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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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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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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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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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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Asia, S. America may host Presidents Cup
SYDNEY (AP) ― The only two continents where the Presidents Cup has not been played are Asia and South America, which is likely to change when the next one goes overseas in 2015. And while Asia appears to have more appeal, South America might be more critical.A record four Asian players are on this year’s International team and PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said Asia is “becoming a bigger part of what the Presidents Cup is all about.”“We are looking hard at Asia,” he said.But when pressed abo
GolfNov. 9, 2011
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Ali says he’ll remember Frazier with great respect
There was a time when Muhammad Ali taunted Joe Frazier relentlessly, called him ugly and challenged his manhood.After his old rival died Monday night, Ali had nothing but kind words for Smokin’ Joe.“The world has lost a great champion. I will always remember Joe with respect and admiration,” Ali said in a short statement. “My sympathy goes out to his family and loved ones.”Frazier died at 67 after a brief battle with liver cancer. He and Ali will be linked forever, both heavyweight champions and
More SportsNov. 9, 2011
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Star free agents hit market in Korean baseball
A record number of players have declared free agency in South Korea’s top professional baseball circuit, including last year’s MVP, the league office announced Wednesday.According to the Korea Baseball Organization, 17 players declared themselves free agents for the 2012 season. That is the most since free agency was introduced in the league in 1998.Eleven others who were eligible for free agency have decided to remain with their current clubs, the KBO said.The KBO has eight clubs, with an expan
BaseballNov. 9, 2011
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Sorenstam plays in Skills Challenge
PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) ― Annika Sorenstam won the short-iron competition in the Skills Challenge on Monday in her first professional competition in three years.Sorenstam and teammate Morgan Pressel earned $161,000 for finishing fourth in the four-team event won by Zach Johnson and Jerry Kelly. Sorenstam and Pressel became the first female team to participate in the Challenge.“I’m very competitive so it’s great to come out in this atmosphere again,” said Sorenstam, who had her two children and
More SportsNov. 8, 2011
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Magic still beating HIV 20 years later
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― If Magic Johnson had known just how well he could live with HIV, he wouldn’t have retired from the Lakers on Nov. 7, 1991.Johnson would never change what he did for the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic when he publicly revealed his diagnosis to a stunned world. His courage that day, along with two subsequent decades of vibrant living, forever altered attitudes about the virus and its effects.Magic is simply glad the world knows such happy endings are possible with access to
More SportsNov. 8, 2011
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Police: Paterno didn’t do enough
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) ― Football coach Joe Paterno and other Penn State officials didn’t do enough to try to stop suspected sexual abuse of children at the hands of a former assistant football coach, the state police commissioner said Monday.Paterno may have fulfilled his legal requirement to report suspected abuse by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, state police commissioner Frank Noonan said, “but somebody has to question about what I would consider the moral requirement
More SportsNov. 8, 2011
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Frazier dies after fight with cancer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― He beat Muhammad Ali in the Fight of the Century, battled him nearly to the death in the Thrilla in Manila. Then Joe Frazier spent the rest of his life trying to fight his way out of Ali’s shadow.That was one fight Frazier could never win.He was once a heavyweight champion, and a great one at that. Ali would say as much after Frazier knocked him down in the 15th round en route to becoming the first man to beat Ali at Madison Square Garden in March 1971.But he bore the burden
More SportsNov. 8, 2011
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Cutler rallies Bears past Eagles 30-24
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― Matt Forte bounced back from two costly turnovers and Jay Cutler rallied the resilient Bears.Cutler threw a go-ahead 5-yard TD pass to Earl Bennett in the fourth quarter, Forte ran for 133 yards and the Bears beat the Philadelphia Eagles 30-24 on Monday night.It was a crushing loss for Michael Vick and the Eagles (3-5), who blew a fourth-quarter lead for the fourth time this season. Jeremy Maclin fell down and was tackled at the Bears 30 after a 9-yard catch on fourth-and-10
More SportsNov. 8, 2011
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Asian stars struggle for playing time in Europe
Asian stars struggle for playing time in EuropeA shortage of club playing time for Asia’s top players is causing headaches for the region’s national teams ahead of World Cup qualifiers in the coming week.South Korea, Japan and Australia are three nations expecting to reach the 2014 World Cup, but their qualification campaigns are being hampered by many of their top players warming the bench with their club sides in Europe.Sunderland’s Ji Dong-won and Arsenal’s Park Chu-young, who have both had l
SoccerNov. 8, 2011
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Boxing: Boxer "Smokin" Joe Frazier dies of cancer
Joe Frazier, who battled Muhammad Ali in a famed 1970s boxing trilogy, has died after a battle with liver cancer, his family said Monday. He was 67.The family issued a news release confirming the boxer's death on Monday night. Boxer Joe Frazier poses for a photo. Frazier, the former heavyweight cham
More SportsNov. 8, 2011
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PGA Tour happy with 2 events in Asia
SHANGHAI (AP) ― The PGA Tour no longer is looking for new tournaments in Asia as it considers revamping the schedule so that a new season would start in the fall after the FedEx Cup is over.PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said Sunday that if players approve the idea of a fall start to the season, then it would be easy to give the HSBC Champions equal status as the other three World Golf Championships. That would include making prize money official.That would give the PGA Tour two Asia stops ―
GolfNov. 7, 2011
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Tigers’ Yoon named MVP
Yoon Seok-min of Kia Tigers was named MVP award by the Korea Baseball Organization. Yoon received 62 of the 91 votes cast by baseball writers to beat out Samsung Lions closer Oh Seung-hwan, who had 19 votes.Lions slugger Choi Hyung-woo, expected to be one of the favorites to win the title, received only eight votes while 2010 MVP Lee Dae-ho of Lotte Giants garnered two.Oh, who had a remarkable 0.63 ERA with 47 saves this season, had announced earlier that he would give up the MVP award in order
BaseballNov. 7, 2011
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Packers survive Chargers’ push
SAN DIEGO (AP) ― The Green Bay Packers are still undefeated, thanks to both Aaron Rodgers and Philip Rivers.Rodgers was at his best, throwing lasers, long balls and touchdown passes to four receivers as the Packers held on through a wild finish to beat the banged-up San Diego Chargers 45-38 on Sunday.The defending Super Bowl champion Packers (8-0) remain the NFL’s only undefeated team. The Chargers (4-4) are staggering, having lost three straight games.Rodgers completed 21 of 26 passes for 247 y
More SportsNov. 7, 2011
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Ravens stun Steelers with late drive
PITTSBURGH (AP) ― Torrey Smith wasn’t going to let the game-winning touchdown slip through his hands twice.Five plays after a sure scoring strike tipped off his fingers, the Baltimore rookie receiver held onto a 26-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco with 8 seconds remaining to lift the Ravens past the Pittsburgh Steelers 23-20 on Sunday night. “For him to keep coming back to me, that meant a lot,” Smith said.Smith also was flagged for a costly penalty on the game’s first play, negating Ray Rice
More SportsNov. 7, 2011
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Ronaldo leads rout of Osasuna
Tottenham sinks Fulham to stay level on points with fourth-place ChelseaBARCELONA (AP) ― Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick and winger Angel Di Maria set up three goals to steer Spanish leader Real Madrid to a 7-1 win over 10-man Osasuna on Sunday.Madrid’s seventh consecutive league win lifted it three points ahead of defending champion Barcelona, which tied Athletic Bilbao 2-2. Valencia is four points back.Di Maria set up goals by Ronaldo, Pepe and fellow Argentina international Gonzalo Higua
SoccerNov. 7, 2011
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Fisher says latest NBA offer ‘not acceptable’
NEW YORK (AP) ― NBA players have until Wednesday to accept commissioner David Stern’s latest offer, though the response already seems obvious.“Right now, we’ve been given the ultimatum, and our answer is that’s not acceptable to us,” union president Derek Fisher said.But the next proposal promises to be worse, surely moving players and owners even further apart and threatening to destroy the season.Early Sunday morning, the league said it offered players up to 51 percent of basketball-related in
More SportsNov. 7, 2011
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Federer claims Swiss title
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) ― Defending champion Roger Federer beat Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday to win his first title in 10 months.The former top-ranked Swiss was emotional as he thanked his hometown fans after winning for the fifth time in six years at the event where he once worked as a ballboy.“It’s always the greatest for me to win the title here. See you next year,” he said on court in Swiss-German.Federer had a complete game on display to dominate the 32nd-rank
More SportsNov. 7, 2011
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Blake wins finale, Lehman takes points title
Jay Don Blake won the Charles Schwab Championship on Sunday for his second victory of the season following a 20-year drought, and Tom Lehman took the season points title and $1 million annuity.Blake closed with an even-par 71 for a two-stroke victory in the Champions Tour’s season finale. He finished at 8-under 276 at TPC Harding Park.Mark Calcavecchia (69), Loren Roberts (70), Michael Allen (71) and Jay Haas (71) tied for second. Lehman shot a 72 to tie for 18th at 2 over, enough to hold off Ca
More SportsNov. 7, 2011
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Chinshanlo wins gold at weightlifting worlds
Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan set a world record in the clean and jerk to win the gold medal in the women’s 53-kilogram division at the world weightlifting championships on Sunday.Chinshanlo lifted 130 kilos in the clean and jerk to beat the previous mark of 129 set by China’s Li Ping in 2007. The 18-year-old Kazakh also managed 97 kilos in the snatch for a combined 227.Aylin Dasdelen of Turkey took silver for the second year in a row with a 219 total. Ji Jing of China finished third with a c
More SportsNov. 7, 2011
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Caddie’s racial slur could follow him Down Under
SHANGHAI (AP) ― Golf’s top two tour chiefs and Adam Scott feel the same way about the racial remark that caddie Steve Williams used to disparage Tiger Woods.There’s no place for racism in sport or anywhere else. It was right for Williams to apologize, and that was enough for them to consider the case closed without taking action. Time to move on.In this case, it could be moving from Shanghai to Sydney ― and it figures to be open for discussion.Even as PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem and Europe
GolfNov. 7, 2011