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• US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
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• CDC expands range of Zika mosquitoes into parts of Northeast
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All posts tagged "South Korea"

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  S. Korea confirms new bird flu case

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea confirmed a new case of bird flu on Thursday, bringing the total to eight over the last one-month period. The Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said ducks at a poultry...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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  Hyundai reports lowest earnings in 5 years

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hyundai Motor Co. reported Thursday its lowest quarterly earnings in more than five years after losing ground to local brands in China and underestimating strong demand for SUVs. South Korea’s largest automaker...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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  ‘Let’s meet again in the afterlife,” inter-Korean reunions come to end

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A silver-haired South Korean woman adjusted her 83-year-old North Korean husband’s necktie. He held her hands and stroked her shoulder. Before this week, they hadn’t seen each other since war tore them...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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  A star is born: N. Korean hostess at inter-Korean family reunions fascinates S. Korea

  By Brian Han Hundreds of the North and South Korean elderly are reuniting with family members for the first time in decades, but at the moment, some of focus is shifting towards a North Korean hostess at...

  • Posted October 21, 2015
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  [NPR] Korea’s most famous entertainer is now its most infamous landlord

  In the South Korean capital, an independent business owned by local artists is taking on Korea’s arguably most famous celebrity — the entertainer and musician PSY. The real estate rift is representative of a fast-changing, modern...

  • Posted October 21, 2015
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  S. Korean orchestra to hold concert at UN featuring Lang Lang

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s traditional music orchestra will hold a concert at the United Nations building this week to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the international organization, the organizer said Wednesday. The concert...

  • Posted October 21, 2015
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  S. Korea ahead US in innovation-ridden growth: TechShop founder

  DAEJEON (Yonhap) — Jim Newton, the founder of membership-based startup supporter TechShop Inc., said Wednesday that South Korea stays ahead of the United States in its acknowledgement of innovations, expecting the country’s creative economy policy to serve...

  • Posted October 21, 2015
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