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3 hrs ago | Grub Street

Lil Jon Gets Tequila Delivered to Sen; Cameron Diaz and Nicki Minaj Lunch at Mulberry & Vine

Celebrities who weren't vying for tickets to Leonardo DiCaprio's $4 million space voyage spent their money on sustenance this week.

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8 hrs ago | Korea Herald

Box office

Secretly Greatly Opening June 5 Action. Comedy. Drama. Directed by Jang Cheol-soo. In a film based on a popular webtoon with the same title published in 2010 by Hun, three handsome North Korean spies Won Ryu-hwan , Rhee Hae-rang , and Rhee Hae-jin from the elite special corps 5446 are ambitiously dispatched to South Korea.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, The Fast and the Furious, Action Movies

12 hrs ago | Korea Herald

Right-wing online community fuels regional, political divide

A right-wing online community is adding fuel to ideological and regional frictions that have long plagued South Korea's politics.

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

Thu May 23, 2013

The Pordland Mercury

Scientology's Shiny New Church/Giftshop

If you haven't noticed, the Scientologists have a brand new storefront in downtown Portland and it's awesome.

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Related Topix: Scientology, Religion, Asia, World News

Asian Correspondent

Thai anti-government group's bizarre open letter

BP has already blogged on Yingluck's speech in Mongolia and the insult directed at her by the Thai Rath cartoonist who stated that Yingluck is an evil woman who sells the country, but also implied she is worse than a whore.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News

Big News Network.com

North Korea sends special envoy to China amid tension

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Kim Jong Un

The Washington Post

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This week we learned that the government had accused journalist James Rosen with a crime for accepting classified information from a source, and that the government also obtained phone records for Rosen's parents.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, World News, Asia

Politico

Why leaks controversy could linger

Until this week, the recent debate over leaks largely fit a familiar frame: Republicans and national security hardliners faulted President Barack Obama's administration for dishing out self-serving national security secrets to news outlets that many conservatives view as liberal.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, World News, Asia, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

The Daily Star

Japan protests at South Korean daily's A-bomb op-ed

TOKYO: Japan on Thursday accused a South Korean newspaper of "dishonourable" behaviour for publishing an editorial suggesting the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were "divine punishment". The editorial in the Korean and English versions of the Joongang Ilbo daily on Monday said the 1945 nuclear bombs dropped by US planes, which together ... (more)

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

The Atlantic

Did James Rosen's Story on North Korea Do Any Harm?

Let's return to the 2009 story that Fox News correspondent James Rosen published on North Korea, kicking off a federal leak investigation and the FBI accusation that he was guilty of criminal conduct.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Prison, Kim Jong Il, Journalism

The Toronto Star

A North Korean refugee's tale of tragedy and bravery

There was nothing to eat. Most days, we didn't eat anything,” Kim, 41, said through a translator.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Canada,

Star Tribune

Obama vs. the press is the one real scandal

Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

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Related Topix: George Bush, World News, Asia, Opinion

Wed May 22, 2013

Bloomberg

Minter: China, North Korea and the Tale of Two Fishing Boats

Is the Chinese government's uneasy friendship with North Korea costing it the public's confidence? A curious confluence of recent events involving two fishing vessels suggests that might be the case.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Ma Ying-jeou,

Gawker

Dennis Rodman Is Already Bored With North Korea

On Monday night, Dennis Rodman celebrated his 52nd birthday at Cheetahs, a gentleman's club in Times Square.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Life, Sushi, Japanese Cuisine, Food

The Heritage Foundation

Does North Korea Have a Missile-Deliverable Nuclear Weapon?

According to a recent unclassified Defense Intelligence Agency report, "DIA assesses with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles." The day the DIA report came out, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel stated that neither Iran nor North Korea is capable of attacking the U.S. with nuclear ... (more)

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WAFF-TV Huntsville

North Korean leader sends special envoy to China

PYONGYANG, North Korea - After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most important ally and a sign that he may be giving diplomacy a chance.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, South Korea, Travel, Asia Travel, North Korea Travel, Kim Jong Un, Beijing, China Travel, China Travel

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

North Korean Leader Sends - Special Envoy' to China

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to travel to China on Wednesday as a special envoy while Beijing is under pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor.

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Weird Asia News

Kim Jong-Un's Plans for 'Opening' and Modernizing North Korea

In the past year, North Korea's Kim Jong-Un has stated that he will bring an end to decades of strictness in North Korea.

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Related Topix: World News, Offbeat

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Editorial: Holder crosses a line in going after leaks

Federal judges should be on notice: The U.S. Justice Department seems fully prepared to stretch the truth – or worse, spread falsehoods – to obtain search warrants.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Asia, World News, Opinion

KATV Little Rock

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Arkansas' state treasurer has resigned after federal prosecutors accused her of taking cash payments from a broker who handled a large amount of the state's investment portfolio.

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Related Topix: US News, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, Mike Beebe, US Governors, World News, Asia