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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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Is this the most romantic wedding proposal ever?
Flowers and proposals often go together, but a man from Boston has taken the combination to a new level. Early this month, Jack Cushley proposed to his girlfriend Teresa Elsey by arranging a flashmob; he had dozens of strangers present Elsey with a single flower as the couple made their way to the Institute of Contemporary Art, the location of their first date. The couple first met up and strolled along Boston’s waterfront near the museum. There, Elsey was presented with the pink and white bloom
World NewsAug. 16, 2012
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Italian soccer giant scouts Scottish school girl
A 10-year-old school girl has been scouted by AC Milan, one of the best soccer clubs in the world.According to news reports, Aisha Saini from Scotland was encouraged to join AC Milan’s European football academy annual tournament by AC Milan scouts after playing in a tournament arranged by AC Milan in Murcia, Spain.Saini’s parents had no idea that the club’s staff were watching the games.“I couldn’t believe it when it turned out scouts from AC Milan were watching,” Saini’s father said. “The scout
World NewsAug. 16, 2012
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Woman arrested in van ramming
This image is not directly related to the story. (123rf) Police in Florida said a woman rammed her boyfriend‘s van with her truck because she was angry at him for looking at another woman’s behind. The Alachua County Sheriff‘s Office said Deborah Slaton, 45, of Hawthorne, was at a game room around 9 p.m.
World NewsAug. 16, 2012
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Japan arrests 14 pro-China activists over island landing
Japan arrested 14 people after pro-China activists landed Wednesday on an island at the centre of a bitter territorial row in an episode that threatens to further destabilise fractious ties.The group -- some of whom made it to shore -- had sailed from Hong Kong on Sunday to the archipelago, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, with the intention of planting a Chinese flag.Prime Minister
World NewsAug. 16, 2012
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Eleven found dead in Kazakh national park
Police found three more bodies in a national park in Kazakhstan Tuesday, bringing to 11 the number of people found slain in the area.Eight bodies were discovered Monday, RIA Novosti reported.Those bodies bore stab wounds.All of the remains were found near the Aksai gorge in southeastern Kazakhstan in an area used by local forest rangers.Five of the bodies have been identified. Police gave no detai
World NewsAug. 16, 2012
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Suicide bombs kill 46 across Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) ― Suicide bombers launched multiple attacks in a remote corner of southwestern Afghanistan near the Iranian border Tuesday, killing dozens of people including shoppers buying sweets for a Muslim holiday and leaving charred and smoldering bits of cookies and dried fruit among the bodies on the ground. A separate market bombing, this one in northern Afghanistan, brought the overall death toll to 46, most of whom were civilians. It was the deadliest day for Afghan civilians this year.The
World NewsAug. 15, 2012
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France boosts security after riots
AMIENS, France (AP) ― Months of tension between police and young people in a troubled district of northern France exploded on Tuesday, with dozens of youths facing off against riot officers in a night of violence. Seventeen officers were injured, a pre-school and public gym were torched, and at least three passing drivers in Amiens were dragged from their cars.The immediate cause of the riots was unclear, but a standoff between police and people attending a memorial for a young man who died in a
World NewsAug. 15, 2012
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Japanese cabinet minister visits Yasukuni Shrine
TOKYO (AFP) ― Japanese cabinet minister Jin Matsubara on Wednesday visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, seen by neighboring nations as a symbol of the country’s militaristic past.Matsubara went to the shrine, where 2.5 million war dead ― including 14 leading Japanese war criminals from World War II ― are honored on the 67th anniversary of Japan’s surrender, an AFP photographer saw.“This is a private visit to this shrine,” the minister told Japanese reporters, according to Jiji Pre
World NewsAug. 15, 2012
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Asian economies most at risk from natural disasters
PARIS (AFP) ― Asian countries dominate a league table of economies most at risk from earthquakes, floods, storms and other natural hazards, according to research published on Wednesday.In an assessment of 197 countries, British risk consultancy Maplecroft said six Asian countries were among the 10 countries whose economies were most vulnerable to catastrophes.The list is headed by Bangladesh and the Philippines, which along with Myanmar are considered to be at “extreme” risk.Only one other count
World BusinessAug. 15, 2012
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Greece holds biggest debt sale in 2 years
ATHENS (AP) ― Greece held its biggest debt sale since its economy imploded two years ago as it raised 4.06 billion euros ($5.01 billion) in a short-term debt to pay off a bond due next week.Athens will now avoid having to ask for emergency funding to pay off a 3.2 billion euros ($3.9 billion) bond that matures Aug. 20 and is held by the European Central Bank.However, the debt-crippled country saw its borrowing costs rise, while demand for the 13-week treasury bills was much lower than in last mo
World BusinessAug. 15, 2012
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Europe on the edge of recession
European Union’s GDP shrinks 0.2 percent in second quarterLONDON (AP) ― Europe is edging closer to recession, dragged down by the crippling debt problems of the 17 countries that use the euro, official figures showed Tuesday.Eurostat, Europe’s statistics agency, revealed that the economies of both the eurozone and the European Union, which has 27 countries, shrank by a quarterly rate of 0.2 percent in the second quarter of the year. In the first quarter, output for both regions was flat. A reces
World BusinessAug. 15, 2012
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BBC’s Thompson named New York Times CEO
NEW YORK (AFP) ― The New York Times backed up its push for a digital future Tuesday by naming Mark Thompson, the outgoing director general of the BBC, as the paper’s new president and chief executive.The Times issued a statement saying: “BBC Director-General Mark Thompson will become its next president and CEO. He will also become a member of the company’s board of directors.”Thompson, 55, will start work in November.The Times, which is America’s most prestigious newspaper as well as a growing o
World NewsAug. 15, 2012
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China says Japan should respect victims of wartime 'aggression'
China on Wednesday said Japan should respect victims of its imperial aggression after two of the country's cabinet ministers visited a war shrine, on the anniversary of Tokyo's World War II surrender.China's foreign ministry said a key issue was "whether Japan can acknowledge and treat the history of imperial aggression in the right way, whether it can respect the feelings of victims in Asian coun
World NewsAug. 15, 2012
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Japanese cabinet member visits shrine honoring war dead
A member of Japan's cabinet paid a visit to a Tokyo shrine honoring the country's war dead, including class-A criminals, on Wednesday in a move expected to anger South Korea and other Asian neighbors.Jin Matsubara, a chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, is the first Japanese cabinet member to visit the Yasukuni Shrine since the Democratic Party of Japan rose to power in September 200
World NewsAug. 15, 2012
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Lee presses Japan to resolve 'comfort women' issue
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak pressed Japan to take sincere steps to resolve long-running grievances over Tokyo's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, saying the act was a violation of "universal human rights and historic justice."Lee made the remarks during a Liberation Day address marking Korea's independence from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule, as tensions between the two countries
World NewsAug. 15, 2012
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Standard Chartered fined $340m over Iran deals
Standard Chartered on Tuesday settled allegations that it helped Iranian clients dodge U.S. sanctions, announcing a fine of $340 million from a New York banking watchdog.The "civil penalty" came amid allegations that the London-based bank hid 60,000 transactions with proscribed Iranian clients worth $250 billion over ten years.The clients included the state-backed Central Bank of Iran and the Nati
World BusinessAug. 15, 2012
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Syria fighting intensifies after rebels claim jet downing
ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) -- Fighting intensified in Syria‘s two main cities on Tuesday after rebels claimed they downed a government fighter jet and captured its pilot in what would be a major coup for the opposition.With Bashar al-Assad’s embattled regime facing mounting diplomatic pressure, a top presidential aide was to hold talks in China, which has called for an immediate ceasefire and political dialogue to end the brutal 17-month conflict.China and Russia are deeply at odds with the West over h
World NewsAug. 14, 2012
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Officer, gunman among 3 killed in Texas shootings
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) ― A Texas law enforcement officer attacked as he brought an eviction notice to a house Monday was among three people, including a shooter inside the home, killed Monday near a Texas university.A 65-year-old man also died, while three other law enforcement officers and a 55-year-old woman were wounded, in the shootings at an off-campus home not far from the Texas A&M University’s football stadium, College Station Assistant Police Chief Scott McCollum said.Brazos County
World NewsAug. 14, 2012
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Obama, Ryan on collision course in Midwest
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AFP) ― President Barack Obama took aim at his Republican rival’s newly-announced running mate Monday, accusing Paul Ryan of blocking help for farmers during a swing through drought-stricken Iowa.Obama launched a three-day campaign bus tour of a key swing state that nurtured his White House dream four years ago, as Ryan ― Mitt Romney’s pick for vice president ― tried to spoil the president’s political homecoming.But Ryan swiped back as his own coming out party also hit Iowa,
World NewsAug. 14, 2012
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Merkel returns to crisis as bond buying remains
German Chancellor Angela Merkel returns to the front line of the European debt crisis this week as the bloc’s leaders squabble over measures including bond purchases to relieve concerns the single currency may fragment. Merkel ends her summer vacation to oversee a Cabinet meeting Aug. 15 before departing for Canada and talks with Prime Minister Stephen Harper as the spiraling crisis threatens the global economy. With policy makers awaiting a German high court decision on bailout funding next mon
World BusinessAug. 14, 2012