Kim Sung-hwan in Seoul on Monday to discuss, among other issues, ways to promote ties in the fields of trade and investment, agriculture and energy. President Lee Myung-
PoliticsJan. 10, 2011
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Lee vows support for youths’ startups
President Lee Myung-bak vowed Monday to provide more institutional support for younger people here seeking to launch their own startups in the knowledge-based sector, saying he hopes that South Korea will produce world-renowned business leaders like Mark Zuckerberg, an American computer scientist who founded the social networking service Facebook.“Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook at the age of 20
PoliticsJan. 10, 2011
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Plane with 106 people crashes in Iran; 29 survive
TEHRAN (AP) ― An IranAir passenger jet carrying 106 people crashed as it was making an emergency landing on Sunday in a snowstorm in the country’s northwest and broke into several pieces, killing 77 of those on board, Iranian media reported. The others survived with light injuries.The pilots of the Boeing-727, operated by Iran’s national airline, attempted the emergency landing in the city of Orum
InternationalJan. 10, 2011
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U.S. charges gunman in lawmaker shooting
Suspect claims he planned attack alone; prosecutors charge five countsTUCSON, Arizona (AFP) ― U.S. prosecutors Sunday charged a lone young gunman over the attempted assassination of a congresswoman as doctors voiced guarded hope she would recover from the attack that killed six others.President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday for victims of the attack in A
InternationalJan. 10, 2011
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Crimes up but arrests down in 2010
The number of violent crimes went up here last year, with arrests going down, compared to previous years, according to police officials Monday.The data from the National Police Agency showed the number of violent crimes, including assault and robbery, increased by 10 percent to 579,751 last year from the five-year average from 2005 to 2009.Rape went up 28 percent, theft by 25 percent and murder by
Social AffairsJan. 10, 2011
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Military service to benefit jobseekers
As early as April, people who have served in the military will get extra credits when they apply for jobs in public sectors, the Ministry of National Defense said Monday. The measure is expected to benefit mainly men, who spend 21 to 24 months in military camps as their compulsory military duty. However, the plan is likely to trigger resistance from women’s rights groups and others who claim the e
Social AffairsJan. 10, 2011
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Chilly Spanish shoppers bare all for free clothes
(AFP) BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - Hundreds of shoppers in Spain braved chilly weather to queue outside shops in their underwear on the first day of the winter sales Friday to take advantage of an offer of free clothes."Come in your underwear and get a free outfit", so declared an offer by Spanish-based clothing retailer Desigual for the first 100 people to enter each of their stores in cities around
InternationalJan. 10, 2011
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Gisele Bundchen, Mark Wahlberg have the hottest bodies
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and actor Mark Wahlberg were selected as having the most desired bodies by plastic surgeons of Beverly Hills in the 14th Annual “Famed Hottest Looks” survey, Fox News reported Nov. 6. Although the Brazilian-born supermodel gave birth in December, 2009, she was the most requested by the doctors‘ patients. Gisele Bundchen (MCT)The survey conducted by Dr. Richard Fleming a
InternationalJan. 10, 2011
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51 dead in Mexico, including 15 beheaded
MEXICO CITY - Drug-related violence over the weekend claimed 51 lives across Mexico, including a record-setting 15 decapitations in the beach resort of Acapulco, authorities reported Sunday.The beheadings, mutilations, drive-by shootings and summary executions were carried out in southeastern Guerrero and northern Chihuahua states, as well as in the Mexican capital, despite the government's five-y
InternationalJan. 10, 2011
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Border collie understands more than 1,000 vocabularies
(Captured from the Metro)One border collie has proved she is smarter than the average 3-year-old child.According to British daily Metro, Chaser has the broadest “vocabulary“ ever seen in an animal after learning the names of more than 1,000 objects. Chaser was trained intensively for three years to be able to identify 1,022 objects. Not only that, Chaser can also categorize things by function and
InternationalJan. 10, 2011
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Opposition to grill top auditor-nominee
The main opposition Democratic Party has vowed to grill the nominee for Board of Audit and Inspection chairman over his “unusually rapid” accumulation of wealth at the parliamentary confirmation hearing slated for Jan. 19-20. DP lawmakers are also urging President Lee Myung-bak to withdraw the nomination of former prosecutor Chung Tong-ki for the position. Their indignant stance, taken on Sunday,
Social AffairsJan. 9, 2011
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N.K. has multiple motives behind dialogue overtures
Pyongyang’s overtures for dialogue with Seoul appear aimed at securing outside assistance to ease its economic travails and escape international isolation resulting from its belligerent behavior, experts here said on Sunday.Some also pointed out that the olive branch seems intended to show the U.S. that it is making due endeavors for the improvement of inter-Korean ties, a condition the U.S. has d
PoliticsJan. 9, 2011