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Ryu to join charity fan event Sunday

Ryu Hyun-jin Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin will join a charity event for baseball fans Sunday. Nicknamed “a monster pitcher” by Korean fans, Ryu will take part in “Monster Show” at Korea...

Dec 18, 2013
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Park donates porcelain to Saenuri bazaar

Saenuri Party floor leader Choi Kyung-hwan (second from left) and Supreme Council member Lee Hye-hoon (second from right) admire a porcelain bowl donated by President Park Geun-hye at the party’s cha...

Dec 18, 2013
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Sweepers donate 18 million won from disposal of recyclables

Kim Yong-hwa Nine cleaners for a Seoul district office have donated 18 million won ($17,100) they raised by selling recyclables over four years. Though their lives are financially difficult ― four ...

Dec 17, 2013
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Public donates to parents who stole to feed their baby

After a news report about a poor young couple caught stealing in a large store in order to feed their 3-year-old toddler and scrape a living, many people from all walks of life are sending donations....

Dec 17, 2013
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Singapore Airlines holds event for charter flights

Singapore Airlines general manager Sia Nam Kung (fourth from left) and Singapore Changi Airport Group vice president Peh Ke Wei (fifth from left) pose with models at Lotte Department Store in Busan o...

Dec 17, 2013
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‘Cartoon street’ opens in Seoul

The Seoul city government has created a street devoted to cartoons in the central part of the capital to promote the creative industry and boost tourism, officials said Tuesday. The 450-meter-long s...

Dec 17, 2013
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Influential country singer Ray Price dead at 87

Ray Price, one of country music's most popular and influential singers and bandleaders who had more than 100 hits and was one of the last living connections to Hank Williams, died Monday. He was 87. ...

Dec 17, 2013
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Paul Chung to head LG Arts Center

Paul Chung Paul Chung has been appointed as the new head of the LG Arts Center as of Monday, the center announced Monday. The 48-year-old Chung is the arts center’s third director. The newly appoin...

Dec 16, 2013
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Pope Francis says he is no Marxist

VATICAN CITY (AFP) ― Pope Francis said he knew a lot of “good” Marxists but was no communist himself, following criticism of his diatribes against unfettered capitalism from conservative commentators...

Dec 16, 2013
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Busker Busker leader to wed next year

Busker Busker members (from left) Kim Hyung-Tae, Jang Beom-jun and Brad Moore. (Chungchun Music) Jang Beom-jun, leader of alternative band Busker Busker, will be getting married next year to actress...

Dec 16, 2013
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Korean-Americans donate winter coats in Chicago

The Korean American Friendship Network donated winter coats to those in need in the Back of the Yards neighborhood in Chicago on Sunday. From left are Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Ann S. Jhin, who spo...

Dec 16, 2013
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Skating rink opened in Seoul Plaza

The Seoul Metropolitan Government opened an outdoor skating rink on the square in front of City Hall Monday. It will operate the rink for 70 days until Feb. 23. The rink will be open from 10 a.m. t...

Dec 16, 2013
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First class of diplomatic candidates enters academy

Diplomatic candidates selected through candidacy screenings for the first time pose in a ceremony to enter the Korea National Diplomatic Academy in Seoul on Monday. (Yonhap News) Aspiring diplomats ...

Dec 16, 2013
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‘Lawrence of Arabia’ star Peter O’Toole dead at 81

Known on the one hand for his starring role in “Lawrence of Arabia,” leading tribesmen in daring attacks across the desert wastes, and on the other for his headlong charges into drunken debauchery, P...

Dec 16, 2013
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Ex-NBA star Rodman in N.K. next week for ‘hoops not nukes’ training

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, Feb. 28. (AP-Yonhap News) LOND...

Dec 13, 2013
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