Nicolas Sarkozy, hurt by legal and political setbacks, has lost ground against his main conservative rival in the race for France’s Republican party presidential nomination, two polls showed Wednesday.
Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, is pitching himself as a man of action who will push… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : Beijing has claimed that its continuous imports of coal from North Korea do not violate UN Security Council resolutions, expressing opposition to Washington’s efforts to impose its own sanctions on Chinese firms with alleged links to Pyongyang’s nuclear program.
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Some 37 companies will be exempted from regulations on conglomerates on Friday. They include 25 private companies like Kakao and Harim as well as 12 state-run companies such as KEPCO.
The Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday said a revision of relevant laws means a company will be considered a conglome… …read more
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[Domestic] : South Korea’s two umbrella labor unions will jointly stage a large-scale rally in Seoul on Thursday …[more…] …read more
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The trees started wearing their flaming autumn colors on Mt. Seorak on Monday, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. That was three days later than last year and a day earlier than on average.The KMA announces the start of the autumn foliage season when the leaves turn on 20 percent of the m… …read more
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[International] : The United States has hinted that it will actively seek to modernize its nuclear arsenal to counter …[more…] …read more
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Turkey’s state-run news agency says American actress Lindsay Lohan has visited Syrian refugees at an Istanbul hospital and the home of a refugee family from Aleppo. The Anadolu agency reported Monday that the 30-year-old actress was accompanied by Turkey’s youth and sports deputy minister, Abdu… …read more
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[Domestic] : The number of foreigners in South Korean correctional facilities increased one-point-seven times over the past five years.
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[International] : A U.S. State Department official has said the decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area …[more…] …read more
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s comments at the Hoover Institute on Monday clearly demonstrate the shift in Washington’s perception of the North Korean nuclear threat. Carter said the U.S. Forces Korea must be prepared to “fight tonight” not because they want to but because the “diplomatic pi… …read more
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[Domestic] : The two major labor unions of Seoul Metro, which operates subway lines one to four in the capital …[more…] …read more
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A letter from an American boy offering to take in a Syrian refugee has gone viral.
The letter from Alex, of Scarsdale, New York, was addressed to President Barack Obama and offered to take in Daqneesh, a boy who grabbed the world’s attention when a photo of him looking bloodied and dazed after an at… …read more
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[Economy] : South Korea’s exports to China fell for the 14th consecutive month in August.
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[International] : A senior White House official says South Korea’s nuclear armament as a deterrence against North Korea’s nuclear threat does not serve the interests of either Seoul or Washington.[more…] …read more
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Six aftershocks rattled the historic city of Gyeongju on Wednesday ranging in magnitude from 2.1 to 3.5. The area has suffered a total of 412 aftershocks since the 5.8-magnitude earthquake 10 days ago.City officials said no damage or casualties were reported, but the city government was inundated wi… …read more
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[International] : More countries and international organizations are issuing statements condemning North Korea’s …[more…] …read more
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High heels can come at a high cost to health as they strain muscles in the legs and put pressure on the feet where nature does not want them. The weight in high-heeled shoes is no longer evenly distributed across the sole but concentrated on the front of the foot. This causes feet to swell easily an… …read more
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Korea’s top three shipbuilders are suffering from a record dearth of orders and it now seems impossible for them to meet their annual targets.
With little over three months left of the year, the nation’s top shipbuilders have only won just over 10 percent of their targets.
Hyundai Heavy Industries,… …read more
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[Politics] : A four-point-five magnitude aftershock rattled the Gyeongju area on Monday evening.
The …[more…] …read more
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[Politics] : Anchor: The top diplomats of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan met in New York on Sunday on the …[more…] …read more
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A former U.S. military leader has called for a preemptive strike on North Korea to punish it for its fifth nuclear test earlier this month.
Mike Mullen, a former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, was speaking at a seminar hosted by the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations on Friday.
Mullen s… …read more
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[Politics] : Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se headed to New York on Saturday to attend the 71st UN General Assembly opening in New York next week.
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[International] : Russia has hinted that it will support fresh sanctions against North Korea at the UN Security …[more…] …read more
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Former Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited for a walk down memory lane on Thursday for the premiere of a documentary by Oscar winner Ron Howard about the Fab Four as they toured the world in the 1960s.
The singer-songwriter and drummer posed for photographs on a blue carpet in London… …read more
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[International] : China’s aviation authorities have banned the use of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 7 smartphones …[more…] …read more
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[Politics] : The Chinese Foreign Ministry says that Minister Wang Yi has expressed his agreement to engage in more UN action against North Korea, following its latest nuclear test last week.
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German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has reached an agreement to buy U.S. seed and weed killer company Monsanto for $66 billion after months of negotiations, the two businesses announced Wednesday.
Bayer will pay Monsanto shareholders $128 a share in cash, the largest cash bid on record. Bayer initiall… …read more
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People between the age of 55 and 74 who have smoked about one packet of cigarettes a day for three decades will be able to get free lung checkups from next year.
An estimated 8,000 people fall into this category. Eligibility will gradually expand to cover all of high-risk smokers from 2019.
The Mi… …read more
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[Economy] : Samsung Electronics says it will apologize for the global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones …[more…] …read more
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North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test on Friday in spite of intensifying international sanctions and just eight months after the last one.The blast is estimated at 12.2 kt of TNT, rivaling the intensity of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War II. North Korean … …read more
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[Politics] : A five-point-one magnitude earthquake jolted Gyeongju City and areas surrounding the southeastern …[more…] …read more
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[Politics] : President Park Geun-hye will meet with the chiefs of three ruling and opposition parties on Monday.[more…] …read more
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Norway’s prime minister on Friday challenged Facebook’s restrictions on nude photos by posting an iconic 1972 image of a naked, screaming girl running from a napalm attack in Vietnam. Facebook quickly deleted it.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning image by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut is at the cen… …read more
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[Culture] : The 2016 Multicultural Peace Festival opened at 10 a.m. Saturday at Seoul’s Yeouido Park.
The …[more…] …read more
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The world’s top two shipping companies are setting up new routes to and from Busan with an eye to mopping up the business of bankrupt Hanjin Shipping.
Danish shipper Maersk said Thursday it will launch a new route linking Shanghai, Busan and Los Angeles next week, deploying six 4,000 TEU vessels. O… …read more
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[Politics] : South Korea’s intelligence agency has expressed concern that North Korea is miniaturizing nuclear …[more…] …read more
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More than a million homes in Korea are empty, Statistics Korea said Wednesday. As of November there were 16.4 million homes in the nation, but 1.07 million or 6.5 percent were empty. Some 5.8 percent of apartments are unoccupied as property developers put up high-risers on spec and many remain unsol… …read more
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[International] : The East Asia Summit(EAS) has adopted a special statement on nonproliferation regarding North …[more…] …read more
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Foreigners and locals alike are more interested in seeing Korea’s traditional markets, themed cafes and royal palaces than the identikit shopping malls that supposedly attract mass tourism, a survey suggests.
The Corea Image Communication Institute polled 223 foreigners and 307 Koreans in July and A… …read more
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[International] : President Park Geun-hye met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday in Vientiane on …[more…] …read more
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[International] : Germany has issued a statement denouncing North Korea for its latest missile launches.[more…] …read more
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President Park Geun-hye and her U.S. counterpart Back Obama affirmed their two countries’ military alliance during a meeting in the Lao capital of Vientiane on Tuesday. …read more
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[Politics] : The UN Security Council(UNSC) will hold an emergency meeting to discuss North Korea’s latest …[more…] …read more
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North Korea fired three medium-range missiles into the East Sea on Monday, just two hours after South Korean President Park Geun-hye met her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Hangzhou.The missiles fell into waters within the Japanese air defense identification zone, according to the Joint Chiefs of … …read more
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Ock Joo-hyun has been a role model among idol stars who seek a career transition after their young glory days. It’s been over 10 years since she changed her career from a girl group member to a musical actress in 2005, and now she is one of the most sought-after actresses.
Ock had concerts celebrat… …read more
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[Politics] : President Park Geun-hye has officially approved the appointment of three ministers and a Supreme …[more…] …read more
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[International] : President Park Geun-hye says that South Korea and Russia have agreed to further enhance strategic …[more…] …read more
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[International] : U.S. railroads and trucking companies are said to have refused to deliver cargo of containers …[more…] …read more
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, is suing the Daily Mail Online over stories it published claiming she worked as an escort in New York in the 1990s.
Trump’s lawyers filed suit against Mail Media, Inc., the parent company of the Daily Mail, in a Maryland cour… …read more
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[Economy] : The South Korean economy grew by zero-point-eight percent in the second quarter from the previous …[more…] …read more
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Samsung plans to recall all rechargeable batteries for the Galaxy Note 7 after several of the latest smartphones worldwide caught fire while recharging.
Samsung hopes to announce the cause of the explosions this weekend.
Industry insiders on Thursday said Samsung gathered the Galaxy Note 7 models … …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
Progress against the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria could come at a cost for European countries, which fear returning foreign fighters could soon turn their wrath on their homelands.IS has long put European countries in its crosshairs, “unambiguous” about its view of the continent as p… …read more
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[Domestic] : Prosecutors have arrested a senior judge, who is suspected to have received bribes from the former …[more…] …read more
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