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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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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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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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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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ICC elects Gambian as chief prosecutor
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― International Criminal Court member states on Monday unanimously elected Fatou Bensouda of Gambia as the new chief prosecutor for the main genocide and war crimes tribunal.The post has become more prominent with the growth of international criminal justice over the past decade and Bensouda vowed to keep up pressure on leaders who order killings and violate rights.Bensouda, a former justice minister in Gambia, is currently the ICC deputy prosecutor. She will take over next
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Tunisia elects rights activist as president
TUNIS (AP) ― Tunisia’s new assembly chose a veteran rights activist Monday as the country’s first democratically elected president.Moncef Marzouki of the Congress for the Republic Party on Monday became interim president with 153 out of 217 votes in the assembly, with three voting against, two abstentions and 44 blank ballots cast as a protest vote by some members.“It is the greatest honor that anyone could dream of being elected by two thirds of the vote,” he said after the election that was fo
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Libyans protest against interim government
Benghazi, formerly frontline against Gadhafi, now demonstrates against country’s new rulersBENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) ― Libya’s new rulers came under fire from disgruntled protesters for the first time Monday as hundreds rallied in Benghazi, cradle of the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi and brought them to power.Faced with angry calls from crowds demanding that National Transitional Council chief Musfata Abdul-Jalil quit, the ruling body decided to make the eastern city the future “economic ca
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Japan lawmaker eyes base on disputed islands
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Japan should consider building a military base on islands disputed with China to counter Beijing’s rising assertiveness, a leader of Japan’s opposition said Monday on a visit to the United States.Nobuteru Ishihara, sometimes seen as a future prime minister if his Liberal Democratic Party returns to power, said that Japan should also look more broadly at stepping up defense spending in the face of a rising China.Asia’s two largest economic powers dispute control of a set of uni
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Putin’s newest challenger: rich playboy
MOSCOW (AP) ― After a week of surprising challenges to his authority, Vladimir Putin faces a new one from one of Russia’s richest and most glamorous figures: The billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets says he will run against him in March’s presidential election.The announcement Monday by Mikhail Prokhorov underlines the extent of the discontent with Putin, who has dominated Russian politics for a dozen years ― first as president, then as prime minister.It comes on the heels of Saturday’s unpr
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Canada becomes 1st to pull out of Kyoto Protocol
Ottawa: Climate deal that doesn’t cover U.S. and China will not workTORONTO (AP) ― Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change Monday, saying the accord won’t help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country.Environment Minister Peter Kent said that Canada is invoking its legal right to withdraw and said Kyoto doesn’t represent the way forward for Canada or the world.Canada, joined by Japan
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Saudi woman beheaded for 'sorcery'
A Saudi woman was beheaded Monday after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is banned in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said.Amina bint Abdulhalim Nassar was executed in the northern province of Jawf for "practising witchcraft and sorcery," the ministry said in a stat
Dec. 13, 2011
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Fish may have started walking underwater: study
TechnologyDec. 13, 2011
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Chinese media say 15 killed in school bus crash
BEIJING (AP) _ Chinese state media say a school bus belonging to a primary school has overturned, killing at least 15 students, despite a recent government pledge to improve school safety after an earlier crash of a school van. The official Xinhua News Agency did not give the ages of the victims
PodcastDec. 13, 2011
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Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol
TORONTO (AP) _ Canada's environment minister said Monday his country is pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.Peter Kent said that Canada is invoking its legal right to withdraw and said Kyoto doesn't represent the way forward for Canada or the world.Canada, joined by Japan and Russia,
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Australian firms in major coal merger
SYDNEY (AFP) ― Australian miners Aston Resources and Whitehaven Coal announced they will merge to form the nation’s largest listed independent coal company, worth AU$5.10 billion ($5.18 billion).Under the deal, valued at AU$3 billion, Aston shareholders will receive 1.89 Whitehaven shares per Aston share, and majority owner Tinkler Group said it intended to vote in favour of the merger.Billionaire mining magnate and Aston chairman Nathan Tinkler recommended shareholders approve the deal, which h
World BusinessDec. 12, 2011
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Qantas pushes on with Asian premium airline plan
SYDNEY (AFP) -- Qantas chief Alan Joyce Monday said he was pushing ahead with plans for a joint-venture premium airline in Asia while insisting damage to the brand from grounding the fleet was only “temporary.”Uncertainty over global economic conditions and volatile fuel prices have sparked reports that the airline was ready to shelve plans for an Asian carrier as part of its strategy to refocus on the fast-growing region.But Joyce said talks were ongoing, with Kuala Lumpur or Singapore seen as
World BusinessDec. 12, 2011
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Toyota threatened in U.S. by Camry competition
Toyota Motor Corp. was already counting on the revamped Camry to spark a U.S. sales rally. The carmaker’s flagship model is now under additional pressure as a stronger currency and Thailand’s floods cut into profit. The company reduced its earnings forecast last week by more than 50 percent for the year ending in March, blaming a slump in production after Thailand’s worst floods in almost 70 years. The 2012 Camry was released in October with a goal of boosting sales hurt by Japan’s earthquake an
World BusinessDec. 12, 2011
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Iran urges OPEC to adjust output
TEHRAN (AFP) ― Iran’s oil minister on Sunday renewed calls for OPEC members Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to ease back their above-quota production as Libyan oil flows back into the market.“Today, supply and demand in the market is balanced and Iran’s policy is to keep OPEC member states from raising production,” Rostam Qasemi said on the oil ministry’s website ahead of a meeting by the cartel on Wednesday.Iran also wishes to see an “end (to) some countries’ extra production which started when Libya e
World BusinessDec. 12, 2011
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Luxury spending soars in China’s small cities
CHENGDU, China (AFP) ― Flashing bright green contact lenses and fake eyelashes, Li Xingyi struts through a shopping centre in southwest China clutching a Louis Vuitton bag and wearing a red fur coat.The 25-year-old entrepreneur is one of a growing number of Chinese living outside the booming metropolises of Beijing and Shanghai who can afford to splash out on expensive designer brands and luxury products.“I liked it, I could afford it, so I just bought it,” Li told AFP, pointing to her Louis Vui
World BusinessDec. 12, 2011
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Korean credit card companies get personal
There are 122 million cards in the country, translating to about 4.8 cards per worker or 2.5 per citizenIn Korea, if the only reward you receive from your credit card is air mileage, then you are seriously behind the times. The card market here is replete with some of the most idiosyncratic cards imaginable, and consumers of all stripes are benefiting.For example, a family preparing to welcome a new addition might just be enticed by the With Baby card from Hana SK Card. It gives discounts on
World NewsDec. 12, 2011
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Taliban spokesman denies peace talks
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ― A Pakistani Taliban spokesman denied Sunday an earlier announcement by the militant group’s deputy chief that it was holding peace talks with the government.The conflicting claims are a clear sign of splits within the movement, which could make it harder for Islamabad to strike a deal to end the violent insurgency gripping the country. At the same time, the cracks could make it easier to suppress the insurgency militarily.The Pakistani government, meanwhile, said the U.
World NewsDec. 12, 2011
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Mexico finds tunnel at northern border
MEXICO CITY (AP) ― The Mexican army says it has found a 50-meter long tunnel starting under a building in the northern city of Nogales, which is across the border from Nogales, Arizona.The Defense Department says the tunnel two meters under the surface may have been used to cross the border into the United States. However, the department’s statement Sunday does not say whether the tunnel actually reaches into U.S. territory or whether any entrance on the U.S. side has been found.Such tunnels fou
World NewsDec. 12, 2011
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Ivory Coast legislative polls see low turnout
ABIDJAN (AP) ― Ivory Coast’s second national poll in 11 years drew little voter interest, a stark contrast to last year’s massive presidential election which later sent the West African nation spiraling into violence.The parliamentary election, the first the country has had since 2000, saw voters trickling into polling stations in the commercial capital, the scene of months of violence after the former strongman refused to accept his loss in last year’s poll.Some 1,100 candidates vied for 255 le
World NewsDec. 12, 2011
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Libyan militia, army clash near airport
TRIPOLI (AP) ― Revolutionary fighters clashed with national army troops near Tripoli’s airport, leaving one person dead, officials said Sunday. The violence reflects the difficulties Libya’s new leaders face as they try to stamp their authority on the disparate militias that overthrew Moammar Gadhafi.Army spokesman Sgt. Abdel-Razik el-Shibahy said fighters from the western mountain town of Zintan, who control Tripoli’s international airport, opened fire on two occasions on Saturday on the convoy
World NewsDec. 12, 2011