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Jennie, Stray Kids's Met Gala attendance puts them on 'digital guillotine' blacklist
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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
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Another suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested in Cambodia
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S. Korea to inject $70m into AI-powered public education
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Is FTC's conglomerate listing a boon or bane for Hybe?
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[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
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[Herald Interview] Carbon breakthrough in Korea: Making diamonds at atmospheric pressure
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Mexico to host 2013 World Taekwondo Championships
Mexico will host the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships, the World Taekwondo Federation announced following its council meeting in Egypt on Monday.The WTF members voted in favor of the Mexican city of Puebla over Split, Croatia for the biennial championships scheduled for June 17-23 in 2013.Senegal earned the right to host the 2013 WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships and Taiwan won the right to host the World Junior Taekwondo Championships in New Taipei City in 2014, the WTF said.The WTF
More SportsApril 3, 2012
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Flyers bully past Penguins
PITTSBURGH (AP) ― The Philadelphia Flyers sent a message with their resiliency. The Pittsburgh Penguins sent one with their fists.Message received on both sides.And to think the playoffs don’t start for another 10 days. Jakub Voracek scored twice in the third period to break open a tight game and lift the Flyers to a 6-4 victory on Sunday to climb within a point of Pittsburgh for the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference.Whoever wins the fourth spot gets home-ice advantage in the first round. Th
More SportsApril 2, 2012
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Thunder nab playoff berth
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ― In a little over a week, the Oklahoma City Thunder have broken out of a midseason slump and made their case to be best team in the NBA.Russell Westbrook scored 27 points, Kevin Durant added 26 points and 10 rebounds and the Thunder used an electrifying third quarter to beat Chicago 92-78 on Sunday and move within a game of the Bulls for the NBA’s best record.One week earlier, the Thunder handed Miami its most lopsided defeat yet this season. Then they were even more dominati
More SportsApril 2, 2012
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Spurs close in on third place
LONDON (AP) ― Tottenham beat Swansea 3-1 Sunday to close within goal difference of Arsenal for third place in the English Premier League.Tottenham’s win also helped it keep Chelsea and Newcastle at arm’s length in the race to finish in the Champions League spots.Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor scored on two headers in the final 17 minutes at White Hart Lane and Spurs kept a five-point gap on their rivals below them with seven rounds left.“We hit a little blip but we feel like we’re back now and h
More SportsApril 2, 2012
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Djokovic wins Key Biscayne
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (AP) ― Two boys stood on the top row of the stadium, beautiful Biscayne Bay at their back and the world’s best tennis player down below, as they waved a sign in his support.“Djokovic in the house,” it read.From the youngsters’ remote perch, Novak Djokovic looked like a tiny figure, yet he still loomed large. The top-ranked Djokovic won his third Sony Ericsson Open title Sunday, holding every service game to beat Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6 (4).Djokovic improved to 20-2 this year a
More SportsApril 2, 2012
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Saints’ appeals to be heard this week
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ― The NFL expects to hold hearings this week on appeals filed in connection with the investigation of the Saints’ bounty system, a league spokesman said.Greg Aiello said Sunday in an email to the Associated Press that he could not confirm who has appealed, citing league policies. He also could not provide the particular days or times that hearings would be held, saying the league leaves announcements of such particulars to those who are filing the appeals.Head coach Sean Payton
More SportsApril 2, 2012
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Lee retires unexpectedly
For professional athletes, the most difficult thing is knowing when it’s time to call it a career. Lee Jong-beom of the Kia Tigers reached that point this spring. The 41-year-old announced on Saturday his retirement from baseball after 19 seasons in the country’s top baseball league.The news came as a shock as until recently the longtime franchise star trained hard in the offseason, hoping to continue playing for the team this season, which kicks off this weekend.But with just one week to go bef
BaseballApril 2, 2012
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Mahan takes Houston Open
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) ― Hunter Mahan doesn’t dwell on bad shots anymore, and he says that’s leading to more good ones.Mahan shot a 1-under 71 on Sunday to win the Houston Open, edging out Carl Pettersson by one stroke and becoming the first two-time champion on the tour in 2012.The 29-year-old Mahan finished 16 under for the tournament and moved to No. 4 in the world ranking, the first time he’s ever been the highest-ranked American.“That’s a pretty surreal thing to think about,” Mahan said. “It sh
More SportsApril 2, 2012
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Yoo bests Kim in playoff
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (AP) ― Yoo Sun-young won the Kraft Nabisco Championship with an 18-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Sunday, earning her first major title after Kim In-kyung missed a 1-foot putt on the final hole of regulation.Yoo won the LPGA Tour’s first major of the season, but she got to make the traditional leap into Poppie’s Pond only after Kim’s mind-boggling miss on the same green minutes earlier.Yoo and Kim finished at 9 under, but Kim could have all but wrapped up he
GolfApril 2, 2012
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Canada’s representatives fight it out in the boxing ring
Canadian politics raised many eyebrows on Saturday thanks to a public boxing match between Liberal MP Justin Trudeau and Conservative Sen. Patrick Brazeau, which was held for an Ottawa cancer charity.In the clash, sanctioned by Boxing Canada on Saturday night, Brazeau was knocked out by his opponent and defeated with half a minute to go.Trudeau and Brazeau engaged in trash talking on Twitter weeks ahead, in what Trudeau called "a little bit of a run-in" before the game.It has been speculated tha
More SportsApril 2, 2012
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Yoo wins Kraft Nabisco after Kim heartbreaker
Sun Young Yoo birdied the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday after I.K. Kim missed a one-foot putt for the win on the final hole of regulation. Yoo Sun-young (AFP-Yonhap News)Yoo was steady down the stretch in the first women's major championship of 2012, but it was only Kim's heartbreaking miss that made her playoff triumph possible.Both South Koreans carded f
GolfApril 2, 2012
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Kostner, Chan win world titles in figure skating
NICE, France (AP) ― Patrick Chan felt it was his destiny to win another world figure skating title on the day his former coach and mentor, Osborne Colson, used to celebrate his birthday. For Carolina Kostner, it was a first world gold after years of trying.Chan became the first man in six years to win successive worlds despite a wobbly performance by the Canadian at the Palais des Expositions in Nice.Daisuke Takahashi, the 2010 champion, was runner-up, and fellow Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu won the br
More SportsApril 1, 2012
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Lin’s season likely over
NEW YORK (AP) ― Jeremy Lin will have left knee surgery and will miss six weeks, possibly ending his amazing breakthrough season.The New York point guard had an MRI exam this week that revealed a small, chronic meniscus tear.With the regular season ending April 26, the biggest story in basketball this season is probably done unless the Knicks make a deep playoff run.He was barely holding on to a place in the NBA back in February. Now, after the back-to-back Sports Illustrated covers and popularit
More SportsApril 1, 2012
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Davis, Kentucky into title game
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ― Kentucky wound up right where it expected to be all along.Even if it took a little work to get there.Anthony Davis and top-seeded Kentucky will play for the national title Monday night after finally putting away pesky Louisville 69-61 in the Final Four on Saturday night.It will be Kentucky’s first appearance in the title game since winning a seventh NCAA crown back in 1998 and gives coach John Calipari another shot at the title that has eluded him. As the final seconds ticked
More SportsApril 1, 2012
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Professional baseball aims to draw record 7.1m fans this year
South Korea’s top professional baseball league expects to attract a record 7.1 million fans this season, up 4 percent from last year, the Korea Baseball Organization said Sunday.Buoyed by an unprecedented wave of popularity, professional baseball games drew some 6.8 million fans to ballparks last year, marking an all-time single season record. The 2012 season is set to kick off on Saturday.The average attendance per game is also expected to rise to 13,346 fans this year from an average of 12,081
BaseballApril 1, 2012
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Radwanska tops Sharapova in Sony final
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (AP) ― The two finalists met at the net to shake hands, Maria Sharapova standing a head taller, even with her shoulders slumped in disappointment.She finished second again Saturday.Sharapova lost serve in the final game of each set and fell short in the latest bid for her first Sony Ericsson Open title, losing to Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5, 6-4.Sharapova, a three-time Grand Slam champion, is winless in four Key Biscayne finals. She was also the runner-up in 2005, 2006 and last
More SportsApril 1, 2012
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Oosthuizen leads Houston Open
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) ― Louis Oosthuizen shot his second straight 6-under 66 on Saturday to reach 17 under and take a two-shot lead over Hunter Mahan after the third round of the Houston Open.The 29-year-old South African shook off two early bogeys on a sunny, windy afternoon at Redstone. He reeled off four birdies in a row on the back nine to surge ahead.“It’s a great leaderboard behind me,” Oosthuizen said. “It’s going to be tough, but I feel like I’m ready for it.”Mahan had a 65, rebounding from
GolfApril 1, 2012
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Man City salvages 3-3 draw
Ronaldo leads Real Madrid rout; Messi guides BarcelonaLONDON (AP) ― Manchester City missed the chance to put pressure on Premier League leader Manchester United on Saturday when it stumbled to a 3-3 draw against Sunderland that ended its record winning streak.With United not in action until Monday, City could have drawn even on points with the defending champions with a Premier League-record 21st straight home win.Instead, City needed two goals in the last six minutes to salvage a draw.Sebastian
SoccerApril 1, 2012
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Bilbao wins 4-2 at Schalke in Europa League
MADRID (AP) ― Fernando Llorente’s brace helped Athletic Bilbao to a 4-2 comeback win at Schalke in the Europa League, while Atletico Madrid beat Hannover 2-1 in the other first-leg quarterfinal between Spanish and German teams on Thursday.After Llorente put Bilbao ahead in the 20th minute, Schalke’s Raul Gonzalez rallied the hosts back in front with two goals on each side of halftime.But Llorente headed in the leveler in the 73rd to turn the high-tempo contest in Bilbao’s favor for good, as Osca
SoccerMarch 30, 2012
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Granger, Hibbert lead Pacers past Wizards, 93-89
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ― After a bad loss at New Jersey the previous night, the Indiana Pacers were determined to bounce back at home.Danny Granger scored 25 points to lead the Pacers to a 93-89 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday night. David West had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Pacers and George Hill also scored 14 points.Indiana recovered after a 16-point loss at New Jersey on Wednesday night to win for the third time in four games.“We knew what we had to do,” Hill said. “We k
More SportsMarch 30, 2012