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Powerful quake in Japan causes Tokyo-bound flight cancellations
A powerful earthquake that struck off Japan's northeastern coast on Friday caused all flights bound for Japan to be canceled, the government said. The flight disruption came hours after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit Japan's Pacific coast, unleashing a tsunami that washed away cars and houses along the coastal areas. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said that flight operat
Social Affairs March 11, 2011
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S. Korea relatively safe from major quakes: experts
DAEJEON (Yonhap) -- South Korea is relatively safe from major earthquakes, although there is a need to pay close attention to developments taking place in countries such as Japan, local geological experts said Friday. Lee Hee-il, head of the geological research division at the state-run Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM), said the country is relatively insulated from the
Social Affairs March 11, 2011
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Taiwan says tsunami hit without damage
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwanese authorities said Friday that minor tsunamis set off by a massive quake in Japan reached the island's coastline without causing any damage. Waves around 10 centimetres (four inches) high hit Taiwan's east and northeast coasts in the evening, the central weather bureau said. The bureau later lifted the tsunami warning, saying it did not expect more and bigger waves.
World News March 11, 2011
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Obama offers 'condolences,' aid to quake-hit Japan
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Friday offered his "condolences" to the people of Japan and said his country stood ready to help them after a massive earthquake and tsunami. "(First Lady) Michelle (Obama) and I send our deepest condolences to the people of Japan, particularly those who have lost loved ones in the earthquake and tsunamis," he said in a statement. "The Unite
World News March 11, 2011
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[Japan Quake] Japan stocks plunge 1.72% on quake, global worries
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese shares plunged 1.72 percent on Friday, falling sharply in the closing minutes of trade after the country was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 179.95 points to 10,254.43. The Topix index of all first section shares tumbled 1.7 percent, or15.33 points, to 915.51. The market was already weighed down before the e
World Business March 11, 2011
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[Japan Quake] S. Korea ready to send rescue team
South Korea is ready to dispatch a team of rescue workers to Japan to help the neighboring country cope with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake and tsunami, an official said Friday, amid fears of massive casualties from the disaster. The 8.9-magnitude quake struck off northeastern Japan at 2:46 p.m. (local time), leading Japan's meteorological agency to issue a tsunami warning for the entir
Latest News March 11, 2011
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Taiwan, Philippine on tsunami alert after Japan quake
Taiwan's central weather bureau on Friday warned people living on its east and northeast coasts to be on guard for tsunamis set off by a major quake off Japan. The Philippines also warned people living on its entire east coast to be on alert for the possibility of tsunamis after a major quake off Japan, the government's seismology agency Russia's emergency ministry issued a tsunami warning F
World News March 11, 2011
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Blue House raps Samsung chief's comments over profit-sharing system
Senior presidential officials expressed regret Friday over Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee's thinly veiled criticism against a proposal to introduce a profit-sharing system between conglomerates and their subcontractors here as part of efforts to balance their growth. It is unusual for top Cheong Wa Dae officials to take direct aim at a powerful head of South Korea's family-owned conglo
Politics March 11, 2011
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Spider venom can cause erection up to four hours
It has been found that a single bite from the world’s most poisonous spider can give men a four-hour erection, British paper the Metro reported on Tuesday. The Medical College of Georgia in the U.S. found that the Brazilian wandering spider’s toxin can be an effective treatment on impotence in rats. The research team is further looking into whether the wandering spider’s poison can treat erectile
Technology March 11, 2011
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Japan PM under pressure over donation
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday admitted to receiving donations from a man believed to be a foreign national, the same violation which claimed the foreign minister his job."I thought he was a Japanese national as he had a Japanese name," Kan told a parliamentary committee after a newspaper report said that Kan's fund-management body had taken donations from a Sou
Politics March 11, 2011
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Clapper warns of further provocations from N. Korea
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- The chief U.S. intelligence official Thursday did not rule out chances of North Korea provoking South Korea further after the North's attacks on a South Korean border island and a warship last year. Speaking at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, James Clapper, national intelligence director, said, "It is also our assessment at this time that there is a low proba
Politics March 11, 2011
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N. Korea may have developed nukes for missile payloads: intel chief
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- North Korea may have already developed nuclear warheads that are small enough to be mounted on missiles and aircraft, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Thursday. "The North may now have several plutonium-based nuclear warheads that it can deliver by ballistic missiles and aircraft as well as by conventional means," Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, director of the Defense
Politics March 11, 2011
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British firm begins work on furnace dust recycling plant
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Gyeongju on Friday for a furnace dust recycling plant that can help South Korea cut back on zinc imports and costs of burying harmful electric arc furnace dusts (EAFD). The plant, which is being built by Britain's ZincOx Resources PLC in Gyeongju, 370 kilometers southeast of Seoul, will cost around US$250 million, with two recycling facilities to go onlin
Industry March 11, 2011
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Major Korean carriers set to add overseas flights
South Korea's two full-service carriers, Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., said Friday that they are gearing up to increase their overseas flights to meet busy summer season demand. The two carriers plan to raise their overseas flights by a combined 165 flights per week between late this month and the end of October, they said in a statement. The plan is subject to approval by t
Industry March 11, 2011
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S. Korean diplomat in Japan's Niigata resigns over corruption: official
A South Korean diplomatic mission chief in Japan has resigned over allegations that he misappropriated government money, an official said Friday, adding to concern about decaying discipline of diplomats amid a sex scandal rocking the mission in Shanghai. The chief of South Korea's consulate general in Niigata, identified only by his surname initial Y, quit last month after an investigation into
Politics March 11, 2011
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