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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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Messi pays back millions to taxman: reports
MADRID (AFP) ― Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father paid off 5 million euros ($6.6 million) they owed to the taxman ahead of their court appearance on tax evasion charges, media reported Wednesday.Spanish newspapers citing a ruling by a judge in Gava, near Barcelona, said the Argentine player’s father Jorge Messi deposited the payment, which covers more than 4 million euros in unpaid taxes plus interest, with the court on Aug. 14.Prosecutors accuse the two of defrauding the tax office of i
Sept. 5, 2013
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Boryeong Mud Festival to appear in school textbook
The Boryeong Mud Festival will appear in a Korean high school textbook.According to Boryeong City, South Chungcheong Province, Thursday, the festival will be introduced in a high school textbook on social and cultural studies to be edited by Jihaksa Publishing Co. It will be described as one of three flagship provincial festivals of Korea on Page 104, along with the Celadon Festival in Gangjin, South Jeolla Province, and the Rice Cultural Festival in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. Currently, the mud
Sept. 5, 2013
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Koo named to board of national contemporary dance company
Koo Cha-hoon, chairman of the board of directors of the LIG Arts Foundation, on Thursday was appointed a member of the board of directors of the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said. Koo will serve the post for three years. Koo is also the chairman of LIG Investment and Securities, and has been engaged in nurturing the arts in the country including dance. In 2012 he received the Mecenat of the Year award in 2012. In 2007 he received a specia
Sept. 5, 2013
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Polanski discusses impact of sex crime conviction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) ― Director Roman Polanski, in a rare interview published on Thursday, shares his frustrations and feelings about being the object of hatred due to a complicated legal case stemming from a sex crime more than 30 years ago.Polanski, 80, the Polish-French director of films such as “Rosemary’s Baby” and 2002’s Oscar-winning “The Pianist,” pleaded guilty in 1977 to having sex with 13-year-old Samantha Geimer during a photo shoot, fueled by champagne and drugs.In an interview wit
Sept. 5, 2013
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Gorbachev lauds ailing Mandela
GENEVA (AFP) ― Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday lauded ailing Nelson Mandela as an icon of the global drive for democracy, after his South African fellow Nobel laureate was discharged from hospital.“He made a tremendous contribution. And this says it all. No more, no less. Tremendous is the word to characterize him,” said Gorbachev, whose role in ending the Cold War two decades ago won him the Nobel Peace Prize.“He made a tremendous contribution by taking a political position
Sept. 5, 2013
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Malala says books can defeat terrorism at U.K. library opening
BIRMINGHAM, England (AFP) ― Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban after campaigning for girls‘ right to an education, said books were “the weapons to defeat terrorism” as she opened a new library in her adopted English city on Tuesday.The 16-year-old gave a speech before unveiling a stainless steel plaque to mark the opening of Europe’s biggest public library, the gleaming new Library of Birmingham.Yousafzai, who was flown to the central English city for surg
Sept. 4, 2013
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KEF chairman lectures in Ethiopia
Lee Hee-beom, chairman of the Korea Employers Federation, gave a lecture on Korean economic development in Ethiopia, the federation said. Invited by Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Lee spoke to a meeting of Ethiopian ambassadors and consuls general stationed around the world in Addis Ababa on Tuesday.He explained the Saemaeul Movement and other steps that transformed Korea from a war-ravaged underdeveloped country into an economic power. The movement, also known as the New
Sept. 4, 2013
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Lee Hyori releases wedding photographs
Singer Lee Hyori, who recently tied the knot with guitarist Lee Sang-soon, released photographs taken on her wedding day and released a brief statement about the simple ceremony on her official fan website, Hyori Together, on Tuesday. “We were worried that it would rain, but the weather was nice. We and a few of our friends worked hard for a few days preparing for the wedding but in the end it was a meaningful and fun day,” Hyori wrote, adding, “I want to thank everyone who cheered us on and gav
Sept. 4, 2013
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Michael Douglas, Matt Damon to present at Emmy Awards
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, who co-starred in this year‘s Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra,” will serve as presenters at this month’s Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, organizers said Tuesday.Both stars are nominated for leading actor in a movie or mini-series at the award show regarded as the Oscars of the television industry, which will be held in Los Angeles on Sept. 22. “Behind the Candelabra” has 15 Emmy nominations in all. Sixty-eight year-old Douglas ― whose se
Sept. 4, 2013
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Ex-U.S. Secretary of State Albright given Swedish prize
STOCKHOLM (AFP) ― Former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright will receive a prize in memory of assassinated Swedish prime minister Anna Lindh for her role as a “unique female leader,” the award’s organizers announced Tuesday.The Anna Lindh prize, worth 150,000 Swedish kronor (17,000 euros, $23,000), is given to those who “help others and strive for a more humane and just world,” according to the Anna Lindh memorial fund, which bestows the honor. Albright, 76, is “one of the most remarkabl
Sept. 4, 2013
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Dennis Rodman heads back to North Korea
BEIJING (AFP) ― Former NBA star Dennis Rodman Tuesday said he was heading back to Pyongyang to see his “friend,” North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but refused to say if he would come back with an imprisoned U.S. citizen.Korean-American Kenneth Bae, 44, has been held prisoner in the North since November, and Rodman had said last week that he might seek the man’s release.But speaking to reporters at Beijing airport en route to the North Korean capital, Rodman said “I did not promise anything” on Ba
Sept. 3, 2013
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Kanye West ‘plays wedding of Kazakh leader’s grandson’
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) ― American hip-hop superstar Kanye West was the surprise celebrity guest at the lavish wedding party this weekend in Almaty of the grandson of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh media reports said Monday.Aisultan Nazarbayev celebrated his marriage to bride Alima Boranbayeva in a no expense spared party on Saturday night at the Royal Tulip hotel in Almaty, the Tengri news website reported. It published pictures that guests had published on their Instagram and s
Sept. 3, 2013
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‘Comfort women’ run held in U.S.
A run was held in Bergen County, New Jersey, on Monday to bring awareness of the history of women forced to provide sex to Japanese soldiers during World War II and urge the Japanese government to acknowledge history.According to Yonhap News and NorthJersey.com, a community website for local news, approximately 100 runners participated in the first-ever “Comfort Women Memorial Peace Marathon,” organized by the Korean American Association of Palisades Park and sponsored by several Korean organiza
Sept. 3, 2013
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Nyad 1st to swim to Florida from Cuba without cage
Looking dazed and sunburned, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked ashore Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. The 64-year-old Nyad swam up to the beach just before 2 p.m. EDT, about 53 hours after starting her journey from Havana on Saturday. As she approached, spectators waded into waist-high water and surrounded her, taking pictures and cheering her on.“I have three messages. One is, we should never, ever give up. Two is, you're n
Sept. 3, 2013
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Mandela discharged from hospital, returns home
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ― Nelson Mandela went home in an ambulance on Sunday after nearly three months in a hospital that became the focus of a global outpouring of concern, but authorities said the health of the former South African president remained critical and sometimes unstable. The return of the 95-year-old leader of the anti-apartheid movement to his home in an affluent neighborhood of Johannesburg allows his family to share time with him in a more intimate setting. The office of South African
Sept. 2, 2013
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Japanese director Miyazaki retires: studio chief
VENICE (AFP) ― Japan’s Hayao Miyazaki, a director of feature-length animations and manga artist who has been compared to Walt Disney, is retiring after a five-decade career, the head of his production company said Sunday.“Miyazaki has decided that ‘Kaze Tachinu’ will be his last film and he will now retire,” Koji Hoshino, head of Studio Ghibli, which was co-founded by Miyazaki, told reporters at the Venice film festival.The film, entitled “The Wind Rises” in English, tells the story of a fighter
Sept. 2, 2013
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Rodman hints at North Korea revisit to release Kenneth Bae
NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman, who traveled to North Korea early this year, may return to the communist country to push for the release of Kenneth Bae. In an interview with the Huffington Post’s Marc Lamont Hill on Aug. 30, the flamboyant former NBA star hinted that he may go back to North Korea soon to bring the American missionary home. Bae has been detained in North Korea for nine months for allegedly plotting a coup against the communist regime. “I gave (Kim Jong-un) a great indication of
Sept. 2, 2013
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Ben Johnson to return to Seoul track 25 years after positive drug test
Ben Johnson, a Canadian sprinter who tested positive for a banned substance at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, will return to South Korea later this month to promote an anti-doping campaign, officials said.Skins, an Australian sports apparels company, is running an international anti-doping campaign called, “Choose the Right Track.” On the campaign’s website, Skins announced last week that Johnson began his world tour to promote the campaign in Britain, and will also stop in Canada, the United States,
Sept. 2, 2013
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SKC chairman appointed to Pacific Forum CSIS board
SKC and SK Telesys chairman Choi Shin-won has been appointed to the international board of governors of the Pacific Forum CSIS (Center for Strategic & International Studies), SK Telesys said.His appointment was made at the recommendation of Ralph A. Cossa, president of the forum, in May after researching influential Korean businessmen with a high understanding of international issues.The CSIS is a nonprofit, private research institute of internationally distinguished figures in politics, busines
Sept. 2, 2013
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Former Korean Red Cross chief dies
Lee Yoon-gu, a former president of the Korean Red Cross who directed humanitarian assistance to North Korea, died on Saturday. He was 84. The Lee family foundation in Seoul said he died of a sudden illness at The Queen’s Medical Center in Hawaii at 1:05 p.m. on Saturday. Lee was inaugurated as president of the Korean Red Cross in January 2004 and carried out relief projects for North Korea while in office. In June 2004, he visited Ryongchon in North Korea to personally assess the damage at the s
Sept. 1, 2013