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East Asia
Psy wins Korea Image Award
Singer and rapper Psy of “Gangnam Style” is the winner of the Korea Image Stepping Stone Award given by the Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI). Headed by Choi Jung-wha, CICI announced the winners of the 2013 Korea Image Award Thursday. YouTube will be awarded the Korea Image Stepping Stone Bridge…
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Hyundai cuts prices of 5 popular cars
Hyundai Motor announced Thursday that it has cut the price of five popular models by up to 1 million won to enhance affordability. It is seen as an aggressive marketing strategy to secure market dominance this year. Discounts are being offered on the top two trims of the Sonata, Genesis,…
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‘China threatens Korea’s shipbuilding supremacy’
China overtook Korea last year to become the world’s largest shipbuilder by exports, a trade research institute estimated Thursday. By every assessment, Korea has been the undisputed kingpin in the global shipbuilding industry for years, thanks largely as its home to the world’s three largest shipbuilders. But the leadership was…
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East Asia
Rescuers Work At Scene Of Cave-In Accident In Nanning, China
Rescuers work at the scene of a cave-in accident in Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2013. The tunnel of a metro line under construction in Nanning collapsed Wednesday afternoon, trapping three workers. Two have been rescued and one still trapped. <Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang>
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Local People Head For Wedding Ceremony On A Boat Loaded With Presents In Anchang, China
Local residents wearing traditional costumes ride a boat fully loaded with bride-price presents on their way to a wedding ceremony in Anchang Township in Shaoxing, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Jan. 2, 2013. Local residents wearing traditional costumes ride a boat loaded with bride-price presents on their way to a wedding…
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Google Chairman To Visit North Korea Sometime This Month
In this Sept. 20, 2012 file photo, a North Korean woman sits in a computer room near portraits of the country’s late leaders, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, at the Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang, North Korea. Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt is preparing to travel…
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Message from North
Koreas should be ready to meet each other half-way The New Year message from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attracts our attention more for its style than substance, and for what’s been left unsaid rather than said. For the first time in 19 years, North Koreans watched their leader deliver…
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South Korea’s global role
The election on Dec. 19 of Park Geun-hye as president of South Korea represents a milestone event in the remarkably rapid evolution of that country from wartime devastation to post-Cold War leadership. She is the first woman to be elected chief executive of her country, which alone represents significant forward…
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Love-stricken Rain hit over furlough
Top star Rain was embroiled in controversy Wednesday for allegedly receiving preferential treatment during his ongoing military service, after his relationship with top actress Kim Tae-hee was revealed. Criticism of Rain, who is currently serving as an “entertainment soldier,” has been blowing up after online media Dispatch revealed the relationship,…
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East Asia
Defense minister warns budget cut will backfire
Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin expressed deep regret Wednesday that the National Assembly passed the New Year’s budget with nearly 500 billion cut from his ministry’s proposal. “It’s not right to slash the defense budget in order to use the financial resources for other purposes at this critical time when national…
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