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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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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Jesus may have had a wife, on paper at least
Was Jesus married? Trust me when I say I have no dog in the fight. But yesterday, when I read an academic article by a Harvard Divinity School professor arguing for the authentic antiquity of a papyrus fragment that includes the phrase “Jesus said, my wife,” I was filled with awe and wonder. How, exactly, could a respected scholar, Karen King, who holds my university’s oldest endowed professorship, be so confident that the Coptic fragment, first publicized two years ago, is indeed ancient? Almos
April 15, 2014
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[Shashi Tharoor] Gurus and governors in India
NEW DELHI ― The ongoing general election in India has brought to prominence not only the usual cast of political aspirants, campaign managers, publicists, and vote-brokers, but also an array of astrologers, numerologists, and pandits. Candidates have been flocking to such soothsayers in large numbers, seeking advice on everything from the precise minute to file their nomination forms to the appropriate alignment of the doors of their campaign offices. Indians, after all, manage to live in that r
April 14, 2014
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Teens trade naked selfies for mugshots
Will teenagers ever learn? You think yours will. Maybe so. But it’s likely that was also the hope of the parents of children who were so shamed by nude photos of themselves that went south ― how else can they go ― that they killed themselves.Sexting hasn’t ended, despite the misery it causes and the hope that easily bored teens will move on to something else. There were two fresh highly public outbreaks this month. The largest spread across six counties in Virginia, where more than 1,000 picture
April 14, 2014
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[Cass R. Sunstein] Why investors make bad choices
For many years, I have studied human behavior, including the mistakes occasionally made by fallible people, including investors.But a few years ago, I made a really dumb investment decision. In a single day, I hit the trifecta, committing at least three classic behavioral mistakes.The year was 2011. The stock market was recovering well from its terrible collapse during the Great Recession, but over a short period it had a series of stumbles. I got nervous. What if it collapsed again?At the time,
April 14, 2014
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Benefits of inter-Korean logistics cooperation
The Korean people expected that the Oct. 4 South-North Summit Declaration in 2007 would provide the Korean Peninsula with a blueprint for economic cooperation and act as a catalyst for the reunification of two Koreas.The declaration was largely composed of agreements on logistics cooperation between the South and the North, such as renovating the Gaeseong-Pyongyang highway and Gaeseong-Sinyeoju Railway, opening direct flights between Seoul and Mount Baekdusan, allowing railroad freight transport
April 14, 2014
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The court knows what it is doing, and its effects
The latest Supreme Court ruling ― defending the rights of billionaires to try to rent, if not buy, the gratitude and votes of unlimited numbers of politicians ― has just provided fresh evidence that helps us finally answer a central question that has divided the experts.It focuses on what the conservative justices are really up to in their activist judicial campaign to remake The Founders’ concept of free speech and democracy in today’s age of television and Internet.Some experts politely conten
April 14, 2014
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China’s aircraft carrier is nothing to fear
Chinese officials gave U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel a tour of an aircraft carrier last week. The Liaoning is their only such vessel ― but not for long. China plans to build three more by 2020 as part of its new “blue-water navy,” a prospect that sounds alarming but isn’t. The cause for concern lies elsewhere.A globe-spanning Chinese navy capable of operating across deep oceans will draw Beijing’s strategic vision away from its own neighborhood, where it’s embroiled in territorial disputes,
April 14, 2014
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[David Ignatius] In China, financial warning signs
WASHINGTON ― China’s financial markets seem to be signaling trouble, as a government crackdown on corruption and loose credit begins to bite and jittery local investors scramble for safety. China remains an opaque country, and even the most knowledgeable experts say they aren’t sure how to read the tea leaves. But the warning signs are growing that after decades of economic expansion and exploding wealth, China is moving toward the scary side of the perpetual seesaw between greed and fear that d
April 13, 2014
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Cuban Twitter project was a tweet in the dark
PARIS ― First, Cubans would receive fun little text messages about baseball and music. Then, one day ― bam! ― they would learn via cell phone that they’d been living in a dictatorship for over half a century and would realize that it was time to overthrow the regime.Hopefully American taxpayers like the plot of this far-fetched geopolitical revenge fantasy, because they’ve already paid for it. It’s yet another example of technology encroaching on the valuable space once occupied by gray matter.T
April 13, 2014
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Are safer cars worth the money?
Can a federal regulation be worthwhile if its monetized costs exceed its monetized benefits?Consider the Department of Transportation’s decision last week to require rear-visibility cameras in essentially all new cars starting in 2018. The regulation will eventually affect millions of Americans, increasing the safety of those behind their cars, particularly children.Sound good? Here’s the problem: The Department of Transportation projects that the new regulation will cost between $546 million an
April 13, 2014
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[Yu Kun-ha] Singapore’s leader: Catch the wind in your sails
Singapore marks the 50th anniversary of its independence next year. The past five decades have witnessed the small island city-state rise as a thriving global business hub crowded with multinational corporations. When Singapore was separated from Malaysia in 1965, its GDP per capita was $511. The figure surpassed the $50,000 mark in 2012, making Singapore one of the richest countries in the world.Singapore is the envy of developing countries in many ways. Many Korean policymakers also regard it
April 13, 2014
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The archaeology paradox: More laws, less treasure
The Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Metropolitan Museum in New York and Sotheby’s auction house ― these are just some of the major institutions that have been forced to repatriate artworks in recent years. Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turkey and Cambodia have all successfully used their cultural property laws to secure the return of important antiquities from collectors and museums.Treasures from King Tutankhamen’s tomb that had been in the Met’s collection for almost a century went back to Egypt. In
April 13, 2014
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[Robert Reich] Balance wheel of democracy
Last week a majority of the Supreme Court decided that the First Amendment protects the right of individuals to pour as much as $3.6 million into a political party or $800,000 into a political campaign.The court said such spending doesn’t corrupt democracy. That’s utter baloney, as anyone who has the faintest familiarity with contemporary American politics well knows.The McCutcheon v. FEC decision would be less troubling were the distribution of income and wealth in America more equal. But over
April 11, 2014
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Indonesia’s Obama risks a similar fate
Crowds can’t get enough of the wiry, fresh-faced and charismatic political newbie. Young voters who’ve never cast a ballot before lurch forward to catch a glimpse of the outsider who embodies the new generation of leader they crave ― smart, incorruptible and in touch with their aspirations for change.This charged atmosphere will sound familiar to Americans who embraced Barack Obama in 2008. It’s playing out anew in Indonesia. The news media have been quick to dub presidential front-runner Joko W
April 11, 2014
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[Peter Singer] Philosophy on top of ideas
MELBOURNE ― Last year, a report from Harvard University set off alarm bells, because it showed that the proportion of students in the United States completing bachelor’s degrees in the humanities fell from 14 percent to 7 percent. Even elite universities like Harvard itself have experienced a similar decrease. Moreover, the decline seems to have become steeper in recent years. There is talk of a crisis in the humanities.I don’t know enough about the humanities as a whole to comment on what is ca
April 10, 2014
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[Conrado de Quiros] Dealing with God impossible
It’s astonishing how China, despite becoming the second most powerful nation in the world, continues to harbor a parochial outlook. It’s astonishing how China, despite heralding the wave of the future, at least compared to the United States which is in the throes of decline, remains trapped in the past. It’s astonishing how China, despite being in a position to become a shaper of the world, barely understands the world.Nothing shows it more sharply than its response to our move to bring the case
April 10, 2014
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Women can’t afford to celebrate Equal Pay Day
Gentlemen, raise a glass to Equal Pay Day. You’ve won again. You are still making about 25 percent more than the woman next to you who is pushing the same pencil, tapping the same computer keys, devising the same software or screwing in the same widget. Each year, a date in April is selected to illustrate how long into the current year a woman must work to match the amount a man doing the same job earned the previous year. We reached that milestone today.But President Barack Obama is on the case
April 10, 2014
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A fruitful visit to Malaysia by Singapore leader
Singapore leader Lee Hsien Loong travelled to Kuala Lumpur on a Malaysia Airlines flight for his annual retreat with Najib Tun Razak. As bilateral ties move up another notch, Lee came to show support to Najib in the wake of the MH370 tragedy.It may be a coincidence but when Lee arrived at KLIA on Sunday, he was on flight MH606 from Singapore.It didn’t go unnoticed.One Malaysian official opined that it reflected his confidence in Malaysia during the MH370 crisis.On Monday after the retreat, Lee m
April 10, 2014
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History can’t be denied
A shadow was cast over regional peace and stability last week when Japan’s chief cabinet secretary rejected Chinese President Xi Jinping’s remarks on Japan’s invasion of China and the Nanjing Massacre, says a Xinhua commentary.Adopting absurd rhetoric, Yoshihide Suga referred to Xi’s remark that “Japan’s war of aggression against China caused more than 35 million Chinese military and civilian casualties” as “extremely unconstructive.”Suga refused to recognise the number of the victims, saying th
April 10, 2014
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When truth will decide elections in India
Who will be elected the next leader of the world’s largest democracy and the oldest continuing civilization? Whoever it is, (he) will either be the fruit of our making good use of freedom gained since 1947, or bitter medicine for failing to do so. For such is this moment, phase and time in the life of this nation, in the making of a millennium that belongs to India.Whoever wins the election, and its consequences, would be the law of cause and effect in unerring work. As the seed is, so the fruit
April 10, 2014