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Jimin of BTS, actor Song Da-eun suspected to be dating, again
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What's next for the government's push in quota hike?
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Woman falls to death from acquaintance's home after exhibiting ‘unexplained' behaviors
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N. Korea slams planned S. Korea-US military drills, warns of 'catastrophic aftermath'
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‘Malice should not undermine the system, social order,’ says Hybe's Bang
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N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea: JCS
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[Robert J. Fouser] Social attitudes toward language proficiency
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[Graphic News] How much do Korean adults read?
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Korean firms target EV charging market in US
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Libya’s interim rulers name cabinet
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) ― Libya’s transitional leaders named a new cabinet Monday and vowed to step down after the country is secured, a move designed to show the North African nation is moving on even though fighting persists and Moammar Gadhafi remains at large.The announcement was made jointly by th
World NewsOct. 4, 2011
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Gadhafi birthplace overrun
SIRTE, Libya (AFP) - Anti-Gadhafi fighters Monday overran the ousted strongman’s birthplace of Qasr Abu Hadi, medics said, marking a symbolic victory in their battle to eradicate the last vestiges of his 42-year rule.The battlefield success -- which saw five new regime fighters killed -- came as Lib
World NewsOct. 4, 2011
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Tech brands dominate top global brands list
Apple, Google, other tech brands high on global brands list, Nokia falls off top 10 NEW YORK (AP) -- We all want a bite out of Apple, according to a report valuing global brands out Tuesday.The maker of the popular iPhone, iPad2, music players and computers was one of the biggest gainers in an annua
World BusinessOct. 4, 2011
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Yahoo, ABC joining forces in news partnership
NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC News and Yahoo Inc. are joining to deliver more online news to their audiences. With the deal, ABC News content will be prominently featured on Yahoo News, the most visited news website in the world. It will also show up on Yahoo‘s popular front page.The partnership comes as a g
World BusinessOct. 4, 2011
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S. Korea to seek global currency swap at G20
South Korea is pushing for a global currency swap scheme during the Group of 20 meetings as part of efforts to strengthen the financial safety net against global market turbulences, Seoul officials said Tuesday.The global currency swap scheme is aimed at strengthening the financial safety net by all
World BusinessOct. 4, 2011
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Greece to miss deficit targets this year
ATHENS (AP) ― Greece won’t meet 2011-2012 deficit targets imposed by international lenders as part of the country’s bailout, the Finance Ministry said Sunday.The country’s deficit this year is expected to reach 8.5 percent of gross domestic product, or 18.69 billion euros ($25.2 billion) ― higher th
World BusinessOct. 3, 2011
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Manufacturing counters China ‘hard landing’
Signs of stability in China’s manufacturing industry in September may ease concern the world’s second-largest economy will suffer a slump in economic expansion that escalates the risk of another global recession. The Purchasing Managers’ Index published Oct. 1 by the China Federation of Logistics an
World BusinessOct. 3, 2011
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Wall Street protesters: We’re in for the long haul
NEW YORK (AP) ― The protesters who have been camping out in Manhattan’s Financial District for more than two weeks eat donated food and keep their laptops running with a portable gas-powered generator. They have a newspaper ― the Occupied Wall Street Journal ― and a makeshift hospital.They lack a cl
World BusinessOct. 3, 2011
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Israel backs Mideast talks plan, with reservations
JERUSALEM (AP) ― Israel’s government welcomed on Sunday parts of an international proposal to resume long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians but said it had concerns about the plan.The plan by Mideast mediators, known as the Quartet, calls for a peace deal in a year and asks both sides to pro
World NewsOct. 3, 2011
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Syria warns US ambassador against meddling
BEIRUT (AP) -- U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford should stop meddling in Syrian affairs if he wants to avoid more ‘rotten eggs’ attacks in the future, a state-run Syrian newspaper warned on Sunday.The Al Baath newspaper, a mouthpiece of the Syrian regime, accused Ford of supporting armed anti-government g
World NewsOct. 3, 2011
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Syria dissidents launch national council
BEIRUT (AP) ― Syrian dissidents on Sunday formally established a broad-based national council designed to overthrow President Bashar Assad’s regime, which they accused of pushing the country to the brink of civil war. Syrians took to the streets in celebration, singing and dancing.In a restive north
World NewsOct. 3, 2011
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Egypt’s ruler denies army told to shoot protesters
CAIRO (AP) ― Egypt’s military ruler on Sunday defended his testimony last month in the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, denying that the army was ever ordered to shoot protesters during the uprising earlier this year.Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi testified in Mubarak’s trial on Sept. 24 unde
World NewsOct. 3, 2011
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Nations using power of ‘weiplomacy’ in China
Foreign embassies, diplomats quick to take up Chinese micro-blogging platform Weibo*Asia News Network is the world’sThe world became a smaller and flatter place thanks to the Internet. But with the emergence of Weibo, the micro blog, cyberspace has again become multidimensional, as Weibo has been ch
World NewsOct. 3, 2011
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Climate change behind storms, flooding, drought, Manila says
Officials have warned Filipinos to brace against the inconvenient truth of devastating storms, flooding and drought unless policies and projects are put in place to mitigate climate change.Undersecretary Graciano Yumul of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said that in the next 20 to 50
World NewsOct. 3, 2011
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Wealthy Indonesians start sharing the wealth
Assitance: A youth spends his time in the middle of the road in Jakarta. Yani Rodyat, vice-chairman of Medco Energi is trying to spread education to Jakarta’s street children by paying the school fees for hundreds of underprivileged children.There are few places in the word where such vast contrasts
World NewsOct. 3, 2011
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Liu Xiaobo’s wife still silenced
BEIJING (AP) ― In a quiet, leafy neighborhood of Beijing, a woman has been living in enforced isolation in her book-lined, fifth-floor apartment. Her apparent misdeed: being married to a Nobel Peace Prize winner the Chinese government calls a criminal.In the year since jailed democracy campaigner Li
World NewsOct. 3, 2011
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Anger flares at Kenya kidnapping response
World NewsOct. 3, 2011
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Al-Qaida deaths hurt attack plans: Panetta
ON BOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) ― Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that the deaths of several top al-Qaida leaders in Pakistan and Yemen in recent months will make it much more difficult for the terror group and its affiliates to plan and launch large-scale attacks abroad, including agai
World NewsOct. 3, 2011
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Nigeria shies on Palestinian U.N. bid
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ― Nigeria is refusing to say how it will vote when the United Nations Security Council decides on the Palestinians’ request for U.N. membership, as increasing diplomatic pressure mounts on the oil-rich West African nation.Nigeria appears to be a crucial vote as Palestinians try t
World NewsOct. 3, 2011
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Scientists say Arctic has record ozone loss
PARIS (AFP) ― An ozone hole five times the size of California opened over the Arctic this spring, matching ozone loss over Antarctica for the first time on record, scientists said Sunday.Formed by a deep chill over the North Pole, the unprecedented hole at one point shifted over eastern Europe, Russ
World NewsOct. 3, 2011