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BEIJING (AFP) ― Football superstar David Beckham began a seven-day visit to China on Monday, sprinkling stardust at a charity event as the domestic game reels from its latest humiliation.The recently...
Updated : 2013.06.18 20:04
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LONDON (AFP) ― Queen Elizabeth II’s 92-year-old husband Prince Philip walked out of hospital on Monday “in good spirits,” 10 days after undergoing exploratory abdominal surgery.The Duke of Edinbur...
Updated : 2013.06.18 20:03
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Two dogs cloned by former stem-cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk will be donated to the National 119 Rescue Service. The service, which is one of the affiliated organizations of the National Emergency Mana...
Updated : 2013.06.17 19:40
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South Korean rapper Psy’s new hit “Gentleman” jumped 34 notches to No. 17 in the formal British music chart Sunday, apparently thanks to his recent promotional activities in the country.Released in...
Updated : 2013.06.17 19:40
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Cho Hyun-ah, Korean Air’s senior vice president, has sued three South Korean online users who posted allegedly malicious comments about her “maternity trip.”Seoul Gangseo Police Station said that C...
Updated : 2013.06.14 19:26
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Actress Kim Sa-rang has shot down rumors that she is getting married to football player Park Ji-sung in September, Kim’s agency said on Friday.The rumor that Park and Kim booked a hotel for their wedding quickly spread through social networking sites on Thursday.The actress did not meet t...
Updated : 2013.06.14 15:10
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Updated : 2013.06.13 19:40
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A picture that compares U.S. president Barak Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping with Disney’s cartoon characters Winnie the Pooh and Tigger went viral on the Chinese microblog Sina Weibo, British me...
Updated : 2013.06.13 18:08
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U.S. President Barack Obama announced his decision Wednesday to nominate Joseph Yun, a Korean-American career diplomat, as ambassador to Malaysia.Yun has been serving as acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs since Kurt Campbell left the position last month....
Updated : 2013.06.13 09:10
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David S. Lee, a U.S. scholar of Korean descent, was recently appointed Princeton’s new provost, becoming the first Asian to hold the post at the prestigious U.S. school.“I am delighted that David Le...
Updated : 2013.06.12 20:31
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The world's oldest person and the oldest man ever to have lived has died of natural causes aged 116 years, media reported Wednesday.Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who was born in 1897, died in hospital early Wednesday morning, Kyodo News cited the local government as saying.Kimura, from Kyotango...
Updated : 2013.06.12 09:44
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Hollywood actor Brad Pitt participates in the Seoul premiere of his latest zombie thriller “World War Z” at Cheonggye Plaza in Seoul on Tuesday. The actor arrived in Korea through Gimpo Internationa...
Updated : 2013.06.11 20:58
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BERLIN (AFP) ― Walter Jens, one of Germany’s most prominent public intellectuals whose image was tarnished by his membership of the Nazi party during World War II, has died aged 90, his university s...
Updated : 2013.06.11 20:17
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Koo Cha-myung, CEO of LS-Nikko Copper, received the prestigious “Copper Man of the Year” award from the Copper Club last week, according to the company.A managing director and the CEO’s son accepte...
Updated : 2013.06.10 19:54
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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Friday appointed Jeong Hyun-wook, the head of children’s theater Sadari Theater Company, as the new general director of Chongdong Theater. Jeong, 46, wi...
Updated : 2013.06.07 20:19
