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Park Ji-sung appointed Manchester United club ambassador
Manchester United have confirmed that Park Ji-sung has returned to the club to take up a role as club ambassador. Park enjoyed seven successful years at United, from 2005 to 2012.
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Korean navy boats exchange warning shots
Naval ships fire warning shots after North Korean patrol boat crosses disputed sea border, South Korean officials say.
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South Korean town votes no to nuclear plant
Voters in a South Korean city have rejected plans to build a nuclear power plant in a referendum the government says has no legal effect. Thursday's vote in Samcheok, on South Korea's east coast, went as expected following this year's election of a mayor who wants the government to scrap nuclear plant.
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S. Korea fires warning shots against N. K. soldiers approaching MDL: Seoul
South Korean border guards fired warning shots as about 10 North Korean soldiers approached the military demarcation line (MDL) inside the demilitaized zone (DMZ), Seoul's military officials said, adding that there was no exchange of fire.
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For South Korea, Host of League of Legends Championship, E-Sports Is National Pastime
Top video game players in South Korea are household names. Millions of people tune in to watch game competitions on television. The largest Internet portal, Naver, has its own section covering the results.
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For $100,000, You Can Clone Your Dog
Behind glass in a never-before-used operating room inside a just-built cabin at the end of a freshly paved road, Dr. Hwang Woo Suk is chasing rogue flies with an electrified bug swatter that looks like a small tennis racket. He wears baby blue scrubs branded with the logo of Sooam Biotech, his South Korea-based research company, and is making final checks of this temporary facility, erected from scratch in eight days in the Chinese city of Weihai.
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South Korea Seeks Death Penalty for Ferry Captain
South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that sank earlier this year, killing more than 300 people, blaming his negligence and failure to rescue passengers in need for the massive loss of life, a court official and news reports said.
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No job because of Irish 'alcoholism'
A teacher from the Republic of Ireland has been turned down for a job in South Korea due to the "alcoholism nature" of Irish people. Katie Mulrennan, from County Kerry, had applied for a teaching job in Seoul. She was told by an agency that their client did not hire Irish people due to their perceived drinking habits.
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Cubans enthralled by Korean soaps
Soap operas from South Korea have found an unlikely audience among Cubans, it's been reported.
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North Korean Defector: 'I was Kim Jong Il's Bodyguard'
Lee Young-guk has rare insight into the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il -- he was his bodyguard for 10 years.
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Lost Ark online gameplay debut trailer
One thing that you can say about a lot of Korean MMOs is that they are a visual feast for the eyes, and new title Lost Ark promises to rival them all. This upcoming game by developer Smilegate is using the Unreal Engine 3 and a top-down isometric view to create a hack-and-slasher.
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Disillusioned South Korean men seek North Korean wives
For some, an old saying that translates to “men from the South are handsome, and women from the North are beautiful,” means that a South Korean man and a North Korean woman make the perfect couple. Stepping up to fill the growing void created by the steady decrease of international marriages due to tightened government restrictions on imported brides, and spurred by favorable public perceptions of North Korean women dominating...
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Uber's CEO is now a wanted man in South Korea
2014's been a year to forget for Travis Kalanick, but since there's still a week to go before 2015, there's one more nasty surprise waiting for him. South Korea has indicted Uber's CEO on charges of operating an illegal taxi service in the country, which could see him slapped with an $18,000 fine, or two years in jail. According to Yonhap News, Uber, along with its rental agency, MK Korea, has broken local laws specifically preventing...
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North Korea boosted 'cyber forces' to 6,000 troops, South says
North Korean military's "cyber army" has boosted its numbers to 6,000 troops
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Slaves freed from S. Korean salt farms face misery in shelters
A government official, foreground, meets with salt farm owners and workers as a part of human rights inspection on Sinui Island, South Korea. Life as a salt-farm slave was so bad Kim Jong-seok sometimes fantasized about killing the owner who beat him daily. Freedom, he says, has been worse. In the year since police emancipated the severely mentally disabled man from the farm where he had worked for eight years, Kim has lived in...
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South Korea Deports American Over Warm Words for Trips to North
A South Korean-born American citizen who has spoken warmly about her trips to North Korea in public appearances and articles was deported from South Korea on Saturday, after an outcry from conservatives who accused her of sympathizing with the North Korean government. The woman, Shin Eun-mi, 54, said she would not challenge the immigration authorities’ decision to deport her, and she boarded a plane to Los Angeles on Saturday evening. But she said she was deeply disappointed...
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Deadly nitrogen leak at LG factory in South Korea
A nitrogen leak at an LG Display factory in South Korea has killed at least two people Monday, authorities confirmed to the country's Yonhap News Agency. One person died at the scene, while another died on the way to hospital, according to reports. The leak occurred after midnight at the factory in Paju, north of the capital, Seoul.
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Park Says She’s Ready to Meet Kim Jong Un Without Conditions
South Korean President Park Geun Hye said she is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and the country’s nuclear weapons program wouldn’t be an obstacle to holding the first Korean summit since 2007.
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Court jails 'nut rage' Korean Air heiress for one year
A South Korean court has sentenced the daughter of the chairman of Korean Air to one year in prison for breaking aviation law in the so-called nut rage case. Heather Cho, daughter of Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho and the former head of in-flight service, was found guilty of having violated the law by ordering the plane to return to the gate after it started to taxi on December 5 last year.
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Shares of South Korean contraceptive makers surge after court scraps adultery ban
South Korea's highest court on Thursday struck down as unconstitutional a decades-old law banning adultery, triggering a surge in shares of condom makers and morning-after pills. The 1953 law aimed to protect women in a male-dominated society where divorce was rare, by making marital infidelity punishable with jail.
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