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[Photo News] Hero firefighter award

S-Oil senior vice president Lee Chang-jai (left) poses with the winner of the “hero firefighter” of 2014 award Moon Gwon-ju from Gwangsan Fire Station in Gwangju after handing over a plaque of apprec...

Dec 24, 2013
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Man who helped free Cleveland women signs memoirs contract

CLEVELAND (AP) ― The man who famously put aside his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive in a Cleveland house for over a decade has signed a contract to publish his memoirs. Charles Ramse...

Dec 24, 2013
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Mossad trained Mandela in Ethiopia: Israeli archive

JERUSALEM (AFP) ― Israeli Mossad agents operating in Ethiopia in 1962 unwittingly trained Nelson Mandela in hand-to-hand combat, weaponry and sabotage, according to a document released by Israel’s st...

Dec 24, 2013
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Anonymous person donates W100m to Salvation Army for third straight year

Choi Soo-hyun (sixth from left, front row), governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, and representatives from 37 financial institutions ring bells after delivering 930 million won in donations ...

Dec 24, 2013
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Widow gets remains of soldier lost in Korean War

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph E. Gantt went off to war 63 years ago, leaving behind a wife who never gave up on his return. On Friday, 94-year-old Clara Gantt stood up from her ...

Dec 23, 2013
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Archive discloses Christmas cards received by former presidents

The National Archives disclosed 14 Christmas cards received by former presidents. Clockwise from top left are Christmas cards received by former Presidents Park Chung-hee, Roh Moo-hyun and Lee Myung-...

Dec 23, 2013
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[Photo News] Let them eat Kimchi

Members of Citibank Korea’s service corps pose with multicultural families after making kimchi for foreign workers and their families at Global Sarang, an NGO for immigrant workers, in Seoul on Satur...

Dec 22, 2013
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British TV chef Nigella Lawson faces drugs probe

Nigella Lawson LONDON (AFP) ― British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson faces a police investigation into claims of cocaine use which emerged during her personal assistants’ fraud trial after a U-turn b...

Dec 22, 2013
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Positive comments on Sunfull website tops 5m

Min Byoung-chul (fifth from right, front row), the Konkuk University professor who founded the Sunfull Movement, poses with participants during its annual activity report and award ceremony at the un...

Dec 22, 2013
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Founder of anti-inheritance campaign contemplates roots of personal wealth

Very few people manage to do it. The richer they are, the more difficult it is, they say. But more people are vowing to leave no inheritance for their children and donate everything to society when ...

Dec 20, 2013
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Jury says portrait of Fawcett belongs to O’Neal

Andy Warhol’s painting of “Farrah Fawcett” (AP-Yonhap News) LOS ANGELES (AP) ― An Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett belongs to actor Ryan O’Neal, a jury determined Thursday. The ownership of t...

Dec 20, 2013
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Jackpot nets one ticket seller $1m

Jenny’s Gift Shop owner Thuy Nguyen (right) accepts a $1 million check from California lottery sales representative Mona Sanders in San Jose, California, Wednesday. (AP-Yonhap News) ATLANTA (AP) ― T...

Dec 19, 2013
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[Photo News] Deal on medical tourism

Donghae City in Gangwon Province, Gangnam district of Seoul and a cruise ferry company signed a deal to support medical tourism in a ceremony in Donghae on Thursday. From left are Donghae’s acting Ma...

Dec 19, 2013
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Baucus to be named ambassador to China

Max Baucus WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama intends to nominate Sen. Max Baucus as ambassador to China, Democratic officials said Wednesday, turning to a lawmaker well-versed in trade issues...

Dec 19, 2013
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‘Great Train Robber’ Ronnie Biggs dies

Ronnie Biggs LONDON (AFP) ― Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, whose audacious escape from jail and decades spent on the run made him one of Britain’s most notorious criminals, died on Wednesday aged ...

Dec 19, 2013
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