• Doctor gets 20 years for killing wife

    The Seoul High Court confirmed its original verdict on a doctor charged with strangling his pregnant wife to death, sentencing him to 20 years in prison Friday. The Supreme Court had earlier returned the case to the high court for reexamination, citing a lack of concrete evidence _ it will…

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  • East Asia

    Tears, good or bad for candidates?

    After the successful 2002 tear-jerker, candidates appeal to voter emotion Tears of politicians have been viewed as a weapon to touch the hearts of voters over the past decade after Roh Moo-hyun benefitted from a 2002 presidential TV advertisement featuring his tears. Recently, both Park Geun-hye of the Saenuri Party…

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  • ‘NK prepares to fuel rocket’

    North Korea was making preparations to begin fueling a long-range rocket Friday, ahead of a launch planned for as early as Monday, reports said. Regional players began bracing for the move, with Washington deploying two destroyers to the area to monitor the launch and Tokyo issuing an order to shoot…

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  • East Asia

    Everyone is a winner

    Recipients of multicultural youth awards announced Hwang Min-woo, a dance prodigy with a Vietnamese mother, and nine other nominees were named winners in the 1st Korea Multicultural Youth Awards, Friday. The Korea Times organized the event to promote diversity and support talented children from multiethnic families with the Ministry of…

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  • South Asia

    People In Pakistan Driven Into Hardships Due To Insufficient Economic Growth

    A carriage driver waits for customers on a street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Dec. 6, 2012. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s economic growth at 3.25 percent in 2012-13, which it said is insufficient to achieve significant improvement in living standards and to absorb the rising labor force.…

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  • East Asia

    Flooded Coal Mine In China Leaves Three Dead, Seven Others Missing

    Rescuers carry a rescued miner off a tramcar at the flooded Furuixiang Coal Mine in Qitaihe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 7, 2012. Four miners who have been trapped in the flooded Furuixiang Coal Mine for more than five days were rescued early Friday morning. Rescuers are still searching for…

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  • West Asia

    A Body Of Muslim Brotherhood Member Killed In Street Clash Carried Out Of Hospital In Cairo

    Egyptians carry the coffin of a killed Muslim Brotherhood member out of a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 6, 2012. Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood group announced Thursday that five of the group members have been killed and another 1,500 injured in Wednesday’s clashes between the opponents and supporters of President Mohamed…

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  • South Asia

    Indian Freedom Fighter Ambedkar’s Death Anniversary Observed In Mumbai

    An Indian man, wearing a shirt with a portrait of B.R. Ambedkar, gets a free eye exam at a camp set up to mark Ambedkar’s death anniversary in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Ambedkar, an untouchable, or dalit, and a prominent Indian freedom fighter, was the chief architect of…

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  • Society

    Constitution paves way for Uzbek development

    Vitali Fen, Uzbek ambassador to Korea, contributed the following article to The Korea Times on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the nation’s Constitution Day. — ED. It is my pleasure to address to the esteemed readers of The Korea Times on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the Constitution Day of Uzbekistan…

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  • East Asia

    Korean businesses thrive on rivals’ spat

    Chinese consumers shun Made-in-Japan products BEIJING ―­ Korea’s companies are benefiting from an ongoing territorial spat between the governments of its two giant neighboring nations ― China and Japan ― over the Diaoyu islands, also called Senkaku in Japan, a government researcher at China’s Ministry of Commerce (MoC) said. “The…

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