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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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Another suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested in Cambodia
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Is FTC's conglomerate listing a boon or bane for Hybe?
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NewJeans to headline palace show
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Coupang's Kim Bom escapes chaebol chief designation again
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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CIO chief nominee to explain allegations at confirmation hearing
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Yoon vows to run country 'rightly' on Buddha's birthday
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[Bridge to Africa] S. Korea-to-Zimbabwe value chains can foster ‘win-win’ cooperation
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Amy Yang ends Tseng’s run, leads Kraft
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (AP) ― Amy Yang shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over a revitalized Lindsey Wright in Thursday’s opening round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship.Yani Tseng was third at 68, ending the world’s top-ranked player’s streak of eight consecutive rounds with the lead. The five-time major champion has won two straight tournaments and three of five this season, while Yang and Wright have never won on the LPGA Tour.The 22-year-old Yang made five birdies in seven holes
GolfMarch 30, 2012
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Booze back on menu at Brazil World Cup
BRASILIA (AFP) ― Beer drinking football fans should be able to savor their favorite beverage during matches at the 2014 World Cup after Brazilian lawmakers approved a bill suspending a ban on beer sales in stadiums.The bill regulating the beautiful game’s quadrennial extravaganza received near unanimous support in the House of Deputies late Wednesday, paving the way for beer to be sold in plastic cups inside the venues.Sales of alcoholic beverages in sports arenas have been banned in Brazil sinc
More SportsMarch 30, 2012
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Sharapova edges Wozniacki in Key Biscayne semifinals
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (AP) ― Maria Sharapova was confused and Caroline Wozniacki was mad. The linesman was wrong and the chair umpire was right.Sharapova won the disputed final point after an overrule by the umpire, edging Wozniacki 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 Thursday in the semifinals at the Sony Ericsson Open.“Obviously you don’t want it to end that way,” Sharapova said.At 40-30 in the last game, Sharapova hit a second serve that the linesman called long, which would have been a double-fault, but umpire Ka
More SportsMarch 30, 2012
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Knicks destroy Magic
NEW YORK (AP) ― Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks climbed above .500 for the first time since mid-January in overwhelming fashion, scoring 21 straight points in the third quarter and routing the Orlando Magic 108-86 on Wednesday night.Anthony and Iman Shumpert each scored 25 points for the Knicks (26-25), who won for the eighth time in nine games despite playing without the injured Amare Stoudemire and Jeremy Lin. New York outscored Orlando 65-30 in the middle two quarters and has a winnin
More SportsMarch 29, 2012
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Ichiro stars in Japan as Mariners beat A’s
TOKYO (AP) ― Ichiro Suzuki gave his fans in Japan a performance to cheer about.Suzuki had four hits in his return home, Dustin Ackley homered and singled in the go-ahead run in the 11th inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 Wednesday night in baseball’s season opener.“It was very special to open in Japan,” said Suzuki, who spent nine seasons in Osaka with the Orix Blue Wave. “I wanted to have fun and give the fans something at this special time and wanted to share a spe
More SportsMarch 29, 2012
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Venus, Azarenka lose at Key Biscayne
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (AP) ― Venus Williams sagged in the wooden changeover chair as if it were a cushy recliner, her head tilted back, her tank on empty.She rose slowly to play the final two games and lost both, but grinned as she walked to the exit, perhaps because she was headed for a well-deserved rest.Weary after winning three consecutive three-set matches, Williams was eliminated Wednesday by Agnieszka Radwanska in the quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson Open, 6-4, 6-1.“It was disappointing
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Dodgers eager ...to move forward
GLENDALE (AP) ― Los Angeles Dodgers players said they were happy and relieved Wednesday about the pending sale of the team to an ownership group including former Lakers star Magic Johnson.“Great day for the Dodgers,” said center fielder Matt Kemp, the runner-up for NL MVP last season. “As Magic used to say, the Dodgers were the team that used to run L.A. Definitely, we were going to have more fans out there this year anyway. Now, there’s another reason to have the fans turn out.”The deal to sell
More SportsMarch 29, 2012
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Barca held by Milan, Bayern cruise
PARIS (AFP) ― A superb defensive display by AC Milan saw them draw 0-0 with holders Barcelona on Wednesday while four-time winners Bayern Munich took a giant step towards the Champions League semifinals with a 2-0 away win over Marseille.Milan’s defence will have to produce a repeat performance against Barca next Tuesday and hope for an away goal of their own if they are to progress and face either Chelsea or Benfica in the semifinals ― the English side lead 1-0 after Tuesday’s first leg.Bayern
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Korea to play soccer friendly against Spain in May
The South Korean national soccer team will play a friendly against Spain in May, the Korea Football Association announced on Wednesday.Spain, the winner of the 2010 World Cup and also the 2008 European Football Championships, is currently No. 1 in the FIFA ranking, while Korea is ranked 30th.Manager Choi Kang-hee is expected to field a strong team against Spain in either Austria or Switzerland on May 30.Choi told the KFA that the main purpose of the friendly is to check out his Europe-based play
More SportsMarch 28, 2012
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Ticket sales open for Korea’s third F1 Grand Prix
South Korea’s F1 race organizer expressed confidence that this year’s Korean Grand Prix will be an improvement from the previous event and that it will make a lasting impact on the development of motor sports in Korea.Korea staged its inaugural race in 2010 at the newly built race circuit in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, and its third race is scheduled for Oct. 12-14 this year.“We didn’t know what F1 was exactly when we first held the event and had many problems. Last year, we undertook a majo
More SportsMarch 28, 2012
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76ers romp in 103-85 win over Cavaliers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― As Rod Thorn waited outside Cleveland’s locker room for coach Byron Scott to finish addressing his team, the Sixers general manager had a good idea what was being said in the postgame speech: How could the Cavs let recently-benched Sixers guard Jodie Meeks get a career-high 31 points?“I don’t think anyone in the building expected Jodie to go for 31,” Thorn said. “But he played great tonight, didn’t he? Darned near broke the game open himself. But I tell you what. We’ll take t
More SportsMarch 28, 2012
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Sabres beat Capitals to move into 8th place
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Ryan Miller stopped 44 shots, Drew Stafford scored two goals and the surging Buffalo Sabres beat Washington 5-1 Tuesday night to climb over the Capitals into the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.It was the fifth straight win for the Sabres, their longest streak since a six-game run in 2009-2010. Buffalo was in 14th place on Feb. 17 before going on a 14-2-4 tear.Buffalo took a 3-0 lead early in the second period and coasted home behind Miller, who’s 14-1-3
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Yani Tseng dominant ...early on LPGA Tour
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) ― Yani Tseng is starting to draw comparisons with Tiger Woods when he was at his absolute best.Coming off a year in which she won 12 times around the world, Tseng started a new season by winning three of the opening five tournaments on the LPGA Tour schedule. In the other two, she missed a playoff by two shots in Australia and one shot in Singapore.Her points total atop the women’s world ranking is nearly double that of Choi Na-yeon at No. 2. Tseng already has $792,186
More SportsMarch 28, 2012
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Serena Williams loses to Wozniacki
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (AP) ― Serena Williams kept swinging on the final point, and Caroline Wozniacki kept chasing the ball down, running from side to side in a grueling, grunt-filled exchange.A weary Williams finally hit one where her relentless opponent couldn’t reach it: into the net. With that, Wozniacki had a 6-4, 6-4 victory Tuesday night, and a berth in the Key Biscayne semifinals for the first time.“I made her run,” Wozniacki said.“Everyone I play always plays the match of the year,” Wil
More SportsMarch 28, 2012
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Real Madrid, Chelsea grab wins
LONDON (AP) ― Real Madrid gave APOEL Nicosia a reality check in the biggest match of the unheralded Cypriot club’s history when they met Tuesday in the Champions League.Looking to cause one of the greatest shocks in the history of the competition, APOEL came up short against the millionaires from Madrid, losing 3-0 at home to the nine-time European champions in the first leg of the quarterfinals.All of Madrid’s goals came in the final 16 minutes at a rocking GSP Stadium in Nicosia, with France s
More SportsMarch 28, 2012
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NFL owners approve salary cap reductions
PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) ― NFL owners ratified the agreement between the league and players’ union that takes away $36 million in salary cap space from the Redskins and $10 million from the Cowboys.Other than Dallas and Washington, no club voted Tuesday to oppose the agreement, which raised the salary cap for 2012 from about $113 million to $120.6 million. The Cowboys and Redskins have sought arbitration, which will be conducted by University of Pennsylvania professor Stephen Burbank.Both teams
More SportsMarch 28, 2012
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Serena Williams loses to Wozniacki
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Man United opens up 3-point lead
MANCHESTER, England (AP) ― Wayne Rooney scored in the 42nd minute, and defending champion Manchester United defeated Fulham 1-0 Monday night to open a three-point lead over Manchester City in the Premier League.Following its sixth straight league win, United (23-3-4) has 73 points with eight games remaining as it tries to extend its record for English league titles to 20. Second-place City (22-4-4), seeking its first league title since 1968, hosts United on April 30.“It’s a good position to be i
SoccerMarch 27, 2012
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Dongbu, KGC set to clash in KBL finals
The country’s top basketball league finals are here. The Korean Basketball League finals are set with the Wonju Dongbu Promy facing the Anyang KGC in a best-of-seven series starting Wednesday.The odds are in favor of the top-seed Dongbu, which will play the first game at home on Wednesday, given its record against second-seeded KGC. The two have met six times this season, with the Wonju side winning five games and losing just one.The Dongbu Promy, which lost to the KCC Egis at last year’s finals
More SportsMarch 27, 2012
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British bookies favor Tiger to win Masters
LONDON (AP) ― Tiger Woods is back to winning, and back to being the British bookies’ favorite to win the Masters.The 14-time major champion won his first PGA Tour tournament since 2009 on Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. It was his first chance to revel in a tour victory since his personal life went into turmoil following a sex scandal that ended his marriage and precipitated a steady decline in his game and his stature as the man to beat on the course.But with his five-stro
GolfMarch 27, 2012