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  Gov't drives Korea's fuel-cell technology President Park, on Tuesday, launched an industrial complex in the southwestern city of Gwangju to help Korea emerge as a global leader of fuel-cell vehicle production. The complex will work clos...

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  Issue of Japan's wartime sex slavery is tough, emotional: U.S. ambassador Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's seemingly unapologetic attitude about Japan's wartime atrocities is drawing concerns from the United States. In an interview on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to So...

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  N. Korea may be restarting Yongbyon nuke reactor: U.S institute After nearly half-a-year of supposed inactivity,... North Korea may have restarted operating its main nuclear reactor. Satellite imagery posted on the 38 North website shows hot water draining...

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  Apple posts record sales of iPhone units during Q1 FY2015 Apple saw its revenue and profit soar during the holiday quarter, thanks to record sales of its plus-sized iPhones. Apple sold 74-and-a-half million iPhones during its first fiscal quarter of ...

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  At least ten people dead in Libya hotel attack A pair of gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Tripoli Tuesday, local time, killing at least ten people,... including five foreigners,... before blowing themselves up. The attack began with a car bom...

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  U.S., Japan express support for S. Korea's efforts for inter-Korean dialogue The chief nuclear envoys of the United States and Japan have expressed their support for South Korea's efforts to improve inter-Korean relations. Following a trilateral meeting in Tokyo on Wednes...

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  Samsung Electronics Q4 earnings improve from Q3 Samsung Electronics has rebounded from its earnings shock in the third quarter of last year... but it's still underperforming compared to the previous year. Samsung's operating profit for the ...

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  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vows support for inter-Korean talks UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has thrown his support behind inter-Korean talks and projects. South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se held one-on-one talks with the UN chief on Tuesday on t...

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  Kremlin confirms Kim Jong-un's plans to visit Moscow in May: Yonhap North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may be headed to Moscow this May. Citing the Russian presidential office,... Seoul-based Yonhap News reported Wednesday that Kim is among the 20 heads of state th...

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  Kremlin confirms Kim Jong-un's plans to visit Moscow in May: YonhapIt looks like North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be going to Russia after all. Citing the Kremlin,... Seoul-based Yonhap News reported this morning that... Kim is among the 20 heads of state that ...

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  N. Korea asked for rice in return for inter-Korean summit, warship apology: former S. Korean PresidentWe begin with that revelation by former president Lee Myung-bak. The previous South Korean leader says that, in July 2010,... North Korea offered to hold an inter-Korean summit and issue an apology o...

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  Korea announces deregulatory measures for mobile payments system The day when you can wire money to your friends after just a quick fingerprint or retina scan... may not be too far away. Korea's financial authorities have announced a set of measures to make ...