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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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N. Korea says Kim guided simulated nuclear counterattack drill
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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Samsung, SK hynix investors dump shares on Nvidia crash
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Suspect in murder of girlfriend's mugshot, name made public
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NK developing unmanned attack aircraft from U.S. drones: source
North Korea is developing unmanned attack aircraft using U.S. target drones purchased from the Middle East, a military source in Seoul said Sunday, indicating the aircraft will likely target the South."North Korea recently bought several U.S. MQM-107D Streakers from a Middle Eastern nation that appe
Feb. 5, 2012
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Brains of addicts are inherently abnormal: study
Drug addicts have inherited abnormalities in some parts of the brain which interfere with impulse control, said a British study published in the United States on Thursday. Previous research has pointed to these differences, but it was unclear if they resulted from the ravages of addiction
Feb. 3, 2012
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Newly discovered ‘super-earth’ may support life
International astronomers said on Thursday they have found the fourth potentially habitable planet outside our solar system with temperatures that could support water and life about 22 light-years from Earth. Planets orbit around GJ 667Cc. AFPThe team analyzed data from the European Southern Observa
Feb. 3, 2012
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Super-volcanoes are predictable: study
Around 1630 B.C., a super-volcano blew apart the Aegean island of Santorini, an event so violent that some theorists say it nurtured the legend of Atlantis.More than three and a half millennia later, the big blast is yielding forensic clues which help the search to predict future cataclysmic e
Feb. 2, 2012
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Seoul to raise subway, bus fares this month
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will raise public transportation fares by 150 won ($ 0.13) later this month to make up for rising deficits from energy costs and transfer fee discounts, officials said Wednesday. A passenger pays subway fare with a transit card in Seoul on Monday. (Yonhap News)
Feb. 2, 2012
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Spacecraft measures ‘alien’ particles from outside solar system
Using data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, an international team of researchers has measured neutral "alien" particles entering our solar system from interstellar space. A suite of studies published in the Astrophysical Journal provides a first look at the constituents
Feb. 1, 2012
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Moon tops Ahn for 1st time in poll
Surge of former Roh aide makes it a three-way race Moon Jae-in, an aide to late former President Roh Moo-hyun, excelled software guru Ahn Cheol-soo for the first time in a poll of potential presidential candidates. Moon Jae-in (Yonhap News)The poll, released Tuesday by Ohmynews, a progressive o
Jan. 31, 2012
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[속보] 금융위, 하나-외환 합병 승인
금융위원회는 27일 하나금융지주의 외환은행 자회사 편입 신청안을 승인했다고 밝혔다.외환은행 대주주인 론스타 펀드가 국내은행을 소유할 자격이 없는 산업자본(비금융주력자)이었고, 따라서 하나금융이 론스타와 맺은 계약 또한 무효라는 논란에 금융당국이 일단 종지부를 찍은 셈이다.금융권 관계자들은 향후 정치권 및 시민단체의 거센 반발과 함께 가처분신청을 포함한 줄 소송이 잇따를 것으로 내다보고 있다.(코리아헤럴드)<영문 기사>Hana Financial entitled to acquire KEBFinancial regulators endors
Jan. 27, 2012
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‘ My husband gave his life for me ’: Italy ship survivor
Night view on Jan. 16 of the cruise liner Costa Concordia aground in front of the harbour of Isola del Giglio after hitting underwater rocks on Jan. 13. (AFP-Yonhap News)TOULOUSE, France (AFP) - The widow of a Frenchman who died on the Costa Concordia luxury liner gave a chilling account Monday of h
Jan. 17, 2012
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Perry: Marines in video are 'kids,' not criminals
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Sunday accused the Obama administration of "over-the-top rhetoric" and "disdain for the military" in its condemnation of a video that purportedly shows four Marines urinating on corpses in Afghanistan.Perry's comments put him at o
Jan. 16, 2012
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Russian spacecraft turned space junk to crash soon
MOSCOW (AP) _ A Russian spacecraft designed to burnish the nation's faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars' moons has turned into one of the heaviest, most toxic pieces of space junk ever.It will come crashing down to Earth in just a few days.The Russian space agency Roscosmos' latest forecas
Jan. 13, 2012
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Report: Bomb kills official at Iran nuke facility
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ Two assailants on a motorcycle attached magnetic bombs on Wednesday to the car of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility, killing him and wounding two others, a semiofficial news agency reported.The attack in Tehran strongly resembles earlier killings o
Jan. 11, 2012
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Study: Parasitic fly could explain bee die-off
FRESNO, California (AP) _ Northern California scientists say they have found a possible explanation for the honey bee die-off: A parasitic fly that hijacks the bees' bodies and causes them to abandon hives.The symptoms mirror colony collapse disorder, in which all the adult honey bees in a colony su
Jan. 5, 2012
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Belgian man alleges abuse by nuns at foster home
Jan. 1, 2012
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The world’s most beloved drink’s recipe revealed
Jan. 1, 2012
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Harassment claim letter against ex-HP CEO released
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A Hewlett-Packard contract employee fended off advances from chief executive Mark Hurd for two years before accusing him of sexual harassment, according to a letter that prompted his resignation as head of the world's largest computer company.Hurd, who is now president of HP
Jan. 1, 2012
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Airport X-ray suitcase surprise: Poisonous snakes
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Surprised airport workers in Argentina found hundreds of wriggling poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles inside the baggage of a Czech man who was about to board a flight to Spain.Karel Abelovsky, 51, was made to open his baggage at Buenos Aires' international
Dec. 28, 2011
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Berkshire completes deal to buy Omaha World-Herald
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) _ Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has completed the purchase of company chairman Warren Buffett's hometown newspaper, the Omaha World-Herald.The deal announced Nov. 30, for $150 million and the assumption of $50 million in debt, ended one of the newspaper industry's last sizable employe
Dec. 27, 2011
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Report: Schwarzenegger and Shriver may get back together
Los Angeles (dpa) - Maria Shriver is considering putting herdivorce from former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger onhold, celebrity website TMZ.com reported Monday. Shriver, who is a scion of the Kennedy political clan, filed fordivorce from the action movie star-turned-Republican polit
Dec. 27, 2011
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Vigorous star-forming galaxy at cosmic dawn discovered
An international team of astronomers has discovered a vigorous, star-forming galaxy that existed about 750 million years after the Big Bang. This galaxy, named GN-108036, was a remarkable source of star formation at the so-called "cosmic dawn.” It was generating an exceptionally large amount of star
Dec. 27, 2011