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China says trade with N. Korea has nearly doubled

North KoreaOct 23, 2011

BEIJING (AP) -- China's trade with its close ally North Korea nearly doubled in the first seven months of the year compared with the same period in 2010, state media reported Sunday.The 87 percent increase to $3.1 billion was announced at the start of a visit to the North by Chinese Vice Premier Li
German doctor convicted in 1982 teen death

World NewsOct 23, 2011

Andre Bamberski, father of Kalinka Bamberski, who died mysteriously in 1982, talks to journalists outside court in Paris. (AFP)PARIS (AP) — A Paris criminal court on Saturday convicted a retired German doctor in the 1982 death of his 15-year-old stepdaughter in a decades-long cross-border batt
IMF sees Korea's debt will drop to pre-crisis level in 2012

Oct 23, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- The International Monetary Fund (MF) predicts South Korea's national debt is expected to fall to the level of before the 2008 global financial crisis in 2012, the finance ministry said Sunday.The ratio of South Korea's national debt to its gross domestic product (GDP) will
No reports yet of debris from falling satellite

ScienceOct 23, 2011

In this undated artist rendering provided by EADS Astrium the scientific satellite ROSAT is seen. On Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, between 1:45 UTC (3:45 CEST) and 2:15 UTC (4:15 CEST) ROSAT re-entered Earth's atmosphere. (AP-Yonhap News)BERLIN (AP) _ Scientists were trying to establish how and where a def
Pole who spirited Jewish woman from Auschwitz dies

World NewsOct 23, 2011

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- The young Catholic man spirited his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, saving her life. Yet it took 39 years for them to see each other again.Jerzy Bielecki, a German-speaking Polish inmate at the same Nazi death camp, lived to age 90 and died peacefully in his sleep
Imports of Japanese fisheries goods dip on radiation scare

Oct 23, 2011

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- South Korea's imports of Japanese fisheries products tumbled 37 percent on-year in the first nine months of this year in the wake of the March radiation leakage in the neighboring country, a report showed Sunday.South Korea imported 33,700 tons of fisheries goods from Japan in the
N. Korean envoy arrives in Geneva for talks with U.S.

North KoreaOct 23, 2011

GENEVA, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea’s top negotiator has arrived in Geneva for a second round of bilateral meeting with his U.S. counterpart as part of diplomatic efforts to resume long-stalled negotiations on ending Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programs.The talks, scheduled for Monday and Tuesda
S. Korea’s growth rate to hover below inflation gain this year

Oct 23, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea’s economic growth rate is expected to fall below its inflation gain this year due mainly to sluggish exports and rising consumer prices, data showed Sunday.The average forecast of South Korea’s 2011 growth by 10 foreign investment banks came to 3.7 percent as o
Thailand leader says floods may last 6 more weeks

World NewsOct 23, 2011

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand’s catastrophic floods may take up to six weeks to recede, the prime minister said Saturday, as residents living in Bangkok’s outskirts sloshed through waist-high waters in some areas and the human toll from the crisis nationwide rose to 356 dead and more than 110,000 displac
Bombings, beheadings? Stats show a peaceful world

BooksOct 23, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It seems as if violence is everywhere, but it’s really on the run.Yes, thousands of people have died in bloody unrest from Africa to Pakistan, while terrorists plot bombings and kidnappings. Wars drag on in Iraq and Afghanistan. In peaceful Norway, a man massacred 69 youths in Jul
Global population set to reach 7 billion this month

Oct 23, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- The world's population is expected to hit 7 billion by the end of this month, more than quadrupling from 100 years earlier, a report showed Sunday.According to the report by insurance giant Allianz Group, the planet's population is set to reach the new milestone at the end
S. Korean activists hold another 'Occupy Seoul' protests

Social affairsOct 23, 2011

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- A group of civic and labor activists rallied in Seoul Saturday to protest what they called the greed of financial institutions and the growing income disparity in the country.The rally, the second of its kind since Oct. 15, was in concert with the "Occupy Wall Street" movement that
S. Korean mountaineers may have fallen into crevice: alpine federation

More sportsOct 23, 2011

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- Three South Korean mountaineers led by Park Young-seok may have fallen into a large crevice on the south face of a Himalayan peak they were trying to conquer, a local alpine federation said Saturday.Park Young-seokThe Korean Alpine Federation (KAF) said rescue teams sent to A
Gadhafi's death energizes Syrian, Yemeni protests

World NewsOct 22, 2011

Yemen`s government supporters shout slogans during a funeral for 11 government soldiers and supporters who died in the clashes with rebels in Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 21, 2011. (Xinhua-Yonhap News)BEIRUT (AP) _ Energized by the killing of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, thousands of protesters in Syria and Yemen
Lee Ki-sang storms into lead after round of 64

GolfOct 22, 2011

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ Lee Ki-sang shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead over Anthony Kim after the third round of the $750,000 CJ Invitational.The South Korean thrilled local fans at the Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club in Yeoju in a near-perfect round that included a hole-in-one.