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Bolt gets gold No. 9 with another runaway win

SportsAug 20, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Usain Bolt kneeled down and gave the track one final kiss, then flattened his hand, reached to the ground and slapped the white number "3" painted at the starting line. Three ...
City that never sleeps: London opens first night tube

InternationalAug 20, 2016

LONDON, (AFP) -- Midnight at bustling Oxford Circus Underground station in the heart of London, a band is playing and weekend revelry is only just beginning for some residents of the Big Smoke. Exci...
N.K., China start repair work on bridge linking their border

North KoreaAug 20, 2016

North Korea and China on Saturday kicked off a 40-day repair work on a railroad bridge that links the two countries' border cities, a source familiar with the matter said. The source said that the c...
Facebook aims for video-loving teenagers with new app

InternationalAug 20, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Facebook on Friday took direct aim at video-loving adolescents, and Snapchat, with the release of a new iPhone app that allows teens to watch clips about the lives of their cla...
South Korean Oh Hye-ri wins taekwondo gold

SportsAug 20, 2016

South Korea's Oh Hye-ri captured gold medal in women's -67kg taekwondo at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Friday. Oh defeated Haby Niare of France 13-12 in a spectacular, action-packed final for her ...
Japan's foreign ministry posts controversial remarks on comfort women on website

Foreign affairsAug 20, 2016

Japan's foreign ministry was found to have posted a high-ranking official's comments on its English website Saturday that denies forceful mobilization of comfort women by its military and government ...
South Korean rhythmic gymnast qualifies for all-around final

SportsAug 20, 2016

South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae has qualified for the individual all-around final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Son ranked fifth among 10 qualifiers with 71.956 points earned from her f...
Trump accuses Obama of being the 'founder of ISIS'

InternationalAug 11, 2016

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -- Donald Trump is now accusing President Barack Obama of founding the Islamic State group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. "In many respects, you k...
Arianna Huffington is leaving The Huffington Post

InternationalAug 11, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Huffington Post is going to be without a Huffington. Arianna Huffington says she is stepping down as editor-in-chief to focus on a new health startup. She founded The Huffington...
'Sexual' British children's book seized from Uganda school

InternationalAug 11, 2016

KAMPALA (AFP) -- Ugandan officials raided a prestigious private school on Thursday to seize copies of British children's author Jacqueline Wilson's "Love Lessons" on the orders of a minister who has ...
Arrest warrant sought for Nexen Heroes owner

Social affairsAug 11, 2016

Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Thursday against the owner of the South Korean baseball club Nexen Heroes for his alleged fraud and embezzlement. The move came a few days after the Seoul Centra...
Korean man shot dead in Cambodia: gov't official

InternationalAug 11, 2016

South Korea has requested Cambodian police to thoroughly investigate the killing of a South Korean man there earlier this week, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday. The man in his 50s was shot...
Even well-off seniors want financial support from children: study

Aug 9, 2016

[ THE INVESTOR ] South Korea’s wealthy elderly feel unhappy at not receiving money from their grown children, while those in financial difficulties feel sad about not being able to support their of...
Majority of working migrant wives have limited job security in Korea: research

Social affairsJul 24, 2016

More than half of employed foreign-born migrant wives in Korea work as either temporary or day laborers, while 9.5 percent of them work for free for their Korean in-laws’ businesses here, a study sho...
S. Korea, Switzerland agree to expand cooperation on health

InternationalJul 13, 2016

The leaders of South Korea and Switzerland agreed Wednesday to expand bilateral cooperation in promising industry sectors including health care, medicine, and information and communications technolog...