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Society
Fire kills 9 at Busan karaoke
Nine people, including three Sri Lankan nationals, were killed and dozens were injured in a fire at karaoke rooms in Busan, Saturday. The fire broke out at around 8:52 p.m. on the third floor of a six-story building in the bustling district of Bujeon-dong. Seven men and two women died…
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East Asia
Royal ritual
A ritual specialist wearing a king’s costume enters Jongmyo, a UNESCO-registered royal shrine from the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) in central Seoul, to reenact Jongmyo Jerye, Sunday. Jongmyo Jerye is a royal ancestral ritual paying tribute to the kings and queens of the kingdom and was listed as a UNESCO Intangible…
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Kenya to emulate Korea’s development model
‘We need Koreans’ technology, experience and energy,’ envoy says Korea’s relationship with Kenya and, by extension, with the African continent, is poised to take a leap forward. Korean-Kenyan investment and trade surged in recent years and could jump still higher with direct flights set to begin in June _ that…
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Business
Going global
We’ve reached a tipping point in how the world works. The largest economy in the world is no longer the economy of any one country — it is the economy of the global trade of goods and services. Countries making an impact in the world of global trade are those…
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NK leader ready for China trip: report
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed his intent to visit Beijing later this year in what would be a highly symbolic trip to his country’s most important ally, a Japanese report said Sunday. According to the Nihon Keizai newspaper, the message was conveyed to Chinese President Hu Jintao by…
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Politics
Progressives in feud over rigging
The mainstream and non-mainstream of the far-left Unified Progressive Party (UPP) are headed for a collision over the proposed mass resignation of the party’s leadership and proportional representatives. Questions are also being raised whether such an extremely ideologically charged and dysfunctional political group created only five months ago through a…
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Politics
Lee calls N.Korea ‘naughty child’
President Lee Myung-bak is stepping up his rhetorical offensive on North Korea at a time when some experts say Pyongyang’s third nuclear test is imminent. During a special question-andanswer session with children on Children’s Day, Saturday, Lee scolded Pyongyang for being a “naughty child” who refused to listen to the…
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Super Moon Hanging On The Fishing Rod
A fisherman casts a line from a jetty as the moon rises in the Atlantic Ocean, Saturday, May 5, 2012, near Bal Harbour, Fla. Saturday’s event is a “supermoon,” the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. The moon will come within about 221,802 miles…
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Narrow Escape From Cheetahs
In this photo taken Saturday, April 28, 2012, Violet D’Mello of Aberdeen, Scotland is attacked by cheetahs while being photographed by her husband Archibald, during a visit to Kragga Kamma game reserve near Port Elizabeth, South Africa during a visit to the country. The couple visited the enclosure in which…
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Business
Babyboomers forced to retire earlier
Kim Seong-ho, born in 1961, will never forget the day his boss asked him to take an early retirement package earlier this year. The 52-year-old Korean baby boomer (those born between 1955 and 1963), who is now unemployed, used to be a production manager at a small industrial plant in…
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