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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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Romney wins N.H. Republican primary
CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) ― Mitt Romney handily won the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary Tuesday, a major step toward cementing his position as the party’s choice to run against President Barack Obama in November.With a sizable win in New Hampshire on the heels of his narrow victory last week in the Iowa caucuses, Romney has strong momentum going into the crucial ― and likely more difficult ― South Carolina primary on Jan. 21.Returns from 87 percent of the state’s precincts showed
Jan. 11, 2012
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World’s ‘most expensive’ tea grown in Chinese panda poo
CHENGDU, China (AFP) ― Chinese entrepreneur An Yanshi is convinced he has found the key ingredient to produce the world’s most expensive tea ― panda poo.The former calligraphy teacher has purchased 11 tons of excrement from a panda breeding center to fertilize a tea crop in the mountains of Sichuan province in southwestern China, home to the black and white bears.An says he will harvest the first batch of tea leaves this spring and it will be the “world’s most expensive tea” at almost 220,000 yu
Jan. 11, 2012
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Korean food companies set sights on overseas wholesale buyers
SAN FRANCISCO (Yonhap News) ― Going international with Korean food, or “hansik,” has traditionally involved opening Korean restaurants abroad with menu variations developed to appeal to foreign taste buds. Food companies, however, are taking the campaign to a new niche, offering consumers the opportunity to incorporate Korean ingredients into their own dishes.This was the catalyst for bringing South Korea’s major food companies to San Francisco to directly pitch their products to nearly 100 food
Jan. 11, 2012
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Nigeria strike fuels fears of unrest
LAGOS (AP) ― Thick black smoke and flames rose from the burning roadblock that cut off a highway linking Nigeria’s mainland to the islands where the oil-rich nation’s wealthy live. The bare-chested young men who live under the bridge said they had had enough.“This is oligarchy, this is not a democracy!” shouted Danjuma Mohammed, clutching a rock in each hand. “We are no longer afraid of you! We are ready for war!”A paralyzing strike called by labor unions to protest spiraling gasoline prices dre
Jan. 11, 2012
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Taiwan’s Tsai seeks to be 1st woman president
TAIPEI (AFP) ― Taiwan’s opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen is seeking to become the island’s first female president with a blend of understated charisma, low-key eloquence and quiet strength.In a traditionally male-dominated society, the 55-year-old leader of the Democratic Progressive Party has sought to turn her gender into an advantage in the campaign for this Saturday’s election.“Our society will be more harmonious and our country will be more united with a woman in charge,” she told supporters
Jan. 11, 2012
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Disagreements emerge in peace efforts: Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) ― Disagreements have already emerged in nascent negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, an Israeli official said Tuesday, but he said his government remains committed to a year-end target to reaching a final peace deal.The Israeli pronouncement was the first time either side has spoken about the dialogue launched last week in Jordan. The low-level contacts, between the chief Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, are aimed at reviving formal peace talks.The Israeli officia
Jan. 11, 2012
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‘Doomsday’ ticks closer to end
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Global uncertainty on how to deal with the threats of nuclear weapons and climate change have forced the “Doomsday clock” one minute closer to midnight, leading international scientists said Tuesday.“It is now five minutes to midnight,” said Allison Macfarlan, chair of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which created the Doomsday clock in 1947 as a barometer of how close the world is to an apocalyptic end.The last decision by the group, which includes a host of Nobel Prize win
Jan. 11, 2012
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Scottish vote could lead to break-up of U.K.
Britain will allow referendum on Scottish independence, but Scots want it held laterLONDON (AP) ― Breaking up is supposed to be hard to do ― but Britain’s government confirmed Tuesday it would happily offer Scotland the powers it needs to sever centuries-old ties to England.Prime Minister David Cameron’s government said it would sweep away legal hurdles to allow the Scots a vote on whether their country should become independent for the first time since the 18th Century Act of Union, which unite
Jan. 11, 2012
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`Doomsday Clock' moves 1 minute closer to midnight
WASHINGTON (AP) _ A group of scientists that tracks the likelihood of a global cataclysm says the world is moving closer to doomsday.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Tuesday that it has moved its ``Doomsday Clock'' to five minutes to midnight.The group says inadequate progress on stop
Jan. 11, 2012
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Romney wins New Hampshire: US media
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney has won the state of New Hampshire in the second Republican presidential voting contest, US media projections showed Tuesday. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney greets voters outside a polling station at Webster
Jan. 11, 2012
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1 dead after South Africa university stampede
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Officials at a South African university say one person is dead after prospective students stampeded the campus.Thousands of young adults and their parents began gathering at the University of Johannesburg campus on Monday to seek admission to the college.Many had only learn
Jan. 10, 2012
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Egypt’s Brotherhood cautious after victory
CAIRO (AP) ― The Muslim Brotherhood has emerged as the biggest winner in parliamentary elections, but the fundamentalist group that has long dreamed of ruling Egypt is likely to be cautious about flexing its newfound muscle.The Brotherhood has been crushed by the military before and will likely tread carefully to avoid spooking the ruling generals or the country’s Western supporters, who provide generous amounts of badly needed foreign aid.That may be the best tactic for the Brotherhood as it se
Jan. 10, 2012
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Nigerian strike turns bloody, state paralyzed
LAGOS (AP) ― A national strike fueled by widespread dissent over spiraling gas prices paralyzed Nigeria as tens of thousands of protesters took over the empty streets to criticize government corruption in one voice.Protests remained largely peaceful across the country on Monday, the strike’s first day, though a police shooting in Lagos left one dead and four wounded, while another in the northern city of Kano killed two more.Still, the widespread anger could be felt just like the heat pouring of
Jan. 10, 2012
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Iranian bunker site raises nuclear stakes
VIENNA (AFP) ― Iran has further stoked Western fears about the purpose of its nuclear activities by starting to enrich fissile material in a new site deep inside a virtually impregnable mountain bunker.The Fordo site near the holy city of Qom, 150 kilometers southwest of Tehran, has begun enriching uranium to 20-percent purity, the U.N. atomic watchdog Agency, said late Monday.U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said that Iran’s enriching of uranium to 20 percent at the site was “a
Jan. 10, 2012
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Who can catch Romney? Quick look at field
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AFP) ― After his razor-thin victory in Iowa, Mitt Romney hopes a big win Tuesday in New Hampshire will set him up as the overwhelming favorite for the Republican presidential nomination.His five main rivals are probably only vying for second place in New Hampshire, but with the frontrunner still plagued by lingering doubts over his conservative credentials and under increasing fire over his venture capitalist background, everything is still to play for in the overall r
Jan. 10, 2012
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US district investigates math homework on slavery
NORCROSS, Georgia (AP) _ Suburban Atlanta school officials are deciding whether to discipline teachers who gave third-grade students math homework with word problems about slavery.The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has called for the firing of the nine teachers in
Jan. 10, 2012
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Obama announces resignation of chief of staff
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama announced Monday that chief of staff William Daley was quitting and heading home to Chicago, capping a short and rocky tenure that had been expected to last until Election Day in November. Obama budget chief Jack Lew will take over the job.Daley's run as Obam
Jan. 10, 2012
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Iran sentences American man to death in CIA case
TEHRAN (AP) -- An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United States and Iran.Iran charges that as a former U.S. Marine, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati received special training and served at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged intelligence mission. The radio report did not say when the verdict was issued. Under Irani
Jan. 9, 2012
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‘U.S. will respond if Iran blocks Strait of Hormuz’
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The United States will respond if Iran tries to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Gulf, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Sunday, saying such a move would cross a “red line.”“We made very clear that the United States will not tolerate the blocking of the Straits of Hormuz,” Panetta told CBS television. “That’s another red line for us and that we will respond to them.”Panetta was seconded by Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chief
Jan. 9, 2012
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Taking family reunions into their own hands
Kim Young-ja smiles as she gently flips through a stack of mostly black and white photographs. With a quiet patience, the 67-year-old points to each of the faces.“This is my father and mother,” she says. “And here is a picture of my brother. Isn’t he handsome?”They are all family, but they might as well be strangers. All of the pictures are of North Korean relatives Kim never had the chance to know. Kim’s story is not unique amongst the hundreds of thousands of South Koreans who were separated f
Jan. 9, 2012