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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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May the Medal be with you: Obama honors George Lucas
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― President Barack Obama Wednesday honored luminaries of the arts, including Star Wars creator George Lucas, praising his special effects for freeing movies from “planes in space” with visible strings.Obama presented National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to a group also including musician Herb Alpert, rhythm and blues legend Allen Toussaint, author Joan Didion and sportswriter Frank DeFord.“The arts and the humanities aren’t just a source of entertainment, they
July 11, 2013
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First Apple computer sells for $387,750
NEW YORK (AP) ― An original Apple computer from 1976 has sold at auction for nearly $388,000. Known as the Apple 1, it was one of the first Apple computers ever built. It sold Monday for $387,750 at a Christie’s online-only auction. Bolaffi, an Italian collections company, said in a statement that it bought the computer. The seller was a retired school psychologist from Sacramento, California. Vintage Apple products have become a hot item since Steve Jobs’ death in October 2011. Jobs joined forc
July 11, 2013
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Retired weightlifting champ speaks on dreams, challenges
Retired Olympic weightlifting champion Jang Mi-ran gave a special lecture at a provincial girls’ high school Thursday. She emphasized following one’s dreams and taking on challenges to the students of Il Shin Girls’ High School in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. “Keep in mind three things: opportunities, choice and challenge. Like I realized my dream through weightlifting, I hope that you can find and accomplish what you can do,” she said. “Do your utmost in the one thing that you believe
July 11, 2013
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Placido Domingo treated for blocked lung artery
MADRID (AFP) ― Spanish tenor Placido Domingo is being treated in a Madrid hospital for a pulmonary embolism, a blockage of an artery of the lungs, his publicist said Tuesday.The 72-year-old opera star was admitted Monday to the hospital in the Spanish capital, his Los Angeles-based representative Nancy Seltzer said in a statement.“He is being successfully treated for a pulmonary embolism,” she said.The embolism was the result of deep vein thrombosis, the agent said, a condition in which a clot f
July 10, 2013
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Buffett makes stock donations to charities
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) ― Billionaire Warren Buffett is giving five charities more than $2.6 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock as part of his overall plan to give away his fortune gradually. Buffett announced the annual gifts Monday. The biggest block of Class B shares of Berkshire stock worth $2 billion is going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett also gave 1.75 million shares to his own foundation and 1.2 million shares to each of his three children’s foundations. The C
July 10, 2013
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War memorial reopens refurbished U.N. Hall
The War Memorial of Korea in Yongsan, Seoul, reopened the newly furnished U.N. hall on Wednesday. The exhibition room on the third floor has been renovated to mark 60 years since the signing of the Korean War armistice. South and North Korea fought each other from 1950-1953 and are still technically at war.Its space has been expanded from 990 square meters to 1,647 square meters after four months of remodeling.The number of items on display also has increased from about 400 to some 1,000. The ne
July 10, 2013
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Bringing up baby, the royal way
LONDON (AFP) ― The imminent birth of Britain’s royal baby will be announced on a golden easel and hailed by cannon fire ― but royal-watchers say that behind the pomp Prince William and Catherine will be trying to balance tradition with modern parenting.The couple, both 31, have been widely portrayed as a 21st century royal couple who will deal with the dirty diapers and sleepless nights like any ordinary mother and father around the world.But observers warn that even if they avoid dispatching th
July 10, 2013
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Singer Rain discharged from military service
Conscripted K-pop star Rain was discharged from military service on Wednesday, receiving a warm welcome from his fans. The 31-year-old singer, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, served for 21 months as an "entertainment soldier" for an Army unit that provides TV and radio programming that promotes the military. All able-bodied men should serve roughly two years in the South Korean military, which is still technically at war with North Korea. Over 100 people, mostly from Japan, and reporters flocke
July 10, 2013
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[Graphic News] Science and technology budget
South Korea is seeking to sharply increase its investment in science and technology, setting a 92.4 trillion won ($80 billion) budget to finance research and development in new growth sectors by 2017.
July 9, 2013
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Another British royal baby, this time for Zara Tindall
LONDON (AFP) ― Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest granddaughter, eventing champion Zara Tindall, and her rugby player husband Mike Tindall are expecting their first child at the beginning of next year, Buckingham Palace announced on Monday.The couple married in July 2011, three months after Tindall’s cousin Prince William and Catherine, and announced their pregnancy just days before the second-in-line to the throne is expecting his first child.“Mr. and Mrs. Mike Tindall are very pleased to announce tha
July 9, 2013
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SNU to name library room after U.N. chief
Seoul National University said Tuesday it would rename a library room after United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in appreciation of his donation to the university. Ban recently contributed an undisclosed amount of money to SNU to help pay for a new library building, according to the school.In recognition of his donation, SNU will name one of 50 study rooms at the new library after the U.N. chief, it said. SNU earlier launched a campaign to raise funds for the new library project with the
July 9, 2013
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Girls’ Generation to sing national anthem at July 28 Dodgers game
Taeyeon, Tiffany and Sunny from girl group Girls’ Generation will sing the Korean national anthem at the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds game on July 28, S.M. Entertainment announced Tuesday. One of the members will also throw the opening pitch at the game. It will be Tiffany’s second visit to Dodger Stadium since May. She threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Dodgers game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 6. She had trouble throwing the ball over the plate to pitcher Ryu Hyun-ji
July 9, 2013
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Chinese Korean War vets visit comrades’ cemetery for 1st time
Three Chinese Korean War veterans who fought against South Korea as allied troops of North Korea visited a cemetery containing their fallen comrades in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, on Tuesday.Chen Ruo Bi, Lian Deng Gao and Lai Xuex Ian were invited to South Korea by the provincial government through the Seoul-based Korea-China Cultural Association.It was the first time since the armistice 60 years ago that Chinese Korean War veterans had visited the graves of their compatriots in South Korea. “We he
July 9, 2013
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Lee paves way for displaying Hangeul on electronic devices
Lee Ki-sung, professor emeritus at the Kaywon School of Art & Design and the director of the eBook Academy in Korea, is considered by some as the modern-day King Sejong for his work in the development of Korean characters for electronic publishing.One of Lee’s greatest academic contributions is the standardization of a communication output code for 11,172 electronic Hangeul fonts. He was the driving force behind the development and implementation of these character fonts in the field in the Kore
July 9, 2013
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Kerry’s wife rushed to hospital
NEW YORK (AFP) ― The wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was rushed to a local hospital Sunday after falling ill and had been transferred and admitted to a larger Boston facility, a spokesman said.Late Sunday afternoon Teresa Heinz Kerry “was taken by ambulance to Nantucket Cottage Hospital accompanied by her husband,” spokesman Glen Johnson said in a statement.Heinz Kerry, a multilingual philanthropist born to Portuguese parents in colonial-era Mozambique, arrived in a “critical but stab
July 8, 2013
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King wants Mandela grandson title revoked
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) ― A South African traditional king will try to revoke the chieftaincy of Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla after a bitter family feud over gravesites, South African media reported Sunday.King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, the Xhosa king who rules the Thembu tribe to which the Mandela family belongs, accused Mandla Mandela of disgracing the family after the younger Mandela launched a nationally-televised tirade against his relatives and the king.“Mandla has never been the legitimate h
July 8, 2013
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Korea wins world skills competition for 18th time
Korea took first place overall at the 2013 World Skills Competition in Leipzig, Germany. It was the 18th time for Korea to stand on top in its history of participation in the event. In the 42nd edition, which ended a six-day run on Sunday, Korea won 12 gold, five silver and six bronze medals. Switzerland was second with nine gold, three silver and five bronze medals, followed by Chinese Taipei in third with six gold, four silver and eight bronze medals. Korea first joined the 16th World Skills C
July 8, 2013
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Ex-lawmaker blasts Saenuri members on NLL controversy
A former lawmaker urged Saenuri Party members on Thursday to take responsibility and step down for allegedly exaggerating ex-president Roh Moo-hyun’s remarks on South Korea’s de facto sea border.“Rep. Chung Moon-hun and Rep. Suh Sang-kee must step down,” Kang Yon-seok, a lawyer and a former member of the ruling Saenuri Party, said on a talk show aired by JTBC. Chung and Suh had touched off a bipartisan dispute last year when they said Roh gave up the Northern Limit Line to North Korea during a 2
July 5, 2013
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South Africa denies Mandela in 'vegetative state’
The South African government on Thursday denied that former president Nelson Mandela is in a permanent vegetative state, as outlined in court documents filed on June 26."We confirm our earlier statement released this afternoon after President Jacob Zuma visited Madiba in hospital that Madiba remains in a critical, but stable condition," said the statement using Mandela's clan name."The doctors deny that the former president is in a vegetative state," the statement added.Court documents obtained
July 5, 2013
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September wedding rumored for singers Lee Hyori, Lee Sang-soon
Singer Lee Hyori is to tie the knot with her boyfriend Lee Sang-soon, a renowned guitarist and singer in Korea, in September, according to news reports on Wednesday. Reports said that the upcoming wedding came to light as news spread about the couple preparing wedding invitations. The two have been together since 2011. However, the news of the impending wedding has not been officially confirmed, with Lee Hyori’s agency B2M Entertainment changing its statements throughout Wednesday.The CEO of th
July 3, 2013