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2 hrs ago | Korea Herald

Blue House-party split

The ties between the president and the Saenuri Party, which was formerly the ruling Grand National Party, are coming to a dead end.

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Related Topix: Grand National Party (Korea (Republic)), Lee Myung-bak, South Korea, World News, Opinion

6 hrs ago | Anchorage Daily News

Yale loses legal fight in fake degree lawsuit

A federal judge in Connecticut has rejected a second bid by Yale University to throw out all the allegations in a lawsuit filed by a South Korean university that claims it lost tens of millions of dollars after Yale damaged its reputation.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia, Yale University,

10 hrs ago | AdelaideNow...

Seoul: Koreans win $2.5bn Australian deal

SOUTH Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries says it has won a 3.05 trillion won contract to build an offshore gas processing facility in Australia.

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Related Topix: Asia, South Korea, World News,

11 hrs ago | The Japan News .Net

SKorean pastor arrested over children's deaths

SEOUL, South Korea -; South Korean police have arrested a Christian pastor and his wife over the deaths of their three children.

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13 hrs ago | Korea Herald

Obama negligent in embracing S. Korea - s opposition: expert

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama should step up efforts to reach out to South Korea's opposition forces, especially amid the possibility of a power shift there in the year of parliamentary and presidential elections, an American expert said Sunday.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, North Korea,

17 hrs ago | Korea Herald

Kashmir Day marked in Seoul

A Kashmir solidarity event has been attended by the Pakistani ambassador and members of the Pakistani community in Korea.

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Sun Feb 12, 2012

Chosun Ilbo

Seoul's Seocho Internet Connection Fastest in the World

The Seocho district in southern Seoul has the fastest Internet connection speed in the world.

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PMFM 92.9FM

Lady Gaga, Born This Way Ball

In this brand new tour, Gaga will perform her latest album Born This Way as well as music from both The Fame and The Fame Monster .

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dance, Pop/Rock, Lady Gaga, South Korea, World News

Asia News Network

SEOUL: Lexus, Volvo most recalled cars in Korea

According to South Korea's Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, more than 28,000 imported cars were recalled in 2011, while the number remained below 8,000 in 2006.

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Chosun Ilbo

Minority Kids More Likely to Drift into Game Addiction

Children of multicultural families and North Korean defectors, who often have trouble finding acceptance in South Korea's homogeneous society, are more likely to become addicted to computer games.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Family, Kids, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, South Korea,

Korea Herald

Minister Choe, Swedish king celebrate exhibition...

South Korea's Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik on Saturday promoted the country's traditional culture at the opening ceremony of a Korean antiquities exhibition room at a museum here.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia, Carl Gustaf, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science

The Jersey Journal

College Corner: Korean students visit to learn about education, culture

CALDWELL - Education students from Daksung University in Seoul, South Korea, visited Caldwell College in January for a three-week program focusing on the American education system and culture.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Caldwell College

Korea Herald

Chung to head ASEAN-Korea Center

Chung Hae-moon, former Korean ambassador to Thailand, has been appointed as Secretary-General of the ASEAN-Korea Center on Thursday, the government said.

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The Star Online

Japanese emperor to undergo heart bypass surgery

Japanese Emperor Akihito will undergo heart bypass surgery this week after a detailed examination found a heart problem had worsened, the Imperial Household Agency was quoted as saying on Sunday.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Asia, South Korea,

Detroit Free Press

People making news

Dykema announced the appointment of Jin-Kyu Koh as leader and Hoon Noh as assistant leader of the Korean Business Team.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, South Korea, World News, Wayne State University, Wayne County, MI

Sat Feb 11, 2012

The Guardian

Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom by Rebecca MacKinnon - review

In 2005 a young woman was riding on the underground in Seoul with her dog when it defecated on the floor.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia

Groong

Azerbaijan And Armenia To Attend 2012 Nuclear Security Summit In South Korea

AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA TO ATTEND 2012 NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT IN SOUTH KOREA Vestnik Kavkaza Feb 9 2012 Russia Azerbaijan plans to take part in the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul on March 26-27, 2012, APA reports.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Armenia

TheCelebrityCafe

Lady Gaga releases tour dates to 'The Born This Way Ball'

Grammy award winner Lady Gaga has set to take the globe by storm, once again. The Monsters Ball diva will kick off her tour this Spring for the "Born This Way Ball." The tour will kick off on April 27 in Seoul, South Korea.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dance, Lady Gaga, Pop/Rock, South Korea,

CNN

South Korea's K-pop takes off in the west

Tiffany , Seohyun and Sunny of Girls' Generation arrive at a Red Cross and UNICEF event on August 12, 2011 in Seoul, South Korea.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia, Late Show With David Letterman, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Celebrities, David Letterman

BusinessWeek

S. Korea Lawmakers Make First Gaeseong Trip Since Kim Death

A delegation of South Korean lawmakers today visited a jointly-run industrial complex in North Korea in the first such trip since Kim Jong Un succeeded his father as leader of the totalitarian state.

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