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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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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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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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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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[FEBC - Korea] ‘Never stop growing in faith’
Although I cannot imagine baptism for 5,000 people, I am sure that I will have a deep sense of involvement from the Holy Spirit. In order for me to share this experience with others, my mind will be open to what is happening around me.Message for Korean youthKeep it up and never stop growing in faith in the Lord. Never short-circuit your vision for how much difference Koreans can make in the world. I believe the U.S. was once a key leader in the role of being a Christian nation. However, as I se
Aug. 7, 2016
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[FEBC - Korea] 'Baptizing thousands is special'
It is powerful even when one person is baptized, but baptizing thousands is special. It shows that the gospel is worldwide. As an American witnessing this take place in Korea, I feel this is a powerful demonstration that Jesus really is for all nations.Message for Korean youthProbably half of the first 12 disciples were only teenagers at the time. Some students in America want to have fun in their younger years and wait until they are older to become Christians. However, in order to have a more
Aug. 7, 2016
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[FEBC - Korea] FEBC - Korea celebrates 60 years with large-scale military baptism
Roughly 5,000 Korean and U.S. soldiers and American Christian broadcasting personnel gathered together at the Yeonmudae Military Church in South Chungcheong Province on Saturday to take part in the country’s largest-ever baptism ceremony. The ceremony was held as part of the 60th anniversary of the Far East Broadcasting Company’s establishment in Korea and was officiated by FEBC - Korea’s chairman, the Rev. Kim Jang-hwan, also known as Billy Kim -- one of the country’s most prominent Christian e
Aug. 7, 2016
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[FEBC - Korea] Rev. Billy Kim committed to military mission work
Far East Broadcasting Company - Korea is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its founding this year with several events at home and abroad, including Saturday’s mass baptism of some 5,000 military personnel. Following is a Q&A with the Rev. Billy Jang-hwan Kim, FEBC - Korea chairman.What was the reason for the mass baptism ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of FEBC - Korea? For the past 60 years Far East Broadcasting Company - Korea has been leading efforts to spread the gospel among Koreans
Aug. 7, 2016
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Last journalists bid farewell to London's Fleet Street
LONDON (AFP) - The last two reporters working on Fleet Street filed their final stories on Friday, ending more than 300 years of journalism on the London thoroughfare synonymous with Britain's newspaper industry.London chief reporter Gavin Sherriff and entertainment features writer Darryl Smith, journalists with Scottish weekly The Sunday Post, are all that remains of the famed institution.“We knew as journalists that this was an important part of history for our profession, which we love,” Smit
Aug. 7, 2016
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Foundation: Obama's library sites reflect 'one community'
CHICAGO (AP) -- The two parks Barack Obama considered for his presidential library are only a mile (1.6 kilometers) apart in Chicago.But the decision to build the museum in a lakeside park rather than in a nearby impoverished neighborhood has left some residents worried the choice was a missed opportunity in the city’s South Side.The Obama Foundation held a ceremony Wednesday to unveil details of the president’s choice of Jackson Park instead of Washington Park. Foundation chairman Marty Nesbitt
Aug. 4, 2016
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Pooh returns to NY library after yearlong conservation
NEW YORK (AP) -- Winnie-the-Pooh and friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga and Tigger are celebrating a new lease on their New York City life after enjoying many adventures together.The original toys are looking refreshed after more than a year of much needed repairs by a textile conservator. They went back on display Wednesday at the New York Public Library, where they have resided since 1987.An English boy, Christopher Robin Milne, was their original owner. He received them in the 1920s from his fathe
Aug. 4, 2016
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The last bastion of ‘sworn virgins’: Albania
SHKODRA, Albania (AFP) - At the age of 16, living in a remote village in northern Albania, Shkurta Hasanpapaj faced being forced into marriage. There was just one way out, and the young woman grasped it: she took the ancient, gender-bending oath to become a “sworn virgin.”At a stroke, her life changed. She renounced sex, married life and parenthood. But in return, she won the right to live as a man and lead her family in a fiercely patriarchal society.Nearly seven decades later, Hasanpapaj prefe
Aug. 4, 2016
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Restoring medieval Tibetan shrines in Nepal's Himalayas
LO MANTHANG, Nepal (AFP) - Deep in the heart of a medieval monastery in Nepal's remote Upper Mustang region, the battle to restore sacred murals and preserve traditional Tibetan Buddhist culture is in full swing.Tsewang Jigme is among the artists toiling to safeguard the unique cultural heritage of this former Buddhist kingdom high on the Tibetan plateau, which escaped the ravages of the Cultural Revolution in neighboring China.“These murals are irreplaceable ... I feel nervous every time I touc
Aug. 3, 2016
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Foreign viewers of Naver's webtoons outnumber Koreans
The number of viewers from outside Korea watching Naver Corp.’s webtoons has surpassed that of Koreans for the first time, according to the search engine on Tuesday, illustrating the growing popularity of the web comics among foreign audiences.Naver began publishing its web comics overseas in 2014 via Line Corp., a Japan-based mobile messaging subsidiary of Naver. Line’s webtoons are offered in five languages, including English, Chinese and Indonesian.In June this year, Line’s webtoons reported
Aug. 2, 2016
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Real-life ‘Pianist’ family wins defamation appeal
WARSAW (AFP) -- The family of the late Jewish-Polish protagonist of Oscar-winning Holocaust film “The Pianist” said Monday they won an appeal against defamation over claims in a book that he was a Nazi collaborator.Wladyslaw Szpilman’s widow and son brought the case to Warsaw’s appeals court after losing the initial complaint in September 2013.The family took issue with certain quotes by Polish-Jewish singer Wiera Gran in a 2010 biography of her life, written by Agata Tuszynska.The remarks see G
Aug. 2, 2016
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Tibetans gather for horse festival
YUSHU, China (AFP) - Thundering across the vast Himalayan plateau in their traditional finery, Tibetan horsemen gather for an annual riding festival which is a colorful feast for the eyes.Multicolored prayer flags inscribed with religious texts flutter in the breeze and tents line the green hills surrounding the racing ground in Yushu, in the northwestern Chinese province of Qinghai.The area is home to many of China’s 8 million strong Tibetan minority, some of whom chafe against Chinese rule.Spe
Aug. 2, 2016
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Young women drive Korean hip-hop scene
What started out as a subculture street movement in African-American communities in New York in the 1970s has now become a mainstream music genre enjoyed by young women here.In Korea today, hip-hop is taking over mainstream pop charts and, surprisingly, women in their 20s and 30s are the biggest consumers of the genre once considered subversive. Those present at recent hip-hop shows may have noticed the masses of 20- to 30-something women with snapbacks backwards on their heads outnumbering the
Aug. 1, 2016
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Seoul Plaza to be converted into outdoor camping site
How about spending a night out at a cool, green-lawned plaza to let off some steam?The Seoul city government on Sunday said it will launch the "Seoul Culture Night" festival next month in various places across the city.On Aug. 27, it will run "MT Seoul," where 100 preselected teams are allowed to set up tents in Seoul Plaza and stay overnight there. At the plaza, a flea market, a talk session and a movie screening will take place.On the previous day, the city will run a number of tour programs i
July 31, 2016
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Visitors to royal palaces in Seoul top 5 million in H1
The number of visitors to royal palaces in Seoul increased sharply in the first half of the year, due mainly to various cultural festivals and a rising influx of foreign travelers, the government said Thursday.According to the Culture Heritage Administration, more than 5.24 million Koreans and foreign tourists visited the capital‘s four most prominent palaces from the Joseon era (1392-1910) in the January-June period. The total represents a 21.5 percent increase from the same period last year an
July 28, 2016
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Jonathan Pryce makes ‘Merchant of Venice’ a family affair
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jonathan Pryce is no stranger to William Shakespeare, but one play he has refused to do is “The Merchant of Venice” -- until now.Fresh off two seasons on “Game of Thrones” as High Sparrow, the Tony winner is now on an international tour as Shylock in a Shakespeare's Globe production that co-stars his daughter, Phoebe Pryce. The tour takes him to Washington, D.C., and Chicago this summer before a fall tour of five Chinese cities, including Hong Kong and Beijing, a return to the G
July 28, 2016
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Chicken and beer festival kicks off in Daegu
Fans of fried chicken and beer will gather in this sizzling hot city of Daegu this week as it holds a festival wholly dedicated to the hugely popular summer night snack in South Korea with various concerts and events. The combination of chicken and beer is called "chimac" in Korean, and it's the theme of the "Daegu Chimac Festival," which runs from Wednesday to Sunday. (Visit Korea)The Korea Chimac Industry Association Corp. hosts the event in the city, located some 300 kilometers southeast of S
July 27, 2016
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World leisure sports festival to kick off in Chuncheon next month
The world's biggest leisure sports festival will be held in the country's northeastern lake city of Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, next month with foreign and local participants competing in 14 sports events, organizers said Wednesday. The fifth edition of the Chuncheon International Leisure Sports Festival will run from Aug. 12-15 at Songam Sports Town in Chuncheon, 85 kilometers northeast of Seoul, with some 5,600 local and foreign athletes from 31 nations to compete. (Visit Korea)This year's in
July 27, 2016
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Museum sketches bright future for art in Indonesia
JAKARTA (AFP) -- From Jakarta to Bali and Yogyakarta, the Indonesian art world is flourishing. Buoyed by a growing, affluent middle class at home as well as interest from international buyers, numerous boutique galleries and artists' communities have sprung up, while events such as the Jakarta Biennale, the annual ArtJog fair, and Bazaar Art Jakarta have fuelled interest.But critics warn a lack of government funding and high-quality art museums means many Indonesians are missing out. Businessman
July 27, 2016
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‘Pokemon Go’ players stumble on hidden history
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- Historical markers have long dotted the landscape, often barely noticed by passers-by -- until they became treasure-filled stops this month on the "Pokemon Go" trail.Players hunting for fictional creatures on their smartphones are now visiting real-life memorial plaques, statues, mosaics and landmarks, ranging from a Civil War battlefield in Chancellorsville, Virginia, to a Hells Angels clubhouse on New Zealand’s North Island.Some don't bother to linger at these
July 27, 2016