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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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King remembered as forgiving man
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Rodney King was remembered in Los Angeles on Saturday as a forgiving man who bore the scars of his infamous beating with dignity.The Rev. Al Sharpton, who delivered the eulogy at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, said before the funeral that King never showed bitterness to the officers who beat him.“People should not be judged by the mistakes that they make, but by how they rise above them,” Sharpton said outside the Hall of Freedom at the sprawling cemetery grounds. “Rodney had ri
July 1, 2012
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New Hong Kong leader takes office
HONG KONG (AP) ― Hong Kong’s new Beijing-backed leader was sworn in on Sunday amid rising public discontent over widening inequality and lack of full democracy in the semiautonomous southern Chinese financial center.Tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets later in the day in an annual protest that is an occasion for ordinary people to air their grievances over a range of issues.Leung Chun-ying took office in a morning ceremony overseen by Chinese President Hu Jintao, beco
July 1, 2012
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Armed boy, 9, steals electric car
The child in the photograph is not related to the story. (MCT)A Swedish company said a 9-year-old armed with what was believed to be an air gun stole an electric car and drove around for about 10 minutes before crashing.Jan Jentzell of Poseidon, the property management company that owns the car, said the boy waved the realistic-looking gun at passersby who saw him unsuccessfully attempting to brea
July 1, 2012
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World powers agree Syria deal, U.S. eyes post-Assad regime
World powers on Saturday agreed a plan for a transition in Syria that could include current regime members, but the West did not see any role for President Bashar Assad in a new unity government.Russia and China insisted that Syrians must decide how the transition should be carried out rather than allow others to dictate their fate, as the two powers signed up to the final agreement that did not m
July 1, 2012
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Chimps attack American at South Africa sanctuary
Chimpanzees sit at the Chimp Eden rehabilitation center near Nelspruit, South Africa, where a man was brutally attacked by two chimpanzees on Thursday. (AP-Yonhap News)Chimpanzees at a sanctuary founded by famed primatologist Jane Goodall pulled a Texas graduate student into their fenced-off enclosure, dragging him nearly a half-mile and biting his ear and hands. Andrew F. Oberle was giving a lect
June 30, 2012
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50 dead, 42 missing from mudslides in China
China's Civil Affairs Ministry says mudslides caused by heavy rains have killed 50 and left another 42 missing.The national agency said in an online statement Friday that storms have ravaged 11 provinces and regions -- mainly in south China -- since June 20 and triggered the deadly mudslides.The ministry says about 440,000 people have been relocated and that tens of thousands of homes are severely
June 30, 2012
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Arsonist dies in possible suicide in court
Investigators were trying to determine Friday if a man who collapsed in a Phoenix courtroom moments after being convicted of arson took his own life.Michael Marin, 53, died Thursday soon after paramedics rushed him from the courtroom, The Arizona Republic reported.A jury found Marin guilty Thursday of setting his mansion in the Biltmore Estates neighborhood in Phoenix on fire in 2009. A few minute
June 30, 2012
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'Hero' who rescued baby on tracks gets job
An official at the New York company that hired a man who rescued a baby from Brooklyn subway tracks says the company is honored to employ the "hero."Delroy Simmonds, who rescued 9-month-old David Zamara Monday, had been unemployed for more than a year before accepting the offer Wednesday from ABM Janitorial services at Kennedy Airport, the New York Daily News reported."It says a lot about his char
June 30, 2012
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Web site sells anti-infidelity ring
A Vancouver-based Web site is marketing an anti-infidelity wedding ring that leaves the imprint of the words "I'm married" on the wearer's finger.TheCheeky.com is selling the titanium bands, which have the letters carved into the inside of the wedding band to leave an imprint on the wearer's finger, for $550, the New York Daily News reported Friday."With Arnold, Tiger and two-timing IMF guy in min
June 30, 2012
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Baby dead 'for a day' as Japan mother chats on net
A woman whose baby boy lay dead for nearly a day while she chatted on Internet forums has been arrested in Japan, media and police said Friday.Yumiko Takahashi knew that 19-month-old Neo was running a high fever when she checked on him on the afternoon of June 24 last year but left him lying on his bed untended, police said.A post mortem examination revealed Neo had died around 2 pm on June 26th,
June 29, 2012
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Hu in H.K. for handover anniversary
HONG KONG (AFP) ― Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Hong Kong on Friday to mark the 15th anniversary of the territory’s handover from Britain to Beijing.Hu, whose three-day visit is his last as president before a key leadership reshuffle in Beijing later this year, is also expected to attend the inauguration of Leung Chun-ying as the city’s next chief executive on Sunday.The Chinese leader was greeted at Hong Kong’s airport by dignitaries led by Donald Tsang, the outgoing chief executive, a
June 29, 2012
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3 Chinese astronauts return to Earth: media
BEIJING (AFP) ― Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after achieving China’s first manual docking in orbit, a milestone in the country’s effort to build a space station by the end of the decade.The return of the trio, including the country’s first female astronaut, to a landing zone in a remote and sandy area of northern China was broadcast to a national audience on state television.The return capsule of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, which lifted off on June 16, hit the ground about
June 29, 2012
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Leaders agree on limited package
Euro heads agree to closer long-term union in win for Spain, ItalyBRUSSELS (AP) ― European leaders meeting in Brussels agreed Thursday to devote $149 billion for “immediate growth measures” to try to dig the continent’s weakest economies out of crisis.While some hailed the accord as a sign of progress for the troubled European Union and job creation, about half is money that had already been promised. And it is not seen as the powerful solution that markets are seeking to restore confidence in t
June 29, 2012
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UTC exported software used in Chinese helicopter
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (AP) ― A division of United Technologies Corp. pleaded guilty on Thursday to crimes related to the illegal export of software that U.S. officials say was used by China to develop the country’s first modern military attack helicopter.The subsidiary, Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.; Hartford-based UTC; and another subsidiary along with UTC agreed to pay more than $75 million in fines in connection with the export violations and for providing misleading information to the U.S.
June 29, 2012
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Kid gets bid for old train in online auction
A four-year-old boy in New Zealand purchased an old commuter train from an online auction.According to news reports, the public transport arm of Greater Wellington Regional Council received a bid of $29,990 for the train. However, it got an email from a woman asking to cancel the bid because she said that the bid was made by her 4-year-old son.“My 4-year-old was playing and placed a bid. I don’t actually want to buy the train. Can my bid please be removed?” the email said.The bid was canceled, b
June 29, 2012
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Coming out of coma, man asks for KFC
A patient in England who had been in a coma for eight days asked his family for a KFC chicken burger as soon as he came out of it.Sam Boughen, 26, a drummer from Glastonbury, asked for a chicken burger by typing on an iPad after eight days in a coma.“I don’t get many takeaways but chicken must have been on my mind,” said Boughen.He was diagnosed with liver disease and then went through liver tranplant from his father in January. However, the operation failed and he had to receive another liver t
June 29, 2012
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Suspect's head pinned under garage door
Police in Massachusetts said an alleged burglar was foiled when his head became stuck under a garage door for several hours.Brockton police said an employee at the local Rent-A-Center showed up for work around 9 a.m. Tuesday and discovered Manuel Hernandez, 54, with his head stuck between the garage door and the ground, WHDH-TV, Boston, reported Thursday."Obviously the employee was surprised and c
June 29, 2012
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U.S. high court upholds heart of Obama health law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, handing him a huge election-year political victory and keeping in force the legislative centerpiece of his term, a law aimed at covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans.The decision means the historic overhaul -- opposed by virtually all Republicans including Mitt Romney, Obama's challeng
June 29, 2012
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U.S. Army explores lightning as a weapon
The U.S. Army has been testing a new weapon that shoots laser-guided lightning bolts to strike its target. Researchers have tested the new weapon at the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) in New Jersey. According to news reports, the weapon, called a Laser-Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC), imitates the way lightning strikes the ground from thunderclouds. “We never got tired of the lightning bolts zapping our (simulated) targets,” said George Fischer, the lead scientist on
June 29, 2012
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Alcohol in Coke and Pepsi
French scientists Tuesday found that Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain trace amounts of alcohol.The Paris-based National Institute of Consumption tested 19 colas, and the result revealed that 10 of them contained alcohol. The alcohol-free colas were cheap supermarket versions.However, the study said that the amount of alcohol was not enough for someone to violate the drink-drive limit because the alcohol level was 0.001 percent. One would need to consume 1300 cans to reach that limit, according to the
June 29, 2012