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China hospital disposes of live baby

PodcastNov 6, 2011

...hospital procedures, the statement added. The Foshan News, a local website, reported that when Liu's sister-in-law asked to see the body around 30 minutes after birth, she was handed a yellow plastic...bag containing the infant and found it was still alive. "I opened the plastic bag and saw the baby's hands and feet moving, the stomach was going up and down and air bubbles were coming out of his mo...
150 die in heinous Islamist attacks in Nigeria

PodcastNov 6, 2011

...ave so far been killed in the attack," said local police chief Suleimon Lawal. A member of Nigeria's Islamist Boko Haram sect on Saturday claimed responsibility. "We are responsible for the attack i...an army base and churches in the cities of Damaturu, Maiduguri and two other small towns. Jonathan's spokesman said the attacks had forced him to skip his brother's wedding which took place in his vi...
Unification minister pledges to start filling fund for Koreas' reunification

North KoreaNov 5, 2011

Seoul's top policymaker on North Korea pledged Friday to start filling a fund aimed at preparing for reunification with the North, calling on the South Korean people to also take part. Unification M...orean relations that followed Pyongyang's two deadly attacks on the South last year. He is the first South Korean unification minister to make an official trip to the U.S. since 2005. (Yonhap News)
Seoul shares expected to gain ground next week

Nov 5, 2011

...stocks are forecast to move upward next week, analysts said Saturday, with the Greek prime minister's latest victory in a confidence vote and an upcoming meeting among European financial ministers lik...eoul bourse, however, recouped most of its losses on Friday, jumping more than 3 percent as Greece's decision to cancel the referendum and the European Central Bank's move to cut key interest rates...
Lee arrives home after trip to Russia, France

PoliticsNov 5, 2011

...oject and a G-20 summit aimed at tackling the eurozone debt problems. In a two-day visit to Russia's second-largest city of Saint Petersburg, Lee and Medvedev agreed to work closely together on the ...ct to build a gas pipeline linking the two countries via North Korea. Lee then attended this year's G-20 summit in the southern French city of Cannes as head of one of the "troika" countries, whic...
EU questions Samsung, Apple for possible probe

TechnologyNov 5, 2011

... the enforcement of standards-essential patents in the mobile telephony sector, the European Union's antitrust watchdog said. "Such requests for information are standard procedure in antitrust inv...us that the European Commission recently has opened an investigation to determine whether Samsung's behavior violates EU competition laws," the U.S. company said in a recent filing with a U.S. dist...
21 N. Koreans cross sea border into South: officials

North KoreaNov 5, 2011

A group of 21 North Koreans was found drifting aboard a boat off South Korea's west coast earlier this week, officials said Saturday, the latest in a string of defections by North Koreans. The boat ...o flee their communist country since the 1950-53 Korean War. Most North Koreans cross the country's land border with China to defect to South Korea, with some choosing to cross the tense sea border...
G20 leaders fail to agree on how to boost IMF

Nov 4, 2011

CANNES, France (AP) -- Leaders of the world's 20 most powerful economies failed to agree on how to increase the firepower of the International Monetary Fund, so that it can help stem the European deb...each concrete resolutions at their summit in the French resort of Cannes that has focused on Greece's political turmoil and worries about Italy that are threatening the world economy. ``It's importan...
Big firms banned from tofu, 24 other businesses

IndustryNov 4, 2011

...t to enter the government procurement market such as military supplies and to refrain from merger and acquisition of smaller makers. The agency has been pushing to reduce market share of the country’s top 10 major conglomerates including Samsung Group, Hyundai Motor Group, LG Group and SK Group in an effort to promote shared growth. The aggregate sales of the four conglomerates recorded 603.3 tri...
Lotteries booming in Korea

IndustryNov 4, 2011

...arge of lotteries, has stopped its TV promotions with celebrities in an effort to slow the industry’s growth. The explosive popularity of lotteries this year isn’t just about the thrill of winning. Y...les of 327.6 billion won ― only make up about 3 percent of the total issued by the Finance Ministry’s Korea Lottery Commission. Sales of tickets for the “online lottery” ― a conventional lottery in w...
GNP divided over Park taking the lead

PoliticsNov 4, 2011

Calls for an early party convention to drag the Grand National Party out of the gloom are increasing a week after its defeat in the Seoul mayoral by-election, as Park Geun-hye’s stature rises in the party. Park, who typically maintains a discreet, low profile, broke her silence on the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, following up on her campaigning for the GNP in last week’s by-elections. She t...
Pope John Paul II relics laid in Korea

CultureNov 4, 2011

...ind Korean people of his teachings, the Society of the Catholic Apostolate has said. The late pope’s hair has been laid at the Divine Mercy Jesus Oasis house in Bungdang and his blood has been laid a...He was quoted by Yonhap News as saying that he hopes the remains can remind Korean believers of God’s mercy and the late pope’s teachings that we should take care of our family. Pope John Paul II vis...
Lee bashes Greek leader for referendum on bailout deal

PoliticsNov 4, 2011

CANNES, France (Yonhap News) ― South Korean President Lee Myung-bak sharply criticized Greece’s prime minister for putting a bailout plan to a referendum, saying he was shocked the Greek leader made ...cision later Thursday. “The world has plunged into fears again because of the Greek prime minister’s radical step to hold a referendum,” Lee was quoted as saying. “I cannot contain my shock in that t...
Parliament remains deadlocked over FTA bill

PoliticsNov 4, 2011

...ed at the possibility of the ruling party going ahead with a vote on the free trade pact with the U.S. The National Assembly was deadlocked for its third consecutive day Friday, as members of the mai...sues in the Korean legislature, with opposition parties claiming the revised bill favors Washington’s interests. The U.S. Congress gave the green light to the bill last month as President Lee Myung-b...
Seoul City expands non-smoking areas

Social affairsNov 4, 2011

...okers will find it harder to light up in Seoul, as smoking will be banned in a fifth of the capital’s total area by 2014, city officials said Friday. Seoul Metropolitan Government will expand non-smo...eone who smokes there, so I end up walking away to avoid the smoke,” she said. Complaints like Lim’s are commonplace on the streets of Seoul. “I think it’s right that they are making smokers move ou...