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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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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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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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Korea set to finalize medical school expansion plans
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Seoul City to open 'hotel' on river bridge
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N. Korea slams US subcritical nuclear test, vows measures to bolster nuclear deterrence
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Jolie donates $100,000 to Syrian refugees
GENEVA (AFP) ― Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has donated $100,000 to aid Syrian refugees, the United Nations refugee agency said on Wednesday.The Oscar-winning actress is a special envoy of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and made the donation on World Refugee Day.In a statement marking the occasion Jolie said the solutions to the world’s growing number of displaced people were political as well as humanitarian.“The international community should rededicate itself to preventing conflict,
June 21, 2012
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Pakistan president nominates textiles minister for P.M.
ISLAMABAD (AFP) ― Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has nominated textile industry minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin as the new prime minister, state television reported on Thursday.Zardari had been locked in crisis talks with allies to select a consensus candidate to take on the premiership after the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt.“President Asif Ali Zardari, who is also the co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, has nominated Makhdoom Shahabuddin as a candid
June 21, 2012
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3 U.S. soldiers, 18 Afghans killed in suicide attack
KABUL (AP) ― A suicide bomber killed 21 people including three U.S. soldiers at a checkpoint in a packed market in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday ― the third assault targeting Americans in as many days.The daily violence is threatening to undermine international hopes of an orderly handover to Afghan forces at the end of 2014. Although American officials stress successes in establishing pockets of governance in some areas, the east and south continue to be plagued by regular attacks and clashe
June 21, 2012
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Iran enriching uranium at fast pace despite Stuxnet: experts
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Iran’s uranium enrichment effort has picked up speed in the past three years and has not been crippled by cyber sabotage from the Stuxnet virus, experts told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday.As a result, Iran could produce enough fissile material needed for a nuclear weapon within four months, if the leadership decided to go ahead, the experts told the House Armed Services Committee.Based on the findings of the International Atomic Energy Agency, “it’s clear that Iran could produce
June 21, 2012
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Ex-Romania P.M. shoots self after court’s sentence
BUCHAREST (AP) ― A Romanian ex-prime minister shot and wounded himself Wednesday in an apparent suicide attempt, hours after the country’s highest court ruled that he must serve a two-year prison sentence on corruption charges, the country’s current premier said. Media reports said he had shot himself in the neck.Former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase would be Romania’s most senior politician to serve time in prison since the 1989 fall of communism. He had appealed a March 30 court ruling that sen
June 21, 2012
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Poll finds Obama takes significant lead over Romney
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama has opened up a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney in a national poll released Wednesday, even as a majority of respondents say the country is on the wrong track.Most surveys in recent weeks suggest a tight race for the White House culminating in the November election, but the new Bloomberg National Poll has Obama leading his Republican challenger 53-40 percent among likely voters.And while the public gives the incumbent low marks on handling the ec
June 21, 2012
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Rio+20 summit begins under criticism
World leaders gathered in Rio on Wednesday weighed steps to root out poverty and protect the environment as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon warned that “time is not on our side” for fixing a mounting list of problems.Ban formally opened the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development which brings together 191 U.N. members, including 86 presidents and heads of government.The high-profile event comes 20 years after Rio’s first Earth Summit when nations vowed to roll back climate change, desertification and sp
June 21, 2012
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U.K. actor killed by fiancees boyfriend
An actor who had appeared on a British TV show “Doctor Who” was beaten to death after becoming embroiled in a love triangle.Gary Suller, 45, who appeared on the TV drama, was killed by Barry Bowyer. The tragic incident happened after 27-year-old Katie Gilmore, who is Bowyer’s girlfriend, accepted Suller's proposal of marriage. “They were both in love with the same woman,” said prosecutor Peter Davis.Bowyer hated Suller because he was afraid of losing his girlfriend, according to court documents.
June 21, 2012
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2 Russian professors convicted of spying for China
A Russian court on Wednesday convicted two professors of a St. Petersburg university of handing over missile secrets to China, the latest in a string of espionage cases that reflected underlying tensions between Moscow and Beijing despite declarations of cooperation and friendship.The St. Petersburg City Court found Yevgeny Afanasyev and Svyatoslav Bobyshev guilty of treason and sentenced them to 12 { and 12 years in prison respectively, according to the Interfax news agency.The two professors o
June 21, 2012
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Officials delay announcing Egypt election winner
Officials postponed declaring a winner in Egypt's disputed election on Wednesday, sending political tensions soaring as the country awaited its first new president in three decades.Adding to the confusion and uncertainty were reports about the health of Hosni Mubarak, who is serving a life sentence for failing to stop the killing of protesters in the uprising that ousted him last year. At one poin
June 21, 2012
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WikiLeaks’ Assange seeks Ecuador asylum
LONDON (AFP) ― WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday walked into Ecuador’s embassy in London and applied for political asylum in a sensational bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.The former computer hacker, who last week exhausted all his legal options in Britain to fight extradition, was holed up at the embassy in central London while Quito examined the request, officials said.Britain’s Foreign Office said Assange was “beyond the reach of the police” because he was
June 20, 2012
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Hamas militants fire rockets as Israel strikes kill 6
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- The armed wing of Gaza‘s ruling Hamas movement on Tuesday said it fired 10 rockets at Israel in a rare show of force after three Israeli air strikes killed six Palestinians.The claim came shortly after Israel on Tuesday afternoon staged another air strike over Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, injuring two men on a motorcycle, one of them critically, medical officials said.Such fire by the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, which generally maintains a tacit tru
June 20, 2012
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Pakistan in talks for new P.M.
ISLAMABAD (AFP) ― Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari hoped Wednesday to nominate a new prime minister following a night of crisis talks after the Supreme Court disqualified Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt.The move could ease uncertainty in a country that is increasingly trying U.S. patience over al-Qaida-linked havens, struggling with a Taliban insurgency and heading deeper towards a financial crisis that could force it back to the IMF.The court ruling effectively dissolved the cabinet and unl
June 20, 2012
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei barred from court
BEIJING (AP) -- Police barred artist Ai Weiwei from attending the hearing of a lawsuit his company brought against Beijing tax authorities and blocked filming at the courthouse Wednesday as part of an intimidation campaign against the outspoken government critic.Ai told reporters that police the previous night had ordered him to stay home and steer clear of the courts. He said he agreed.Chinese authorities detained Ai for three months last year and his design company was ordered to pay 15 millio
June 20, 2012
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Obama reaches out ...to Hu on Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday lobbied President Hu Jintao of China, a veto-wielding permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, on efforts to end the bloodshed in Syria.China and Russia have frustrated the United States by blocking stronger U.N. sanctions and action against President Bashar al-Assad, and Obama has partly used the G20 summit in Mexico to push for a change in attitude.Obama told reporters at the start of the talks in the Mexican resort of Los Cabos that he wa
June 20, 2012
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Frenchman linked to China scandal arrested in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH (AFP) ― A French architect with ties to disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has been arrested in Cambodia, the French embassy said Tuesday, in a new twist to China’s biggest political scandal in decades.Cambodian police said the arrest of Patrick Devillers was carried out with the cooperation of Beijing, which is seeking his extradition.“We’ve been informed by the Cambodian authorities of the arrest of our compatriot Mr. Devillers,” a French embassy spokeswoman told AFP.Officials we
June 20, 2012
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Iran, six powers fail to reach breakthrough
U.S., Israel still refusing to rule out air strikes against Iran’s nuclear programMOSCOW (AFP) ― Iran and world powers Tuesday failed to narrow differences over the Iranian nuclear drive after bruising talks in Moscow held amid threats of a crippling oil embargo or even military action against Tehran.However the Iranian negotiating team and the world powers led by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton succeeded in keeping talks alive by agreeing a process for future meetings.The United States
June 20, 2012
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‘Canadian pyscho’ suspect pleads not guilty
MONTREAL (AFP) ― A suspect dubbed the ‘Canadian psycho’ pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to killing and dismembering a Chinese student in Montreal, in a case that has seized worldwide attention.Luka Rocco Magnotta pleaded not guilty to first degree murder and four other charges including committing indignities to a body, Crown Prosecutor Louis Bouthillier told reporters at the Montreal courthouse, where the suspect appeared via a video link.The slightly built 29-year-old wore a grey hooded sweatshi
June 20, 2012
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Suu Kyi speaks of family’s ‘sacrifice’ in Britain
OXFORD, England (AFP) ― Aung San Suu Kyi made an emotional return to Britain on her 67th birthday Tuesday, visiting her former home of Oxford and speaking of the “sacrifice” her family were forced to make.The Myanmar democracy icon was greeted at Oxford University, her alma mater, after taking part in a debate at the London School of Economics (LSE) and meeting the radio DJ she credits with giving her a lifeline during 24 years spent mainly under house arrest.She spent nearly 20 years in Oxford,
June 20, 2012
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Up to 27m people living in slavery: U.S.
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Up to 27 million people are living in slavery around the world, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton estimated Tuesday as the U.S. unveiled its annual report into human trafficking.But the report showed that as governments become more aware of the issue, instigating tough new laws and programs to help victims, progress is being made in wiping out what it called the “scourge of trafficking.”“The end of legal slavery in the United States and in other countries around the worl
June 20, 2012