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Gov't to tighten security of computer networks against DDoS attack
Security of the state Internet network being used by central and local administrations will be beefed up, the home affairs ministry said Tuesday, after the country came under a massive cyber attack, known as the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, early this month. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said it will put intranets of city, county and ward offices as well as t
Social Affairs March 22, 2011
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Japan PM says country will overcome tragedy
Japan PM says country will 'overcome tragedy' OSAKA, Japan, (AFP) - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday said "we will overcome this tragedy and recover" from the earthquake and tsunami and pledged that "we will once more rebuild Japan." He also said his government would take "firm control" of the crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan sp
World News March 18, 2011
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We’re sticking with Japan: Korean firms
It’s business as usual for Korea as foreign firms flee Japan It looks like Korean firms will be holding the fort in Japan as a growing number of foreign companies appear to be withdrawing employees and their families over the nuclear radiation scare.Most Korean firms have decided to stick with Japan based on research and testimonies from their Japanese offices that the situation is stable in Toky
Foreign Affairs March 18, 2011
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N. Korea to convene rubber-stamp parliament in April
North Korea said Friday it will convene its rubber-stamp parliament next month, amid growing speculation that its leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un may be well on his path to consolidating his power base.The communist state's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a two-paragraph report that the Supreme People's Assembly will convene on April 7 for its fourth session since being elected.Th
North Korea March 18, 2011
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Samsung eyes record operating profit in 2011
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday that it aims to post a record operating profit for the whole of 2011 by cementing its leadership in existing businesses. "Competition among companies will intensify this year but we will try to extend revenue growth from last year and post a record-high operating profit," Choi Gee-sung, Samsung's chief executive officer, said in a stat
Industry March 18, 2011
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Park Tae-hwan likely to face Michael Phelps in June
South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan could square off against American great Michael Phelps in a California meet this June, swimming officials here said Friday. The Korea Swimming Federation and the sports division of SK Telecom, which manages Park, said the 21-year-old is set to enter the Santa Clara International Grand Prix in California starting June 16. The event is the seventh and final leg o
More Sports March 18, 2011
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NK proposes inter-Korean talks on possible Mt. Baekdu volcano
North Korea on Thursday proposed holding talks with South Korea on possible volcanic activities at its landmark mountain, Seoul's Unification Ministry said, amid reports of a looming eruption there that could affect the entire peninsula. Mount Paekdu, North Korea's highest mountain on the border with China, last erupted in 1903, but experts have warned that it may have an active core, citing top
Politics March 17, 2011
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4 New York Times journalists missing in Libya
NEW YORK (AP) _ Four New York Times journalists covering the fighting in Libya were reported missing Wednesday, and the newspaper held out hope that they were alive and in the custody of the Libyan government. Editors last heard from the journalists on Tuesday as they were covering the retreat of rebels from the town of Ajdabiya, and Libyan officials told the newspaper they were trying to loca
World News March 17, 2011
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Japan helicopters dump water on nuclear plant
TOKYO, March 17, 2011 (AFP) - Japanese military helicopters dumped water Thursday from huge buckets onto the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in a bid to douse fuel rods, television images showed. A total of three twin-rotor CH-47 Chinooks of the Self-Defence Forces each emptied more than seven tonnes of water onto reactors three and four, according to public broadcaster NHK.
World News March 17, 2011
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Watchdog puts off decision on Hana's KEB takeover
South Korea's financial watchdog decided Wednesday to delay its deliberation on the approval of Hana Financial Group Inc.'s takeover of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) following a recent court conviction of an executive at KEB's largest shareholder. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said Hana Financial's request for regulatory approval for putting KEB under its wing was not on the agenda for i
Latest News March 16, 2011
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Lee orders close safety checks on S. Korea's nuclear facilities
Lee orders close safety checks on S. Korea's nuclear facilities President Lee Myung-bak instructed his government Wednesday to painstakingly check the safety of local nuclear reactors, a move aimed at easing public anxiety here amid news of Japan's nuclear crisis, officials said. The president sent Lee Ju-ho, the minister for education, science and technology, to a major nuclear power facility
Politics March 16, 2011
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Japan: 70 pct of reactor fuel rods may be damaged
TOKYO (AP) _ Japan's nuclear safety agency says 70 percent of the nuclear fuel rods in an earthquake-stricken reactor may have been damaged following an explosion. An agency spokesman, Minoru Ohgoda, said Wednesday that the damage occurred in Unit 1 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex.The facility has suffered explosions and fires since Friday's massive quake and tsunami damaged its cool
World News March 16, 2011
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Reactor fire at quake-hit Japan plant under control: govt
TOKYO (AFP) - A fire which broke out early Wednesday at a quake-hit Japanese nuclear power plant is under control, the government said. "We have received information from TEPCO that the fire and smoke is now invisible and it appears to have gone out of its own accord," Minoru Ogoda, a spokesman for the state nuclear safety agency, told AFP. The plant is operated by the Tokyo Electric Power
National March 16, 2011
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Japan suspects nuclear reactor container damaged
TOKYO (AP) _ Japan's nuclear safety agency says it suspects an explosion at a nuclear power plant may have damaged a reactor's container and fears a radiation leak. An agency spokesman, Shigekazu Omukai, says the nuclear core of Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant was not damaged in the explosion early Tuesday. But the agency says it suspects the bottom of the container that surrounds th
World News March 15, 2011
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Japan's TEPCO evacuates some staff from nuke reactor
TOKYO (AFP) - Some workers have been evacuated from the number-two reactor at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant after it was hit by an explosion Tuesday, a Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman said. "We have moved our staff to a safer area," except for those working to cool the reactor, the TEPCO spokesman said. An official from Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency told AFP "tha
World News March 15, 2011
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