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EU leaders to sign off historic Brexit deal

European Union leaders meet Sunday to approve a historic Brexit deal, which British Prime Minister Theresa May said would deliver her country a "brighter future". At a special summit in Brussels tha...

November 25, 2018
World News
Anti-gay marriage groups win Taiwan referendum battle

Voters in Taiwan backed anti-gay marriage referendums Saturday in what LGBT activists said was a major blow to the island's reputation as a rights trailblazer. The result came at the end of a dramat...

November 25, 2018
World News
Shooting at US mall sparks panic on Black Friday

A man was shot in the wrist after a fight at a crowded New Jersey mall on Black Friday, police said, sparking panic on the busiest shopping day of the year. It was not immediately clear what the mot...

November 24, 2018
World News
South Korea closes biggest dog slaughterhouse complex

South Korean officials on Thursday began to dismantle the country's largest canine slaughterhouse complex, as animal rights activists push to end the custom of eating dog meat. About one million dog...

November 23, 2018
Social affairs
Nissan board to vote on Ghosn's dismissal

The fate of Nissan's disgraced Carlos Ghosn as chairman of the Japanese car giant is set to be decided Thursday when board members meet to vote on his dismissal, days after the tycoon's arrest for fi...

November 22, 2018
World Business
UAE court sentences British student to life for spying

A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on spying charges on Wednesday, prompting a "shocked" Britain to warn of repercussions for relations with its lon...

November 22, 2018
World News
S. Korea's Jeju Air in $4.4b 40-plane Boeing order

South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air has ordered 40 airplanes from US manufacturer Boeing for $4.4 billion, the airline said on Tuesday, one of the country's largest-ever aircraft purchases. Jeju Ai...

November 20, 2018
Industry
Instagram ousting fake followers from accounts

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Instagram on Monday said it is booting fake followers, likes, and comments generated by applications tailored to make accounts appear more popular than they actually are. The ...

November 20, 2018
World News
‘I want to thank me,’ rapper Snoop Dogg on getting Hollywood star

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Rap great Snoop Dogg thanked himself on Monday as he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame just days before the 25th anniversary of his debut album “Doggystyle.” “I want...

November 20, 2018
World News
Flagging Victoria’s Secret announces new lingerie CEO

NEW YORK (AFP) -- US lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret announced Monday that it had appointed fashion executive John Mehas as new lingerie CEO, hoping to boost its ailing fortunes. Mehas will take ov...

November 20, 2018
World Business
New tech regulation 'inevitable,' Apple CEO says

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook predicts that new regulations of tech companies and social networks to protect personal data are "inevitable." In an interview with news website Axios being br...

November 20, 2018
World Business
Victims mourned as toll hits 77 in California wildfire

PARADISE, Calif. (AFP) -- The toll from the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history rose further on Sunday to 77, the sheriff's office said, after a vigil to honor the victims...

November 20, 2018
World News
China's youth embrace street dance amid hip-hop crackdown

In China, where children are often saddled with a packed schedule of extracurricular activities before they even enter grade school, some parents are making room for a surprising pursuit: hip-hop dan...

November 20, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Auto titan Ghosn under arrest, faces ouster at Nissan

Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn faces being fired this week after being arrested in Japan over allegations of financial misconduct, the firm said Monday, in a stunning fall from grace for one of the wor...

November 20, 2018
World Business
N. Korea defector soldier is general's son: report

The North Korean soldier who defected to the South in a hail of bullets last year is a general's son but says most Northerners of his age have no loyalty to Kim Jong-un, according to a Japanese newsp...

November 20, 2018
North Korea

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Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
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