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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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Dozens of birds drink selves to death
Dozens of birds drank themselves to death in eastern Romania, reported Australia’s Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.According to the report, the incident occurred just few days after thousands of birds and fish died suddenly in the United States, Britain, Sweden, Italy and other parts of the world. Dead birds on a street of Lousiana, US (AP)Romeu Lazar, head of the local sanitary and veterinary
InternationalJan. 14, 2011
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Frozen waterfall at Huangshan
A fronzen waterfall at Mount Huangsan in ChinaA frozen waterfall at Mount Huangshan, a celebrated scenic spot in East China's Anhui province, attracts a photographer on Jan 13, 2011. A mass icefall formed when temperatures dropped at Liuguijian Waterfall, the origin of three rivers in the Huanshan scenic area [China Daily / Xinhua]An icefall adds to Mount Huangshan's winter scenery on Jan 12, 2011
Jan. 14, 2011
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Hyundai unveils Grandeur
Hyundai's GrandeurHyundai Motor Co. released its fifth-generation Grandeur in Seoul on Jan. 13. The sedan, sold as the Azera in overseas markets, has two models with a 2.4-liter gasoline direction injection (GDI) engine or a 3.0-liter GDI engine. (Yonhap News)
Jan. 14, 2011
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Chinese women take on `Man's World' with $400,000 Maseratis
Beijing resident Lily Liu has always liked driving fast, and she doesn’t mind spending to indulge that passion.Liu, 44, bought a gray Porsche AG 911 Carrera S two years ago for 1.2 million yuan ($182,000) and is shopping for an Aston Martin, the sports car made famous by James Bond movies. The construction company president said she is “quite proud” of being the center of attention when she motors
Jan. 14, 2011
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Women line up to bed Singapore casanova
A number of women are “queuing up” to have sex with a Singaporean man after he posted recordings of him having sex with his female partners on his blog.Apparently, these women wanted to “check out” Gary Ng’s skill in bed after seeing what he was capable of.Sin Chew Daily said Ng, 28, was nicknamed Edison Chen after the Hong Kong heartthrob who was embroiled in a sex scandal two years ago which imp
Social AffairsJan. 14, 2011
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Dancing bulldozers
Dangerous stunts using motorcycles and cars won’t impress viewers for much longer -- motorized action just got bigger with dancing bulldozers. (Captured from a Telegraph video clip)In a short video clip published by The Telegraph website, bulldozer driver Cao Bing balances the front wheels of his vehicle while lifting the back wheels off the ground. Although Bing makes the moves look effortless,
PodcastJan. 14, 2011
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Price controls expected to have limited effect
Seoul’s fresh plans to control inflation announced Thursday would provide only temporary relief to the market as authorities could do only so much to stabilize price volatilities aroused by overseas supplies, economists said. A pan-government task force headed by the Finance Ministry unveiled a package of action plans mobilizing all administrative power to secure supply of crops and freeze public
Jan. 14, 2011
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Watchdog halts operations of troubled savings bank
South Korea's financial regulator on Friday suspended operations of an embattled savings bank as it accelerates efforts to restructure the savings banks industry distressed with souring construction loans. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said it will suspend Seoul-based Samhwa Mutual Savings Bank for six months for failing to meet regulatory capital requirements. As of the end of July
Jan. 14, 2011
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Four workers trapped in reservoir construction site found dead
GANGNEUNG, (Yonhap) -- All four workers who had been trapped under a collapsed reservoir construction site here were found dead early Friday, rescuers said. The scaffolding at the site in the city of Gangneung, 237 kilometers east of Seoul, collapsed at around 4:30 p.m. Thursday while four workers were doing concrete work to build a waterway for a reservoir to prevent flooding. Rescuers h
Social AffairsJan. 14, 2011
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Croatia wants embassy in Seoul
Croatia will actively push to open an embassy in South Korea, its prime minister was quoted as saying Thursday.“We have decided to open our embassy in South Korea,” Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor told visiting South Korean National Assembly Speaker Park Hee-tae. “We will push for the opening as soon as our economy recovers,” she was quoted as saying by the Speaker’s spokesman.Park was on a
PoliticsJan. 14, 2011
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Hyundai Motor Group set to ink deal to buy Hyundai E&C
Creditors of Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) were to sign a preliminary deal later Friday with Hyundai Motor Group to sell the leading builder in South Korea. On Jan. 7, creditors, led by Korea Exchange Bank, picked South Korea's top automotive group as the preferred bidder for a 35 percent stake in the builder following a court rejection of Hyundai Group's request to salvag
PoliticsJan. 14, 2011
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‘U.S. wants approval of Korea FTA before July’
The Obama administration wants Congress to ratify the free-trade deal with South Korea before a similar pact between Korea and the European Union goes into effect in July, the chief U.S. trade official said Thursday.“Our goal is to hand this agreement to Congress before the EU trade agreement goes into effect on July 1,” U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk told a forum in Washington. “Everything we
PoliticsJan. 14, 2011
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Obama to discuss with Hu North Korea's nuke, provocations: White House
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- North Korea will be on the agenda next week when U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the White House, Obama's spokesman said Thursday. "There will be discussion on global economic issues as well as security issues like North Korea and Iran and important issues of political reform and human rights," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
PoliticsJan. 14, 2011
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Obama gov't wants Congress to approve Korea FTA before July: Kirk
The Obama administration wants Congress to ratify the free-trade deal with South Korea before a similar pact between South Korea and the European Union goes into effect in July, the chief U.S. trade official said Thursday. "Our goal is to hand this agreement to Congress before the EU trade agreement goes into effect on July 1," U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk told a forum here. "Everything we
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People would not be surprised by alien life: scientist
Psychologist Albert Harrison believes that people have grown accustomed to the idea of aliens and, if alien life were to appear before their eyes, they would not be surprised. “Advances in our technology have brought civilization to a point where the idea of other beings traveling through space to Earth no longer seems far-fetched or frightening,” he writes in the journal Philosophical Transaction
InternationalJan. 14, 2011
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Some 110 Korean students held in Manila for allegedly studying without permits
About 110 young South Korean students have been held in the capital of the Philippine for allegedly studying English at a language school there without permits, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday. Immigration officials rounded up the Korean students, who are all minors, at an English-language learning center in Manila on Jan. 7 for violating the Philippine immigration law, an official at Seoul
PoliticsJan. 14, 2011
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JYJ keeping their heads held high?
Trio that struck out independently from idol group seems unfazed by recent controversiesMired in a never-ending string of scandal-driven buzz, JYJ ― the boy band formed by three TVXQ idols-gone-independent ― put in a brief press appearance for their appointment ceremony as goodwill ambassadors for the robot competition, FLL KOREA. A mere eight days had passed since S.M. Entertainment’s three-less
PerformanceJan. 14, 2011
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SKT to launch 30 smartphones this year
Nation’s biggest mobile carrier also plans to release up to five tablet PCsSK Telecom Co., Korea’s No. 1 mobile operator, said on Thursday it plans to roll out around 30 new smartphones and up to five tablet computers this year, aiming to lead the rapidly evolving market of smart devices.Its new smartphone lineup includes LG Electronics’ Optimus 2X, Samsung Electronics’ Personal Media Phone, Motor
IndustryJan. 14, 2011
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Penguin makes stepping stone of seal
A video posted on YouTube shows a daredevil penguin making a quick escape from an unwanted predator -- a seal.In the YouTube clip, entitled “Penguin takes a risky path,” the unsuspecting penguin is seen hanging around the rocks and accidentally leaping on a relatively large and smooth rock.Shortly after, the penguin realizes the rock-shaped object is actually a seal. The lucky penguin runs for its
InternationalJan. 14, 2011
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S. Korea blocks access to N. Korea's national Web domain name
South Korea has blocked its people in the South from accessing Web sites using North Korea's national Web domain name, saying the sites contain "illegal information" under the nation's anti-communism and security laws, officials said Thursday. The blockage by the South's state-run Communications Standards Commission came less than a day after an expert said North Korea had renewed the use of
North KoreaJan. 13, 2011