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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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What is Hybe’s next move?
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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[Herald Interview] Mom’s Touch seeks to replicate success in Japan
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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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'Queen of Tears' finale sets record viewership ratings as tvN's most-watched series ending
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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[News Focus] Lee tells Yoon that he has governed without political dialogue
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Seoul to deploy more military doctors to fill med prof void
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U.S. gunman shot victims execution-style: police
OAKLAND, California (AFP) ― A Korean-American former student accused of killing seven people at a private Christian college in California lined up his victims and shot them execution-style, police said Tuesday.The 43-year-old planned the killings after being expelled from the college near San Francisco, was “upset” at staff and other students and had displayed “no remorse,” a senior officer said.Police were holding the suspect in the fatal shootings that took place Monday at Oikos University in
April 4, 2012
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Typhoon-strength storm kills two in Japan, brings chaos
A typhoon-strength storm brought travel chaos to Japan on Tuesday, as violent winds and rain killed at least two people and left tens of thousands of people stranded.Gusts of up to 150 kilometres (93 miles) per hour have been recorded in western Japan, with coastal areas likely seeing even stronger winds, Japan's weather agency said.At least 163 people suffered injuries across the country, knocked
April 4, 2012
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Romney wins Wisconsin in primary hat-trick: media
Republican Mitt Romney notched a huge presidential primary triple win Tuesday, strengthening an already compelling case that he is the presumptive nominee in the battle for the White House. U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. (AFP-Yonhap News)Romney thumped his main rival Rick Santorum in Maryland and the US capital Washington, and was expected to win a tighter but more important r
April 4, 2012
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Woman, 80, lands plane on low fuel; husband dies
An 80-year-old woman with little flying experience knew her husband had died after he fell unconscious at the controls of a small plane, yet she remained calm as she landed the aircraft at a northeastern Wisconsin airport, her son said Tuesday.In a phone interview with The Associated Press, James Collins said he’s also a pilot and he helped his mother Helen Collins via radio as the Cessna twin-eng
April 4, 2012
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Romney wins Maryland Republican primary: US media
Mitt Romney won Tuesday's Republican presidential primary in Maryland, US media projected, as he hoped for a clean sweep in three contests aiming to consolidate his frontrunner status.CNN, MSNBC and Fox television channels all called the vote for Romney just as the Maryland polls closed. Results from the US capital Washington and Wisconsin were not yet known as Romney bids for his party's nod to t
April 4, 2012
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In group lottery wins splitting the spoils tough
Every once in a while a lottery jackpot becomes so huge that people can't help but band together in the hope of increasing their odds, pooling their money for a wad of tickets and promising to evenly split the spoils. Seems like a good idea until lightning strikes and the group wins.Then the future involves not only luxury, but also lawsuits. Numerous group winners have been sued by people claimin
April 4, 2012
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Man kills 7 at U.S. Christian college
OAKLAND, California (AP) ― A 43-year-old former student of a small Christian university in California opened fire at the school, killing at least seven people and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping center, authorities said. Police Chief Howard Jordan said One L. Goh surrendered about an hour after the shooting at Oikos University, which serves the Korean community. Jordan initially reported that authorities recovered the weapon used during th
April 3, 2012
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Small plane crashes into shopping center
DELAND, Florida (AP) ― A small plane crashed into a central Florida shopping center Monday evening, authorities said, and reports indicated at least five people had been injured.Several people at the shopping center called emergency services around 7:20 p.m. to report the crash, sheriffs said. The callers described seeing the plane sputter, then hit the building and burst into flames at the shopping center located not far from Deland’s municipal airport.The sheriff’s office reports a pilot and a
April 3, 2012
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Egypt Brotherhood candidate stirs unease
CAIRO (AP) ― The Muslim Brotherhood’s surprise decision to field a presidential candidate is stirring fears that the two biggest powers to emerge from the ouster of Hosni Mubarak ― the Islamists and the military ― are maneuvering to put in place a new rule in Egypt not much different from the old, authoritarian one.If they succeed in divvying up the most important positions in government, the new leadership could be a blow to the hopes for an inclusive democracy that drove last year’s uprising a
April 3, 2012
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School aide fighting Facebook suspension
A Michigan teacher's aide says she was suspended for refusing to allow school administrators access to her Facebook account to examine a picture she posted.Kimberly Hester, an aide at Frank Squires Elementary School in Cassopolis, Mich., found herself in trouble with the Lewis Cass Intermediate School District after posting a picture in April 2011 of a co-worker's pants around her ankles and a pai
April 3, 2012
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Senegal’s new president inherits economic woes
DAKAR (AP) ― Senegal’s former leader took office in 2000 before thousands gathered at a sports stadium. New President Macky Sall, by comparison, held his short inauguration ceremony Monday in a tent on a hotel lawn.As Senegal faces rising unemployment and frustration with government spending, Sall said he wanted to hold his event “in the simplicity that is called for by the situation in the country.’’Sall has promised that his administration will mark a “new era’’ in Senegal, and Monday’s festiv
April 3, 2012
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Hungarian president resigns over plagiarism scandal
BUDAPEST (AFP) ― Hungary’s President Pal Schmitt, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, caved in Monday to mounting pressure to quit after he was stripped of his 1992 doctorate title for plagiarism.“Under the constitution, the president must represent the unity of the Hungarian nation. I have unfortunately become a symbol of division, I feel it is my duty to leave my position,” Schmitt told parliament.“In the interests of Hungary and of national unity, I resign from the post of president,
April 3, 2012
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Sixth-graders find sunken treasure
A group of sixth-graders scooping trash out of a California lake discovered sunken treasure, including rings, coins and brooches.Richard Bailey, executive director of the Lake Merritt Institute, said the students from the St. Paul's Episcopal School in Oakland were pulling trash out of Lake Merritt Thursday when a girl discovered two bags that were too heavy for her pull out with her net, the San
April 3, 2012
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Syria agrees to April 10 troop pullout from cities
Syria told international envoy Kofi Annan that its military will withdraw troops and heavy weapons from populated areas by April 10, in what could be a first step toward ending the bloody yearlong conflict, U.N. diplomats said Monday.The announcement came as Syrian troops hunted down activists and destroyed their homes in the country's rebellious areas, and the United States remained skeptical of
April 3, 2012
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hails ‘victory of the people’
YANGON (AFP) ― Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hailed a “victory of the people” but warned against triumphalism after her apparent win in elections seen as a test of the regime’s burgeoning reforms.Suu Kyi supporters celebrated into the night after her National League for Democracy (NLD) party declared that the Nobel laureate had secured a seat in parliament for the first time in Sunday’s by-elections.The veteran activist’s election to political office, if confirmed, would mark the la
April 2, 2012
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Top Obama campaign donor accused of fraud
WASHINGTON (AP) ― A major donor to President Barack Obama has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank official, creating new headaches for Obama’s re-election campaign as it deals with the questionable history of another top supporter.The New York donor, Abake Assongba, and her husband contributed more than $50,000 to Obama’s re-election effort this year, federal records show. But Assongba is also fending off a civil court case in Florida, where she’s accused of thievin
April 2, 2012
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$45 tablet: Made in Singapore, snapped up in India
Thousands of young schoolchildren in southern Andhra Pradesh state will get to use a low-cost electronic educational tablet developed in Singapore when school reopens in June.Called the I-slate, the tablet took the Rice-NTU Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics (Isaid) in Singapore about two years to develop. The institute is jointly set up by Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and Houston’s Rice University.Some 50,000 of these devices, each costing about $45, will be used
April 2, 2012
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Plane carrying 43 people crashes in Siberia
A passenger plane carrying 43 people crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off Monday morning, and Russian emergency officials said at least 32 were confirmed dead..The ATR-72, a French-Italian-made twin-engine turboprop, operated by UTair was flying from Tyumen to the oil town of Surgut with 39 passengers and four crew.The aircraft went down outside Tyumen, a major regional center in Siberia. T
April 2, 2012
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Thousands march against H.K.’s next leader
HONG KONG (AFP) ― Thousands of people in Hong Kong noisily protested on Sunday against the city’s incoming leader and decried Beijing’s alleged interference in the election that propelled him to office.Holding banners and chanting slogans such as “One person, one vote” and “Leung step down,” demonstrators marched through the busy city centre to the office of Beijing’s representative in the semi-autonomous territory.There were chaotic scenes outside the tightly guarded office as police used peppe
April 2, 2012
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Demand for health supplements grows
Chinese citizens in cities show growing demand for nutritional supplementsEvery time she takes a business trip to the United States or Europe, Wang Qi is given a shopping list by relatives and friends. Every time, the list is filled with names of high-end cosmetics brands and luxury items.Recently, however, that list has grown. The 32-year-old Beijing-based executive assistant says she doesn’t remember when the list started to grow but the names of nutritional supplements have been piling up. Sh
April 2, 2012