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N. Korea urges South to repatriate 2 N. Koreans

North KoreaOct 5, 2011

Pyongyang has called on Seoul to repatriate two North Korean men who are in South Korean custody after crossing the eastern sea border earlier this week, an official said Wednesday.The North made the request in a message to South Korea via a Red Cross channel at the truce village of Panmunjom, which
Doubleheader on tap for Friday

SoccerOct 5, 2011

Olympic team head coach Hong Myung-bo (left) is coming off a 2-0 win over Oman last month. (Yonhap News)South Korean football fans will be treated to a rare doubleheader Friday, as both the Olympic squad and the senior national team are set to compete in friendly matches in the nation’s capital.At S
Beltre’s 3 homers power Rangers

BaseballOct 5, 2011

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) ― This is what Adrian Beltre envisioned when he signed with Texas in the offseason. Balls jumping off his bat in October, the Rangers making another run for the pennant.Beltre hit three straight home runs and the defending AL champions advanced again, beating the Tampa B
K-League to adopt split format in 2012

SoccerOct 5, 2011

South Korea’s first-division football league announced Thursday it will adopt a “split format” in 2012 to prepare for a new promotion-relegation system the following season.The K-League said its 16 teams will be split into two halves based on their records after 30 games each. The clubs will each pl
5 more firms placed on FTC watch list

Oct 5, 2011

Korea’s antitrust watchdog said Tuesday it has placed five more companies on a watch list that limits mutual investments and loan guarantees.The Fair Trade Commission said the number of corporate affiliates on its list stood at 1,605 from 55 business groups as of Saturday, compared with 1,600 last m
Eximbank to borrow $2b more from abroad

Oct 5, 2011

The state-run Export-Import Bank of Korea plans to secure around $2 billion additionally from overseas financial markets later this year as part of its efforts to brace for worsening borrowing conditions, its chief said Tuesday.Eximbank has raised $7.8 billion via overseas borrowing this year and pl
Remittances from Koreans overseas up

Oct 5, 2011

Remittances of funds to South Korea from Koreans living in foreign countries hit a more than two-year high in August as the local currency’s sharp weakness prompted them to accelerate money transfers, data showed Tuesday.Total funds flowing from Korean residents overseas to local people reached $768
Young woman ages mysteriously in Vietnam, experts to help

PodcastOct 5, 2011

Hanoi (dpa) - Medical experts in southern Vietnam offered to help a 26-year-old woman whose skin wrinkled virtually overnight, making her look 30 years older, local media reported Wednesday. (Source: Tuoi Tre)Three hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have offered Nguyen Thi Phuong consultations with
Tefal to unveil new coating and base innovation

IndustryOct 5, 2011

Cookware and small home appliance maker Tefal presented its brand new coating and base technology for frying pans in Seoul on Wednesday. From as early as mid-October, all Tefal frying pans will be replaced with the new line named “Tefal Intensium 3D Coating,” the company said. Even though new produc
Drive to help women in Busan

Oct 5, 2011

A donation drive to gather goods for people living at women’s shelters in Busan is going on throughout October. The last drive in May collected more than 50 boxes of toiletries and 230,000 won, which was used to buy food and more useful items. ATEK Volunteer group reported that Saegil Women’s Shelte
Russia, China veto U.N. resolution on Syria

World NewsOct 5, 2011

Old allies cooperate to thwart sanction on Damascus; crackdown has led to 2,700 deaths so farUNITED NATIONS (AP) ― Russia and China vetoed a European-backed U.N. Security Council resolution Tuesday that threatened sanctions against Syria if it didn’t immediately halt its military crackdown against c
American Airlines faces turbulent ride

World BusinessOct 5, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― American Airlines’ CEO is proud that his company, unlike its biggest rivals, avoided the bankruptcy process to remake itself. Investors aren’t so sure.As the economic outlook darkens, the airline industry is bracing for trouble. Among the biggest U.S. carriers, American has the most
Ford to pay workers $6,000 bonus in new contract

World BusinessOct 5, 2011

DETROIT (AP) ― The union that once set the gold standard for American wages is giving up pay raises in exchange for a piece of the auto industry’s profits and the promise of thousands of new jobs.Under agreements struck with Ford and General Motors, most of the companies’ factory workers will get pr
Truck bomb kills 70 in Somali capital

World NewsOct 5, 2011

MOGADISHU (AP) ― Al-Qaida-linked militants launched their deadliest single bombing in Somalia, killing 70 people and demonstrating how the group that blocked aid to famine victims can still mount devastating violence even after most of its fighters fled the capital in August.A truck loaded with drum