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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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Pyeongtaek Univ. president awarded for Korea-Japan ties

Pyeongtaek University president Cho Ki-hung (right) poses with Princess Hisako of Japan (center) and Shin Chung-ha, president of YFU International Korea, during the award ceremony in Tokyo on Monday....

Dec 13, 2013
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Hanjin donates 3 billion won to charity fund

Korean Air president Ji Chang-hoon (left) poses with Community Chest of Korea chairman Lee Dong-kurn after delivering 3 billion won from Hanjin Group to the charity fund-raiser in Seoul on Friday. (Y...

Dec 13, 2013
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Project launched to educate workers on breast cancer

Samsung Medical Center, AMCHAM Korea and Goldman Sachs launched a breast cancer education project for company workers at the center in Seoul on Thursday. From left are Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Ho...

Dec 12, 2013
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Former lawmaker awarded order of chivalry by British envoy

This photo provided by the British Embassy shows Park Jin (right), former lawmaker and co-president of the Korea Britain Society, after receiving the Honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of...

Dec 12, 2013
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Pope: Time’s Person of the Year

NEW YORK (AP) ― Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its Person of the Year on Wednesday, saying the Catholic Church’s new leader has changed the perception of the 2,000-year-old institution in an ...

Dec 12, 2013
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Campaign launched to correct bad foreign-language signs

If you spot a confusing foreign-language sign in Seoul, report it to the city government and it will take action as a high priority. That is what the Seoul City Government said when it kicked off a ...

Dec 11, 2013
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Icederby to hold races in Dubai

Icederby International president and CEO Hyun Do-jung (right) shakes hands with Saif Saeed Al Mazrouie, business office director of the Private Office of UAE Sheikha Sallama Bint Tahnoun Bin Mohammed...

Dec 11, 2013
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Xi, Abe named Straits Times Asians of 2013

SINGAPORE (AP) ― The Straits Times, one of Southeast Asia’s largest circulated English newspapers, has named the leaders of China and Japan as the most prominent Asians of 2013. The title, instituted...

Dec 11, 2013
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[Photo News] Best airport

Incheon International Airport vice president Choi Hong-yeol (left) and Global Traveler magazine’s publisher Francis Gallagher pose after Incheon won the best airport prize in the GT Tested Reader’s S...

Dec 11, 2013
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Formula One champ Vettel to become father

BERLIN (AFP) ― Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel is set to become the fastest father on the planet with the German and his girlfriend expecting their first child. The 26-year-old Red Bull star w...

Dec 11, 2013
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Mandela’s body arrives for viewing in S. Africa

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) ― The casket of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, draped in the multi-colored South African flag, arrived Wednesday at the seat of power in the country’s capital for pub...

Dec 11, 2013
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Society founded to honor retired political leader Kim Jong-pil

Former Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil, in a wheelchair, attends the first general meeting of a society launched to honor him in the National Assembly Memorial Hall in Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap News) Ac...

Dec 10, 2013
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Miss France proud of ‘cosmopolitan’ country

Flora Coquerel DIJON (AFP) ― Franco-Beninese student Flora Coquerel has said she is proud to represent a “cosmopolitan” country after being crowned the new Miss France in a lavish ceremony. Coquere...

Dec 10, 2013
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