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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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Trump may like to 'solve' N. Korean nuclear problem if reelected: ex-official
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Woman falls to death from acquaintance's home after exhibiting ‘unexplained' behaviors
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‘Malice should not undermine the system, social order,’ says Hybe's Bang
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N. Korea slams planned S. Korea-US military drills, warns of 'catastrophic aftermath'
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[Robert J. Fouser] Social attitudes toward language proficiency
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N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea: JCS
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[Graphic News] How much do Korean adults read?
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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Romney picks Paul Ryan for running mate
Republican Mitt Romney introduced Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday, turning to an ardent conservative and budget-cutting specialist to shore up support for his candidacy among the party's conservative base.The party establishment, rank-and-file conservatives and small-government, anti-tax tea party groups all cheered the pick made by Romney. As chai
World NewsAug. 11, 2012
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China: Politician's wife admitted murdering Brit
This video image taken from CCTV shows Gu Kailai, center, the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, standing trial in the Intermediate People`s Court in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei Thursday. (AP_Yonhap News)The wife of a disgraced top Chinese politician was a depressed woman on medication but a willful murderer who poisoned a British businessman while in fear for her son's life, official me
World NewsAug. 11, 2012
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New U.S. sanctions on the Assad regime, Hezbollah
The Obama administration set new, largely symbolic, sanctions Friday on Syria's state-run oil company and the Hezbollah militant group, moves designed to underscore Iran's key role in propping up the Syrian regime over the span of its civil war.State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said the penalties against energy firm Sytrol come after it delivered $36 million worth of gasoline to Iran in
World NewsAug. 11, 2012
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Scientists reveal 1.5 million years of climate change history
A new study revealed climate change history for the last 1.5 million years by reconstructing the deep ocean temperatures and changes in ice volume.The study by researchers in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Earth Science shows what happened during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, called MPT, between 1.25 million and 600,000 years ago. Before the MPT, glacial periods of extreme cold and warmer interglacials happened with intervals of about 41,000 years. However, after MPT, the cycle wa
World NewsAug. 10, 2012
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U.S. prepares new sanctions on Assad regime
The Obama administration is readying new sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and its allies as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton heads to Turkey for weekend talks with top Turkish officials and Syrian opposition activists.Senior U.S. officials traveling with Clinton as she wraps up a nine-nation Africa tour in Ghana and Benin before flying to Turkey on Friday said the
World NewsAug. 10, 2012
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Japan growth may slow to half previous pace
Japan’s economy probably grew last quarter at half the pace of the previous three months, a slowdown analysts predict is deepening as Europe’s debt crisis and the yen’s gains erode exports. Gross domestic product expanded an annualized 2.3 percent in the three months through June, compared with 4.7 percent in the first quarter, according to the median estimate of 24 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. The Cabinet Office will release the report on Aug. 13. The slump may deepen this quarter, wi
World NewsAug. 10, 2012
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Pro-Islamist elected Libya assembly chief
TRIPOLI (AFP) ― Libya’s new national assembly late Thursday elected as its president Mohamed al-Megaryef, a staunch opponent of Moammar Gadhafi’s overthrown regime who is seen as being pro-Islamist.Megaryef, who had led the Libyan National Salvation Front that grouped exiled opponents of Gadhafi, won with 113 votes in the General National Congress against liberal independent Ali Zidane, who got 85.Libya’s National Transitional Council on Wednesday handed power to the new assembly, elected July 7
World NewsAug. 10, 2012
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China says exports, imports slow in July
BEIJING (AFP) ― China’s exports and imports slowed for the second consecutive month, official data showed Friday, highlighting worsening conditions in the world’s second-biggest economy amid global and domestic woes.The figures ― sharply below market expectations ― add to concerns that China’s economy continues to lose steam despite government efforts to prop up growth and investment.Analysts said the weak data, combined with disappointing figures released Thursday, create further impetus for Be
World NewsAug. 10, 2012
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Korean-born chiefs of U.N., World Bank agree to cooperate
NEW YORK -- The chiefs of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon (right) and World Bank met on Thursday and agreed to work closely to address global challenges, such as sustainable growth, development, energy and health issues.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held a one-hour, closed meeting with Jim Yong Kim, new president of the World Bank, at the U.N. headquarters. It was the first time the two Korean-born international organization leaders have a one-on-one meeting since Kim assumed World Bank‘s ch
World NewsAug. 10, 2012
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Woman finds naked intruder in her bed
A man was arrested in San Diego on prowling charges early Thursday after being found naked in his neighbor‘s bed, police said.The 25-year-old man, whose name was not reported, apparently broke into his female neighbor’s home, undressed and got into her bed, the U-T San Diego reported.When the neighbor got home and discovered the naked intruder, she called police.Officers arrived and arrested the man who told them he went into the woman‘s house because he heard a noise, then got naked and into he
World NewsAug. 10, 2012
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Man orders TV, gets military rifle
A Washington man says he ordered a flat-screen television through Amazon.com and instead received a military-style assault rifle.Seth Horvitz, 38, a musician from San Francisco who moved to Washington a year ago, told The Washington Post he was alone getting ready for a dinner party at his Brookland apartment when he heard a knock at the door. A UPS man had left a package outside.He had ordered the TV set for $324 from a third-party seller through Amazon. He told the Post he thought the package
Aug. 10, 2012
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Sleeping man rides on baggage belt
A Rome airport said security procedures were not to blame for a drunk tourist taking a 15-minute ride on a luggage belt.Officials at Fiumicino airport said a 36-year-old Norwegian man who arrived at the hub‘s international terminal with a beer in his hand hopped over a counter at the airline desk and fell asleep on the baggage belt, which at the time was not moving, The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.The officials said the belt began to move and the man rode for about 15 minutes before a work
World NewsAug. 10, 2012
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Chinese doctors remove spider from patient’s ear canal
A Chinese woman who suffered from headaches on the left side of her head was told by doctor that a spider was in her ear canal.Doctors at the Changsha Central Hospital in Hunan Doctors reportedly used a saline solution to flush out the spider in order to avoid having the spider burrow deeper inside the canal or bite her.They believe the spider entered the woman's home while the home was undergoin
World NewsAug. 10, 2012
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Gigantic cat dies despite strict diet
A gigantic 15 kg cat in New York died despite being put on a rigorous diet.According to news reports, a 9-year-old ginger moggie called SpongeBob weighed about 15 kg. He died of asthma two months after he was adopted by new owners Courtney and Matt Farrell in New York.SpongeBob arrived at Animal Haven rescue center earlier this year after his elderly owner moved to a care home.Staff members of the center said they put him on a strict diet to improve his health and chances of being adopted.Kendra
Aug. 10, 2012
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U.S. starts Agent Orange cleanup project in Vietnam
DANANG, Vietnam (AP) ― Vo Duoc fights back tears while sharing the news that broke his heart: A few days ago he received test results confirming he and 11 family members have elevated levels of dioxin lingering in their blood.The family lives in a two-story house near a former U.S. military base in Danang where the defoliant Agent Orange was stored during the Vietnam War, which ended nearly four decades ago. Duoc, 58, sells steel for a living and has diabetes, while his wife battles breast cance
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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BOJ holds steady on rates, policy measures
TOKYO (AFP) ― The Bank of Japan on Thursday kept interest rates unchanged and held off further easing measures, repeating its view that the world’s third-largest economy was “picking up moderately.”The BOJ kept rates at between zero and 0.1 percent and left unchanged its key policy tool, a 70-trillion-yen ($891-billion) asset purchase program, after a two-day policy meeting.“Japan’s economy has started picking up moderately as domestic demand remains firm mainly supported by reconstruction deman
World BusinessAug. 9, 2012
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Toyota plans to invest $495m in Brazil
BRASILIA (AFP) ― Top Japanese automaker Toyota plans to invest $495 million dollars to build an engine plant in Brazil, the company’s president said Wednesday after meeting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.Akio Toyoda made the announcement a day before he was to attend the inauguration of Toyota’s third factory in Brazil, in Sorocaba, located 91 kilometers from Sao Paulo in the country’s southeast.The engine factory, to be located in Porto Feliz ― 20 miles from Sorocaba ― will be ready in 2015
World BusinessAug. 9, 2012
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Eurozone financial markets fragmented, ECB says
FRANKFURT (AP) ― The European Central Bank warns that debt crisis hitting the 17 countries that use the euro is causing the region’s financial market to become increasingly fragmentedThe region’s central monetary authority highlighted the fall-off in money being lent across borders and the differences in money-market and bond interest rates between financially stronger and more troubled countries in the region as signs of the split.The bank’s statement Wednesday expanded on comments by bank head
World BusinessAug. 9, 2012
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Egypt fires intelligence chief over Sinai attack
CAIRO (AP) ― Egypt’s president fired his intelligence chief on Wednesday for failing to act on an Israeli warning of an imminent attack days before militants stormed a border post in the Sinai Peninsula and killed 16 soldiers. The dismissal, which followed Egyptian airstrikes against Sinai militants, also marked a bold attempt by the Islamist leader to deflect popular anger over the attack. It pointed to a surprising level of cooperation with the powerful military leaders who stripped the presid
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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Curiosity’s second day on Mars flawless: NASA
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― NASA rover Curiosity’s second day on Mars went “flawlessly,” NASA said Wednesday, confirming the antennas, communication links and generator on the $2.5 billion robot are all working well.“We feel very confident we have a lot of data capacity now, that we have all these links, and that was one of the major objectives of that first part of the mission,” mission manager Jennifer Trosper told reporters at a press conference at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California
World NewsAug. 9, 2012