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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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Local filmmakers criticize ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ monopoly of screens
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Will China's self-sufficient dream in HBM come true?
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Founder of Indonesia’s Salim Group dies at 97
JAKARTA (AFP) ― Liem Sioe Liong, who used his ties to former dictator Suharto to build a small peanut oil business into leading Indonesian conglomerate Salim Group, has died aged 97, his company said Tuesday.The Chinese-born tycoon, whose Indonesian name was Soedono Salim and whose group is now one of Asia’s biggest businesses, passed away in Singapore on Sunday, said a statement from Indofood, one of his companies.“The Soedono Salim that we know personally is a visionary, simple, humble, tenaci
June 13, 2012
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Documentary on elder Bush premieres on Maine coast
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) ― Former President George H.W. Bush says it’s a good thing his mother wasn’t around for the premiere of an HBO documentary about his life. Bush says his mom taught him to avoid talking about himself and the film “41” features Bush in his own words. It premiered Tuesday in Kennebunkport, Maine, near his summer home. Bush, who turned 88 on Tuesday, has spent at least part of every summer since childhood in Kennebunkport, except when he served as a naval aviator during Wo
June 13, 2012
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Ostrom, first woman winner of Noble economics prize, dies
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (AP) ― Elinor Ostrom, an Indiana University professor of political science and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics, died Tuesday at age 78. Ostrom died of cancer Tuesday morning at IU Health Bloomington Hospital, university spokesman Steve Hinnefeld said. He said the school was informed of Ostrom’s death by her longtime friend and colleague, Michael McGinnis, a professor of political science at IU. Ostrom shared the 2009 Nobel Prize for economics with Oliver Wi
June 13, 2012
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Al-Qaida releases new Libi video, after his death
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― A new video featuring al-Qaida’s number two Abu Yahya al-Libi, who the United States said was killed last week after a drone strike in Pakistan, was posted online Tuesday, monitoring services said.Both the SITE Monitoring Service and IntelCenter, which keep tabs on jihadi websites, said it was not clear when the video had been made.The US-based SITE said the video production date only indicated it had been produced by al-Qaida’s media arm As-Sahab some time after November 2011
June 13, 2012
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Coordinated bombs kill 56 during Iraq pilgrimage
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Coordinated car bombs in four Iraqi cities targeting Shiite pilgrims killed at least 56 people and wounded dozens more early on Wednesday in Iraq‘s latest wave of sectarian-fueled violence, officials said.The death toll was expected to rise in the attacks, which included car bombs that tore into Shiite religious processions at four different locations across Baghdad. It was the third attack in the capital this week targeting the annual pilgrimage commemorating the 8th century dea
June 13, 2012
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Suu Kyi departs on landmark European tour
YANGON (AFP) -- Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi left Myanmar Wednesday on her first trip to Europe since 1988 to formally accept the Nobel Peace Prize that thrust her into the global limelight two decades ago.Her visit marks a new milestone in the political changes that have swept the country formerly known as Burma since decades of military rule ended last year, bringing to power a new quasi-civilian government.“I would like to do my best for the interests of the people,” Suu Kyi told reporters
June 13, 2012
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Syria now in civil war, U.N. official says
U.S. fears Russia could be sending attack helicoptersDAMASCUS (AFP) ― Syria is now in a full-scale civil war, U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said, as the United States voiced fears the U.N. mission in the country may not survive once its mandate expires in July.World powers are groping to find a way to end the bloodshed in Syria with the toll growing daily despite a ceasefire that should have gone into effect from April 12, and amid reports of children being used as human shields.Asked wh
June 13, 2012
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China announces 23 arrests in U.S. gun scheme
BEIJING (AP) ― Chinese police on Tuesday announced the arrests of 23 people as part of a joint U.S.-Chinese investigation into a gun trafficking ring that smuggled dozens of firearms into the country.The arrests announced by the Ministry of Public Security follow the detention of three men in the United States last month in connection with the scheme. They included Joseph Debose of North Carolina, a staff sergeant in a U.S. National Guard special forces unit, along with two Chinese nationals.Deb
June 13, 2012
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Tiger in the house
Judith Kerr’s book about a tiger that eats all the food in a little girl’s house has turned into a reality.A huge tiger named Enzo is living with a family as their pet in Brakpan, South Africa. Michael Jamison and Jackie Smit brought nine-week-old Enzo into their home in 2011, but as he grows he now eats 11 pounds of meat a day.His life is the same as other pets: sharing the place with 14 other dogs, lying on the bed and sprawling on the sofa.“He is happy living with us -- but we have to remembe
June 13, 2012
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Ga. Tech professor under investigation over prostitution scandal
A prominent Georgia Tech professor has found himself amid a sex scandal after a suggestive e-mail he wrote was revealed to the public, WSB-TV reported Monday.In the e-mail about a trip to Thailand, Professor Michael Meyer made a specific reference to the Nana hotel situated next to Bangkok’s red light district, saying “I want to tell you the sex trade is unbelievable. Gorgeous women to stay the night with you for $30 to $40.”Georgia Tech’s legal office has requested an investigation into the iss
June 13, 2012
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Ethnic strife continues in western Myanmar city
SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) ― With residents cowering indoors, security forces patrolling a tense town in western Myanmar collected bodies Monday from homes burned to ashes in some of the country’s deadliest sectarian bloodshed in years.The conflict along ethnic and religious lines has left at least seven people dead and hundreds of homes torched since Friday and poses one the biggest tests yet for Myanmar’s new government as it tries to reform the nation after generations of military rule. The handlin
June 12, 2012
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Car carrying British envoy to Libya attacked
CAIRO (AP) ― A vehicle carrying Britain’s ambassador to Libya was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades Monday in Benghazi, days after a bomb went off just outside the U.S. consulate in the eastern city that was the cradle of last year’s uprising. Two of Ambassador Dominic Asquith’s bodyguards were injured in the attack. Britain’s Foreign Office said the ambassador was not hurt, but the Libyan state news agency reported he was one of two people lightly injured. “A convoy carrying the British a
June 12, 2012
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Up to 100 feared dead in Afghan earthquake
KABUL (AP) ― As many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. Rescuers have so far pulled two women’s bodies from the rubble of the landslide in Baghlan province, said provincial Gov. Abdul Majid. The U.N. confirmed one other death and said houses were destroyed across five districts. A massive landslide of mud and rocks buried houses so deep in the remote mountain village of Sayi Hazara that r
June 12, 2012
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U.S. leaves unsettled supply talks with Pakistan
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The U.S. team that tried for more than a month to negotiate a reopening of blocked Pakistani supply routes into Afghanistan is coming home without an agreement, U.S. officials said Monday. Both sides indicated they remain open to making a deal, but the departure of the U.S. negotiators appeared to signal that the Americans see little prospect of a breakthrough any time soon. Adding to the appearance of an impasse was the Pakistanis’ refusal to grant a visiting Pentagon official
June 12, 2012
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U.S. accuses Syria of new tactics, fears massacre
BEIRUT (AP) ― The United States accused the Syrian government of using “new horrific tactics” Monday, as U.N. observers reported Syrian helicopters were firing on rebellious areas and concerns mounted that civilians were trapped in besieged cities. Violence in Syria has spiked in recent weeks, as both sides ignore an internationally brokered cease-fire that was supposed to go into effect April 12 but never took hold. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland expressed concern about reports th
June 12, 2012
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Russian police search apartments of protest leaders
MOSCOW (AP) ― Russian investigators have searched the apartments of several protest leaders and called them in for questioning Tuesday, making it difficult if not impossible for them to lead a mass demonstration against President Vladimir Putin planned for the June 12 national holiday. It was a sudden escalation in pressure on the opposition, but tensions already were running high. Putin has taken a harder line against the opposition since returning to the presidency in May, seemingly no longer
June 12, 2012
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Chavez rallies thousands to launch re-election bid
CARACAS (AP) ― President Hugo Chavez rallied tens of thousands of supporters on Monday, wearing his signature red beret and singing a folk song as he formalized his presidential candidacy and launched his re-election bid. Chavez waved and blew kisses to crowds as he rode atop a truck to the country’s elections office, then picked up a document registering as a candidate. Afterward, he stepped onto a stage and energetically sang along with a band to a traditional tune from the rural plains where
June 12, 2012
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U.S. Commerce Secretary to take leave after car accidents
U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson Monday took medical leave, after he was found unconscious following two mysterious hit-and-run car accidents, possibly caused by a seizure, the White House said.Bryson, 68, is under investigation over two incidents in California on Saturday, where he was traveling privately without his security detail. Authorities say neither alcohol nor drugs are suspected.Pres
June 12, 2012
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Lady Gaga puts cockroaches on her head
Lady Gaga has ordered her designer to produce a new outfit -- a hat filled with cockroaches.Since learning of a study that proves the insects respond to her songs more than other artists, Gaga has become more interested in them.According to a source, Gaga has been looking for something more shocking than her meat dress. “She dubbed cockroaches ‘My real life monsters’ after hearing of the recent study,” the source said. “Now she wants to incorporate them in a headpiece by having them crawling aro
June 12, 2012
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Woman forced to drop pants on subway train after giant rat runs up her trouser leg
A woman had to drop her pants in front of everyone in a New York subway train during a morning rush hour after a big rat ran up her trouser leg, news reports said Tuesday.The 40-year-old Ana Vargas was sitting in the train at 7:50 am as it approached New York's Columbus Circle station when the incident occurred.“I had to pull my pants down in front of everyone on the train,” Vargas said.Then, thr
June 12, 2012