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• LPGA golfer Chun In-gee finally back in action
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• US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
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All posts tagged "Korea"

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  Sony denies N. Korea as suspect in hacking case

  (AP) — Sony Pictures said Wednesday that the investigation into the cyberattack that crippled its computer systems is continuing and denied a report that it is poised to name North Korea as the culprit. Earlier Wednesday, Re/code...

  • Posted December 3, 2014
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  N. Koreans banned from using leader’s name

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea has ordered its people not to use the name “Kim Jong-un” in a bid to protect the supreme authority of the current leader, according to Pyongyang’s official document confirmed Wednesday. In January...

  • Posted December 3, 2014
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  South Koreans’ life expectancy nears 82 years

  (Yonhap) — The life expectancy for babies born in 2013 rose to nearly 82 years as improvements in technologies and medical care helped reduce death risks, a government report showed Wednesday. According to the report by Statistics...

  • Posted December 3, 2014
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  Security experts doubt North Korea hacked into Sony

  Some cybersecurity experts say it is unlikely North Korea was behind the cyberattack that crippled Sony Pictures’ computers and possibly leaked unreleased movies online. Speculation has been rampant that the hard-line communist state sponsored last week’s hack...

  • Posted December 2, 2014
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  Comedian Jack Black ‘deadly terrified of’ NK

  By Lee Ji-hye Actor and musician Jack Black brings his band Tenacious D to Seoul this weekend, but a performance in Pyongyang looks unlikely anytime soon. In an email interview ahead of his group’s maiden performance in...

  • Posted December 2, 2014
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  Seoul City gov’t vows crackdown on Uber with fines, jail term

  By Lee Hyo-sik Uber Technology, the provider of a controversial ridesharing smartphone app service, has begun offering “regular” taxi services here in cooperation with car rental companies and personal vehicles owners after a successful three-month trial. The...

  • Posted December 2, 2014
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  S. Korean organization raises 4 mil. won for HIV/AIDS in Africa

  By John Redmond Little Travellers Korea raised 4 million won (About $4,000) at the Rubber Seoul club night, one of the biggest annual club nights of the year, near Hongik University in western Seoul, Saturday night, to...

  • Posted December 2, 2014
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