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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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‘Caged’ Hosni Mubarak denies all charges
Sight of former dictator lying helpless in bed stuns Middle EastCAIRO (AP) ― From a bed inside the defendants’ cage, an ashen-faced Hosni Mubarak showed a glimmer of his old defiance. Egypt’s former president wagged his finger in the air and denied all charges against him Wednesday as he went on tri
World NewsAug. 4, 2011
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Moon may have had a little sister
WASHINGTON (AP) ― In a spectacle that might have beguiled poets, lovers and songwriters if only they had been around to see it, Earth once had two moons, astronomers now think. But the smaller one smashed into the other in what is being called the “big splat.”The result: Our planet was left with a s
World NewsAug. 4, 2011
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U.N. condemns Syrian attacks on civilians
Security Council expresses regrets on lack of reformsUNITED NATIONS (AP) ― After months of deadlock, the U.N. Security Council finally responded to the escalating violence in Syria on Wednesday, condemning President Bashar Assad’s forces for attacking civilians and committing human rights violations
World NewsAug. 4, 2011
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300 kilograms of coins trouble a car deal in China
A flour wholesaler surnamed Wang in the city of Xianyang in Northwest China used a van to transport the seven sacks of coins, which he had amassed through flour sales to business clients including steamed bread shops and noodle manufacturers. The coins, weighing 300 kilograms, worth altogether
World NewsAug. 4, 2011
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Australian teenager safe after 'bomb' drama
SYDNEY (AFP) -- Australian bomb squad officers Wednesday safely removed a teenager from a "suspicious device" media reports said had been strapped around her neck, ending a 10-hour drama.Police officers, some wearing protective equipment, gather near the home of 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver in
Aug. 4, 2011
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Philippine police held over chilli torture video
MANILA (AFP) -- Eight Philippine police officers have been detained for allegedly force-feeding trainees with chillies and rubbing the pungent red fruit on the victims' genitals, officials said Wednesday.The detained men face possible charges of grave misconduct after video footage of the incid
World NewsAug. 3, 2011
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Hong Kong professionals form anti-slavery club
Hong Kong entrepreneur Ken Law runs a successful information technology business, but the bespectacled 35-year-old now has a second job ― anti-slavery activist.Law is one of dozens of Hong Kong professionals ― lawyers, bankers and IT experts ― who have formed the Mekong Club, a group dedicated to wa
World NewsAug. 3, 2011
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Culinary connoisseurs crave kimchi crocks
Americans becoming aware of health benefits of Korea’s traditionally fermented foodsSAN FRANCISCO (Yonhap News) ― Several non-Korean cookbooks have introduced millions of Americans to the basic techniques of making kimchi in recent years, but the trick is as much in the fermentation ― a process that
World NewsAug. 3, 2011
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In Mubarak trial, Egypt sees chance at retribution
CAIRO (AP) ― Hosni Mubarak, 83 years old and ailing, goes on trial Wednesday on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the 18-day uprising that toppled him, and many Egyptians are celebrating the chance at retribution against a longtime authoritarian ruler.But they also
World NewsAug. 3, 2011
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China boosts security in western region
World NewsAug. 3, 2011
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U.S. says it will ease limits on aid to Somalia
World NewsAug. 3, 2011
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Syrian forces hit again, U.S. seeks sanctions
World NewsAug. 3, 2011
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Chinese troubled by chopstick pickpockets
Pickpockets in China are snatching valuables with chopsticks or long tweezers, the Huffington Post reported.Earlier, Shanghaiist and MSNBC posted video clips showing thieves snatching valuables such as wallet and cell phones out of their unwitting victims’ pockets with eating utensils in China.The s
World NewsAug. 3, 2011
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Desperate, sick Indonesians use railroad 'therapy'
JAKARTA (AP) -- Ignoring the red-and-white danger sign, Sri Mulyati walks slowly to the train tracks outside Indonesia's bustling capital, lies down and stretches her body across the rails.Villagers lie on a railway track for an electricty therapy in Rawa Buaya, Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP-Yonhap
World NewsAug. 3, 2011
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Obama pivots to new string of problems
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama dodged a debt-ceiling fiasco Tuesday. He reacted with a wiped brow more than a victory lap, and with good reason.As Republicans gradually weigh a potential challenger, Obama's re-election bid faces daunting problems: high unemployment, a limping economy
World BusinessAug. 3, 2011
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Norway gunman wants Japanese psychiatrist: lawyer
OSLO (AFP) -- The man behind the deadly twin attacks in Norway on July 22 wants a Japanese psychiatrist to carry out his psychological evaluation, his lawyer was quoted as saying Tuesday. "My client has expressed a wish for a Japanese expert. This wish has to do with the concept of honour. He believ
World NewsAug. 3, 2011
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Moody's backs U.S. triple-A rating; outlook negative
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday that the United States will retain its triple-A bond rating following passage of legislation to boost the debt ceiling. But the agency put a “negative” outlook on the rating, raising the specter of a future downgrade.Moody's said in a stateme
World BusinessAug. 3, 2011
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Senate passes bill to prevent US default
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The U.S. avoided a feared and catastrophic default on the American debt, as lawmakers on Tuesday passed a measure that ties an agreement to raise the government's capacity to borrow to steep cuts in government spending.The Senate passed the measure Tuesday, a day after it passed th
World BusinessAug. 3, 2011
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UK police arrest man over hacking allegations
LONDON (AP) -- Police investigating phone hacking and police bribery at defunct British tabloid News of the World on Tuesday arrested a man, believed to be a former executive at the newspaper.The Metropolitan Police said a 71-year-old man had been arrested by appointment Tuesday morning at a Lo
World NewsAug. 2, 2011
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Shooting victim Giffords returns for U.S. debt vote
World NewsAug. 2, 2011