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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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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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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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Quran-burning pastor to run for U.S. president
MIAMI (AFP) ― An American evangelical pastor whose church’s burning of a Quran sparked deadly violence in Afghanistan announced on Friday that he plans to run for president in 2012.In a campaign manifesto titled “Stand Up America!” Jones pledged that on entering the White House he would immediately stop government overspending, bring all foreign-based troops home, and deport all illegal immigrants.The mustachioed pastor also vowed to bring down America’s stubbornly high unemployment rate by redu
Oct. 30, 2011
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China beefs up anti-terrorism laws
BEIJING (AFP) ― China’s parliament passed legislation Saturday beefing up the nation’s counter-terrorism laws, while also ordering fingerprints to be added to all national identity cards.The two bills passed Saturday by the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, were aimed at safeguarding social stability, legislators told journalists.The bill laying out the nation’s legal definition of terrorism clarifies when China’s anti-terrorism forces should act and agai
Oct. 30, 2011
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Attack on NATO convoy kills 17 in Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) ― A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an armored NATO bus Saturday on a busy thoroughfare in Kabul, killing 17 people, including a dozen Americans, in the deadliest strike against the U.S.-led coalition in the Afghan capital since the war began.The blast occurred on the same day that a man wearing an Afghan army uniform killed three Australian soldiers and an Afghan interpreter in the south ― attacks that show the resiliency of the insurgency and are
Oct. 30, 2011
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Bosnian, Serbian forces raid homes after U.S. embassy attack
GORNJA MAOCA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) ― Special police units have raided homes in a Bosnian village linked to the gunman who fired an automatic weapon at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo in what authorities called a terrorist attack. The raids came as 17 suspected associates of the shooter, all said to be members of the ultraconservative Wahhabi Muslim sect, were briefly detained in Serbia.A convoy of police vehicles entered the isolated northern village of Gornja Maoca, known to be inhabited by man
Oct. 30, 2011
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Left-winger Higgins wins Irish presidency
Poet-human rights activist becomes new leader of struggling stateDUBLIN (AP) ― Michael D. Higgins, a veteran left-wing politician, poet and human rights activist, was declared the winner Saturday of Ireland’s presidential election with nearly 57 percent of votes, and pledged to lift the spirits of a struggling nation.Higgins said he wanted to help revive the public’s faith in politicians at a time when Ireland faces record debts, a property market collapse, 15 percent unemployment and a fourth s
Oct. 30, 2011
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Suspected killer tied to other deaths
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Police have linked the man charged with 10 murders in the ``Grim Sleeper'' serial killings to a number of other deaths, a law enforcement official said Friday.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, did not specify how many deaths p
Oct. 30, 2011
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Brazil's Silva has cancerous tumor in larynx
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undergo chemotherapy to treat a cancerous tumor in his larynx, doctors said Saturday.The tumor was detected earlier in the day during an examination at Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes Hospital, the hospital said in a statement, which added
Oct. 30, 2011
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Study: Japan nuke radiation higher than estimated
NEW YORK (AP) ― The Fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much of a dangerous radioactive substance into the atmosphere as Japanese authorities estimated, reaching 40 percent of the total from Chernobyl, a preliminary report says.The estimate of much higher levels of radioactive cesium-137 comes from a worldwide network of sensors. Study author Andreas Stohl of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research says the Japanese government estimate came only from data in Japan, and that would have
Oct. 28, 2011
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Egypt swaps U.S.-Israeli citizen for 25 prisoners
JERUSALEM (AP) ― A U.S.-Israeli citizen arrested in Egypt as a suspected spy flew to freedom in Israel and into his mother’s arms on Thursday after more than four months in jail, after a prisoner swap deal that has eased friction between the two countries.A smiling Ilan Grapel, 27, looked fit after his one-hour flight from Cairo landed at Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv. On the tarmac, his tearful mother, Irene, who had traveled to Israel from her home in Queens, New York, clas
Oct. 28, 2011
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U.N. votes to lift Libya no-fly zone on Oct. 31
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to lift the no-fly zone over Libya on Oct. 31 and end military action to protect civilians, acting swiftly following the death of Moammar Gadhafi and the interim government’s declaration of the country’s liberation.The council authorized the actions on March 17 in response to an Arab League request to try to halt Moammar Gadhafi’s military, which was advancing against rebels and their civilian supporters. The NATO bombing
Oct. 28, 2011
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Survivor emerges from quake rubble
ERCIS, Turkey (AP) ― Rescuers, working under floodlights, pulled a 13-year-old boy alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building early Friday, over 100 hours after a massive earthquake leveled many buildings in eastern Turkey, killing at least 550 people.A picture by the state-run Anatolia news agency showed a rescue team carrying, Ferhat Tokay, out of the debris, wearing a neck brace. In other pictures from a field hospital, he appeared conscious and looking at his rescuers.Tokay’s re
Oct. 28, 2011
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Men more likely to fall in love first
Men are three times more likely to say “I love you” first in a relationship, reversing previous research that women are more expressive about how they feel, a recent study showed.According to the study conducted by psychologist Marissa Harrison from Pennsylvania State University in the United States
Oct. 28, 2011
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Turkey survivor emerges from quake rubble
ERCIS, Turkey (AP) _ A relative says a 13-year-old boy used a rock in a desperate attempt to dig a hole and free himself from the rubble of a collapsed building following a massive earthquake that killed at least 550 people. Turkish rescuers tend Ferhat Tokay, 13, after he was pulled from the rubble
Oct. 28, 2011
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Study: Japan nuke radiation higher than estimated
NEW YORK (AP) — The Fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much of a dangerous radioactive substance into the atmosphere as Japanese authorities estimated, reaching 40 percent of the total from Chernobyl, a preliminary report says.The estimate of much higher levels of radioactive cesium-
Oct. 28, 2011
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European leaders reach debt deal
BRUSSELS (AP) ― European leaders clinched a deal Thursday they hope will mark a turning point in their two-year debt crisis, agreeing after a night of tense negotiations to have banks take bigger losses on Greece’s debts and to boost the region’s weapons against the market turmoil.After months of dawdling and half-baked solutions, the leaders had been under immense pressure to finalize their plan to prevent the crisis from pushing Europe and much of the developed world back into recession and to
Oct. 27, 2011
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U.S. reaches out to Iranians, warns Iran government
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The Obama administration is setting up an Internet-based embassy to appeal to Iranians hoping to broaden their understanding of the United States, while at the same time studying new sanctions to raise the pressure on Iran’s government over its disputed nuclear program and alleged ties to terrorism.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in interviews Wednesday with Persian-language media that the U.S. wanted to affirm its friendship to the Iranian people even at a time
Oct. 27, 2011
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Fukushima plant may have emitted double estimated radiation
The wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan may have released more than twice the amount of radiation estimated by the government, a study by European and U.S.-based scientists said. Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima station, which was wrecked in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, may have emitted 35,800 terabecquerels of radioactive cesium 137 at the height of the disaster, according to a study in the Atmospherics Chemistry and Physics journal. Japan’s nuclear regulator in June said 15,00
Oct. 27, 2011
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Israel and Palestinians to offer peace proposals
JERUSALEM (AP) ― International mediators on Wednesday failed to make any breakthroughs in their quest to bring Israeli and Palestinian officials back to the negotiating table, but in a small sign of progress, they announced that both sides would present “comprehensive proposals” for resolving key aspects of their conflict within three months.The “Quartet” of Mideast peace makers said Israel and the Palestinians agreed to submit proposals on “territory and security” in the coming months, as part
Oct. 27, 2011
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‘World population may hit 15 billion by 2100’
LONDON (AFP) ― The world’s population of seven billion is set to rise to at least 10 billion by 2100, but could top 15 billion if birth rates are just slightly higher than expected, the United Nations said on Wednesday.In a report ahead of ceremonies on October 31 to mark the seven billionth human alive today, the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) warned demographic pressure posed mighty challenges for easing poverty and conserving the environment.“This is a challenge and a call to action. The issue
Oct. 27, 2011
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Police action unnerves ‘Occupy’ protesters
OAKLAND, California (AP) ― The display of police force in Oakland, California, and Atlanta has unnerved some anti-Wall Street protesters.While demonstrators in other cities have built a working relationship with police and city leaders, they wondered on Wednesday how long the good spirit would last and whether they could be next.Will they have to face riot gear-clad officers and tear gas that their counterparts in Oakland, California faced on Tuesday? Or will they be handcuffed and hauled away i
Oct. 27, 2011