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• US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
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All posts tagged "Korea"

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  Korean indie bands to rock Liverpool festival

  SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) — South Korea will host a showcase of Korean indie rock bands during a large-scale international music festival in Britain next week, to help their advance to the European market, organizers said Monday....

  • Posted May 18, 2015
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  More elderly S. Koreans committing violent crimes

  Poverty, illness main reasons for growing elderly offenders By Chung Hyun-chae Violent crimes committed by elderly people have surged 40 percent in the last two years as the average age in society rises, according to Korean National...

  • Posted May 11, 2015
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  $4.7 bln Lone Star case will begin next week

  Briton to handle $4.7 billion litigation against Korea By Jung Min-ho V.V. Veeder, a British national, has been appointed as the presiding arbitrator for a 5-trillion-won international litigation between the Korean government and Lone Star Funds, sources...

  • Posted May 5, 2015
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  Protesters gather in downtown LA to speak against Abe during visit

  By Brian Han Hundreds of activists gathered on Friday outside the Biltmore hotel in downtown Los Angeles to protest Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s lack of an outright apology for Japan’s World War II actions regarding sexual slavery....

  • Posted May 1, 2015
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  Paul McCartney in S. Korea for world tour

  SEOUL, May 1 (Yonhap) — Paul McCartney, a former member of the Beatles, arrived in South Korea Friday to hundreds of fans eager to see the rock ‘n’ roll icon. The 72-year-old is here for “Out There,”...

  • Posted May 1, 2015
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  S. Korea sends 32 more aid workers to quake-hit Nepal

  SEOUL, May 1 (Yonhap) — A group of South Korean aid workers departed for Nepal Friday to help ongoing rescue and aid efforts following last week’s deadly earthquake, the Foreign Ministry said. The team, comprised of 15...

  • Posted May 1, 2015
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  Suicide No. 1 cause of death for S. Korean teens, youths

  SEJONG, April 28 (Yonhap) — Suicide was the No. 1 cause of death among teens and young people in South Korea in 2013, with the suicide rate rising over the past decade, a report showed Tuesday. According...

  • Posted April 28, 2015
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