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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Smoke forces nuclear plant evacuation
Power restored to three reactors; reports of food contamination growFUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) ― Plant operators evacuated workers from Japan’s tsunami-stricken nuclear complex Monday after gray smoke rose from one of its reactor units, the latest of persistent troubles in stabilizing the complex after it was damaged in a quake and tsunami. Smoke rising from the spent fuel storage pool of the plant’s U
March 21, 2011
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Radiation fans food fears in Japan
TOKYO (AP) ― At a bustling Tokyo supermarket Sunday, wary shoppers avoided one particular bin of spinach.The produce came from Ibaraki prefecture in the northeast, where radiation was found in spinach grown up to 120 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Another bin of spinach ― labeled as being from Chiba prefecture, west of Tokyo ― was sold out.“It’s a little hard to say this, bu
March 21, 2011
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Google: China blocking its email services
BEIJING (AP) ― Google said Monday the Chinese government is interfering with its email services in China, making it difficult for users to gain access to its Gmail program.Google Inc. said its engineers have determined there are no technical problems with the email service or its main website.“There is no technical issue on our side; we have checked extensively. This is a government blockage caref
March 21, 2011
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Japan quake cost Swiss Re reinsurer at least $1.2 billion
ZURICH (AFP) - Reinsurance giant Swiss Re estimated Monday that Japan's earthquake and tsunami have cost it some $1.2 billion (847 million euros), but said this figure could be revised upwards."Based on preliminary estimates, Swiss Re expects its claims for the earthquake and the tsunami, net of the benefits of retrocession, to be approximately $1.2 billion before tax," the group said in a stateme
March 21, 2011
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Libya declares new ceasefire amid fresh Western attacks
TRIPOLI (AFP) - Explosions rocked Tripoli as Western forces staged fresh air strikes to halt Moamer Kadhafi's attacks on civilians, with one raid flattening a building in the strongman's heavily-fortified residence.As warplanes took off from Italian bases and anti-aircraft guns roared in the Libyan capital, Kadhafi's army announced a new ceasefire Sunday, saying it was heeding an African Union cal
March 21, 2011
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Earthquake hits near coast of Honshu
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Japan off the coast of Honshu in Japan at 9:03 p.m. on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake was 163 kilometers (101 miles) north-east of Sendai, one of the cities worst hit by the March 11 temblor. The quake struck at a depth of 53 kilometers, USGS said.There were no immediate reports of damage from the shake.(Bloomberg)
March 20, 2011
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First phase of allied assault: 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles
WASHINGTON (AP) ― U.S. and British ships and submarines launched the first phase of a missile assault on Libyan air defenses Saturday and a senior American defense official said it was believed substantial damage was inflicted.In the strikes, 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired at more than 20 coastal targets to clear the way for air patrols to ground Libya’s air force.While a U.S. defense off
March 20, 2011
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Allies attack Gadhafi forces
Libyan state TV says 48 killed, 150 wounded in allied assaultU.S., European forces launch cruise missiles, airstrikesBENGHAZI, Libya (AP) ― The U.S. and European nations pounded Moammar Gadhaf’s forces and air defenses with cruise missiles and airstrikes, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat. Libyan
March 20, 2011
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Stark differences in U.S., Japan nuclear crises
MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania (AP) ― Japan’s nuclear crisis has transported residents of central Pennsylvania back 32 years, when the partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant raised fears that a massive amount of radiation could be released into the atmosphere or the Susquehanna River.But there are stark differences between the disasters.“It’s probably not politically correct to say it,
March 20, 2011
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With aid slow to come, Japanese fend for themselves
KARAKUWA, Japan (AP) ― There may be no water, no power and no cell phone reception in this tsunami-struck town, but in the school that serves as a shelter, there are sizzling pans of fat, pink shrimp.Relief supplies have only trickled into the long strip of northeast Japan demolished by a powerful earthquake and the wave it unleashed a week ago, leaving affected communities to fend for themselves.
March 20, 2011
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U.S. missiles rain down on Libya in ‘limited action’
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The United States on Saturday unleashed a barrage of Tomahawk missiles against the Libyan regime’s air defenses, but ruled out using ground troops in what President Barack Obama called a “limited military action.”After initially taking a cautious stance on armed intervention in Libya’s civil war, Obama ordered the strikes citing the threat posed to civilians by Moammar Gadhafi’s
March 20, 2011
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Egypt votes for first time in 50 years
CAIRO (AP) ― Millions of Egyptians voted freely on Saturday for the first time in more than half a century, joyfully waiting for hours to cast their ballots on a package of constitutional changes eliminating much-hated restrictions on political rights and civil liberties.Young people traded mobile-phone pictures of ink-stained fingers that showed they voted. Others called relatives to boast of cas
March 20, 2011
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Japan says crippled nuclear plant to be scrapped
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's top government spokesman says the country's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant must eventually be scrapped. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano's comment Sunday was the first word from the government that the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex will have to be closed once its overheating reactors are brought under control. Closing the plant is inevitable, since the seawater
March 20, 2011
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Pakistan coal mine blast kills three, 45 missing
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) - At least three miners were killed and 45 others trapped underground when explosions triggered a collapse in a coal mine in Pakistan's Baluchistan province on Sunday, officials said. A total of 48 miners were working around 1,200 metres (1,300 yards) underground in the mine and the officials said hopes for the survival of the missing were slim. The mine in the far-fl
March 20, 2011
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Japan toll tops 20,000 amid atom plant crisis
KITAKAMI, Japan, March 20, 2011 (AFP) - Crews fighting to cool reactors at Japan's stricken nuclear plant struggled Sunday to switch partial power back on after a natural disaster that has left more than 20,000 people dead or missing.The discovery of radiation in foodstuffs in regions around the plant, and of traces of radioactive iodine in Tokyo tap water well to the southwest, compounded public
March 20, 2011
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Allies launch Libya force as Gadhafi hits rebels
A warplane is seen being shot down over the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday. (AP-Yonhap News)Libya says 48 killed in West's air and missile strikesTRIPOLI (AFP) - At least 48 people have died since the US, Britain and France began pounding Libya with air strikes and Tomahawk missiles, according to an initial toll given to AFP by a Libyan official early Sunday.Allies launch Libya for
March 20, 2011
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China expresses regret over allied strike on Libya
BEIJING (AP) _ China on Sunday expressed ``regret'' over punishing airstrikes by the U.S. and European nations against Libya to enforce a U.N. no-fly zone.Supporters of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi wave flags as they anticipate his arrival at his Bab Al Azizia compound in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday. (AP-Yonhap News) Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said China ``consistently disagrees with
March 20, 2011
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Plane shot down over rebel-held city in Libya
Smoke billows after a Libyan jet bomber crashed after being shut down in Benghazi on Saturday as Libya's rebel stronghold came under attack, with at least two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city's south sending thick smoke into the sky. (AFP-Yonhap News) BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) _ Libyan rebels shot down a warplane that was bombing their eastern stronghold Saturday as the opposition accus
March 19, 2011
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Egyptians vote on constitutional changes
CAIRO (AP) _ Eager for their first taste of a free vote in decades, Egyptians formed long lines outside polling centers on Saturday to cast their ballots on a package of constitutional amendments sponsored by the ruling military. The nationwide referendum is the first major test of the country's transition to democracy after a popular uprising overthrew President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian
March 19, 2011
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Student in anti-Asian rant says she'll leave UCLA
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A student who posted an Internet video of her tirade against the Asian population at the University of California, Los Angeles, said Friday night that she is leaving the school, despite the university's decision not to discipline her. In a statement to the Daily Bruin campus newspaper, Alexandra Wallace said she has chosen to no longer attend classes at UCLA because of what
March 19, 2011