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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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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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China vows crackdown on leaders of village revolt
BEIJING (AP) ― China’s government has vowed to crack down on the leaders of a revolt in a southern village and investigate local officials over land seizures at the heart of the residents’ unhappiness.China News Agency says the acting mayor of Shanwei city told reporters Wednesday that strong measures would be taken against villagers in Wukan who instigated others to create trouble and damage public property.Thursday’s report also says the mayor promised to investigate village officials for wron
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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Papua New Guinea in political deadlock
PORT MORESBY (AP) ― Papua New Guinea politics were deadlocked Thursday, with two men claiming to be prime minister, two governments saying they hold power, rival police chiefs maintaining the peace ― and no one sure who actually was in charge.The power struggle in the most populous South Pacific island nation has exasperated the public and prompted union leaders to call on both men claiming to be prime minister to find a solution before the situation worsens.The country’s Supreme Court and Gover
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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U.S. defense chief vows to continue intelligence operations in Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) ― U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday the U.S. will continue to conduct intelligence operations from Afghanistan like the recent mission that led to the loss of a drone over Iran, and he gave an upbeat assessment of the unpopular war.Standing with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Panetta provided a cryptic response to questions about the lost drone, which has exposed details of the little-known U.S. intelligence and surveillance efforts aimed at Iran.But the Pentagon chie
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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U.N. urges world to take action on Syria
Ban: Act ‘in the name of humanity’; U.S. says Assad regime is ‘dead man walking’DAMASCUS (AFP) ― U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon urged world powers on Wednesday to act “in the name of humanity” against Syria’s crackdown on dissent, as a U.S. official likened the Damascus regime to a “dead man walking.”Activists said Syrian forces killed another 21 civilians on a day when the U.S. State Department’s special coordinator on Middle East affairs Frederic Hof told U.S. lawmakers that “change is surely coming
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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1 in 4 U.S. women faces severe violence
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) ― One in four U.S. women say they have been hit hard, kicked or otherwise violently attacked by their intimate partners, according to a government survey released Wednesday that offers startling findings about domestic violence.The new national look at how many women say they’ve been abused offers some numbers that are higher than previous reports.One expert called the report’s estimate on rape and attempted rape “extremely high” ― with one in five women saying they were vi
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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After deadly rampage, Belgian city asks, ‘Why?’
LIEGE, Belgium (AP) ― A card at a memorial to the victims asked the question haunting all of Belgium: “Why?”Why did Nordine Amrani, a 33-year-old with a history of lawbreaking, sweep into this city’s holiday shopping center to unleash a grenade-and-gun rampage that killed three people and wounded 123 others? Why did he then kill himself?Deepening the mystery, police announced Wednesday that another body had been found, that of a 45-year-old woman, in a shed where Amrani grew cannabis close to hi
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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Obama can’t say it enough: Iraq war over
U.S. president relishes end of war he never supportedWASHINGTON (AP) -- Over and over, the Iraq war is over.President Barack Obama, who opposed the war all the way to the White House, can’t remind people enough that he is the one ending it and getting every last soldier home.He is not just the commander in chief intent on lauding the valor of the military. He is a president seeking re-election and soaking up every chance to make a promise kept.On Wednesday at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, a post
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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Obama daughters not on Facebook
President Barack Obama with first lady Michelle Obama, left, and their daughters Sasha and Malia, right, walk from the White House in Washington to attend a Sunday service at nearby St. John's Church, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AP) _ Don't expect to find the president's daugh
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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Bootleg liquor kills 143 people in eastern India
SANGRAMPUR, India (AP) _ Bootleg liquor containing toxic methanol killed 143 people and sickened dozens more who drank the cheap, illicit brew bought at small shops in eastern India, officials said Thursday. Police arrested 10 suspected bootleggers.Emergency medical teams rushed to the village outsi
PodcastDec. 15, 2011
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Japanese farmer is French chefs’ secret
CHAPET, France (AFP) ― Not a trace of bitterness from the spinach leaf’s tip to its light, fragrant stem. Top chef Eric Briffard wouldn’t dream of cooking these crisp shoots, sourced for a small fortune from his treasured Japanese vegetable farmer.Asafumi Yamashita, a former boxer and semi-professional golf player, lives half a world away from his native Japan, near Les Mureaux in Paris’ far western suburbs, where he used to tend bonsai trees for a living.Until one day he was robbed and decided
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Korean-American entrepreneur discovers possibilities for Korean cuisine in N.Y.
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) ― When popular online dining and drinking site Eater.com announced its search for the “Greatest Burger in America” in April, few expected the winning burger would be infused with a traditional Korean dish. The “bibimbap burger,” created by Korean-American entrepreneur Bobby Kwak, is a hamburger topped with ingredients from the popular Korean dish “bibimbap,” vegetables and meat mixed with steamed rice and hot pepper sauce.The bibimbap burger was quietly nominated as a cont
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Laws to help abused women in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) ― Azim Mai’s husband allegedly threw acid in her face last year after she refused to sell their two boys to a man in Dubai to use as camel racers. The 35-year-old mother of five can no longer find work as a maid because her deeply scarred face scares potential employers.Acid burnings are among the most horrific crimes against women in Pakistan that are now criminalized in a landmark set of laws passed by the parliament. They stand to protect millions of women from common forms of
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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NATO says U.S.-Pakistan tie improving
Top commander sees progress toward end of communication blackout; Panetta visits AfghanistanKABUL (AP) ― Voicing cautious optimism, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan said Tuesday that he’s seeing signs of a possible lifting of Pakistan’s communications blackout imposed on the U.S.-led coalition after NATO airstrikes killed two dozen Pakistani forces last month.Marine Gen. John Allen revealed for the first time that he spoke on the phone Monday with Pakistan army chief Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kaya
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Belgium rampage; 5 dead, 122 wounded
Assault on Christmas shoppers kills 2 boys, an old woman, and a baby; no one knows whyLIEGE, Belgium (AP) ― Summoned for questioning by Belgian police, a man with a history of weapons and drug offenses left home armed with hand grenades, a revolver and an assault rifle. Stopping at a central square filled with holiday shoppers, he lobbed three grenades into the crowd, then opened fire.Four people were killed, including an 18-month-old toddler, and 122 were wounded in the assault Tuesday that br
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Pakistani police uncover chained rehab patients
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) _ Pakistani police discovered drug addicts held in chains at an Islamic seminary that offered rehabilitation services, and said Tuesday that young children were also sometimes shackled at the institution.The parents of around 60 young men at the seminary in the southern port c
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Attack in Belgian city leaves 5 dead, 122 wounded
LIEGE, Belgium (AP) _ A man armed with grenades and an assault rifle attacked holiday shoppers Tuesday at a central square in the Belgian city of Liege. Five people died, including the attacker, and 122 others were wounded, officials said.Police officers guard the street, following a grenade attack
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Obama calls on Iran to give back downed U.S. drone
The Obama administration has delivered a formal request to Iran for the return of a U.S. surveillance drone captured by Iranian armed forces, but said it is not hopeful that Iran will comply.President Barack Obama said Monday that the U.S. wants the top-secret aircraft back.“We have asked for it bac
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Global smartphone market gains another player
Already big in Japan, Panasonic has announced that it plans to take on the world’s smartphone manufacturers and make the leap into the European market.And over the longer term, the Japanese electronics giant intends to use Europe as a stepping stone to a larger slice of the global market.“With the mobile phone market rapidly shifting to smartphone usage worldwide and a steady growth expected particularly overseas, Panasonic aims to tap into this growth with its first global model smartphone for
World BusinessDec. 13, 2011
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‘Cayenne crisis’ hurts BMW as much as Porsche while Spain sales dry up
Roberto Murga, a construction manager from Barcelona, loved his platinum gray Porsche Cayenne until the debt crisis made the sport-utility vehicle’s leather interior and electronic seats expendable. The 66,370-euro ($88,800) status symbol is now unnecessary ballast for Murga, 33, who like other Spaniards has been forced to cut spending because of the country’s weakening economy. Car demand, which has halved since peaking in 2007, probably won’t recover this decade, analysts predict. “I can’t spl
World BusinessDec. 13, 2011
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Corzine and 2 other MF Global execs to testify
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jon Corzine is expected Tuesday to once again distance himself from an estimated $1.2 billion in customer money that vanished when MF Global collapsed this fall.This time, Corzine will have company.Bradley Abelow, MF Global‘s president and chief operating officer, and Henri Steenkamp, the chief financial officer, are also scheduled to testify to the Senate Agriculture Committee.All three say they don’t know where the money is, according to prepared remarks and Corzine‘s previou
World BusinessDec. 13, 2011