Asia's Heartbeat arirang

• Korea posts current account surplus for 35th straight month
• President Park aiming to diversify Korea's economic cooperation with Middle East
• UN meetings bring North Korea's human rights and nuclear issues under spotlight

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  President Park urges Japan to admit to past atrocities, North Korea to engage in dialogue Referring to bilateral trade surpassing eight billion dollars last year, and the five million Korean and Japanese people who visit each other's country each year, President Park Geun-hye said Jap...

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  President Park arrives in Kuwait on first-leg of Middle East trip Our top story this morning... President Park Geun-hye has arrived in Kuwait on the first leg of her nine-day, four nation tour of the Middle East,... which is also her first overseas trip of the ye...

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  Seoul warns Pyongyang against future provocations as S. Korea-U.S. drills begin South Korea's defense ministry condemned North Korea on Monday for firing two short-range missiles into the East Sea earlier in the day, calling it a violation of UN resolutions, and warned Pyon...

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  Korea to complete redemption of assets of pro-Japanese collaborators this year The Korean government expects this year to complete the task of seizing the assets of those who collaborated with Japan during its colonial rule of Korea in the early 20th century. These efforts...

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  N. Korea fires short-range missiles to protest S. Korea-U.S. drills It appears North Korea launched the two short-range missiles... in protest against the joint military drills between South Korea and the United States. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff sai...

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  Samsung unpacks new Galaxy line in Barcelona Could this be a game changer for Samsung Electronics? The specifications certainly do seem to make a strong case for that. Introduced Sunday at the Samsung Unpacked event ahead of the Mobile Wo...

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  Korean Navy names its latest submarine after female independence fighter Yu Gwan-sun is the name of the Korean Navy's newest submarine... and it's the first vessel to be named after a woman in the modern Navy's 70-year history. The Korean Navy announced Sunday that ...

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  President Park to meet with Saenuri, NPAD leaders in mid-March Now, after she returns from her nine-day trip,... President Park is expected to meet with the leaders of the ruling and main opposition parties... at the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae... some...

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  President Park aiming to diversify Korea's economic cooperation with Middle East Since Korean businesses started winning construction projects in the Middle East in the 1970s, the region has become Korea's largest overseas market for plant construction, generating nearly 40 p...

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  Two Koreas to debate N. Korea's human rights, nuclear programs at UN meetings The two Koreas are likely to have a heated debate in Geneva this week over North Korea's dire human rights situation and the regime's nuclear program. North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong...

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  Tens of thousands march in Moscow in honor of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov. Tens of thousands of people gathered in central Moscow on Sunday, carrying Russian flags and marching alongside the River Moskva. The streets were filled with protesters holding placards that ...

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  S. Korea, U.S. to begin annual joint military drills The joint annual military drills between South Korea and the United States kick off this week. The Combined Forces Command says a computerized command post exercise, called Key Resolve, begins on...