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FBI says man planned to bomb National Mall on Election Day
World News
Oct 11, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal authorities have charged a New York man with building a 200-pound (90-kilogram) bomb they say he planned to detonate on Election Day on the National Mall in Washington.Paul Rosenfeld, 56, of Tappan, was charged Wednesday with unlawfully manufacturing a destructive device and interstate transportation and receipt of an explosive. National Mall (AP)Prosecutors said he planned to use the bomb to kill himself and draw attention to a political system called sortition, in whic
No tricks, only treats, at Seoul Dessert Fair in late October
Food&Beverage
Oct 11, 2018
Scary sweets galore at nation’s biggest dessert festival
Feds: Chinese spy tried to steal US aviation trade secrets
World News
Oct 11, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Chinese spy who allegedly attempted to steal trade secrets from several American aviation and aerospace companies was charged Wednesday and extradited to the US Yanjun Xu, an operative of the Chinese Ministry of State Security, is accused of recruiting experts who worked at aviation companies and paying them stipends to travel to China in order to obtain trade secrets, the Justice Department said. GE Aviation (AP)From 2013 until he was arrested in April, Xu would recruit empl
[Weather] Coldest day of autumn so far
Social affairs
Oct 11, 2018
Residents in Korea woke up to the coldest morning of autumn so far, as the mercury plunged to 2 to 12 degrees Celsius nationwide, about 2 to 5 C lower than Wednesday’s temperatures. Temperatures in the morning recorded 6 C in Seoul, minus 1 C in Daegwanryeong and minus 4.1 C in Seoraksan, Gangwon Province. Daytime highs will hover at 14 to 19 C in the afternoon, but strong winds across the country will make the weather even chillier, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. (Yonhap)Central
Hurricane Michael slams into Florida, charges into Southeast
World News
Oct 11, 2018
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) -- Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with terrifying winds of 155 mph Wednesday, splintering homes and submerging neighborhoods before continuing its destructive charge inland across the Southeast. It was the most powerful hurricane to hit the continental US in nearly 50 years and at least one death was reported during its passage.Supercharged by abnormally warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Category 4 storm crashed ashore in the early afternoon near
Court denies arrest warrant for Shinhan Financial chief
Industry
Oct 11, 2018
A Seoul court turned down early Thursday a prosecution request for a warrant to arrest Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Cho Yong-byoung, who is suspected of involvement in alleged unfair hiring of new employees. The Seoul Eastern District Court said he presents a low risk of fleeing or destroying evidence, given his social and residential status. (Yonhap)Cho, 61, is accused of having his officials give undue favors to job applicants who were either children or relatives of influential people suc
Korea's current account hits $8.44b in Aug.
Economy
Oct 11, 2018
South Korea's current account surplus continued to remain firmly in the black in August on brisk overseas sales, central bank data showed Thursday.The country's current account surplus came to $8.44 billion in August, up from $6.03 billion in the black a year ago, according to the preliminary data from the Bank of Korea. From a month earlier, the August figure declined from a yearly high of $8.76 billion.Asia's fourth-largest economy has maintained a current account surplus for 78 straight month
‘Some 50,000 foreigners visited Korea to get plastic surgeries’: report
Social affairs
Oct 11, 2018
Some 50,000 foreign nationals visited South Korea last year to receive plastic surgeries and spent some 215 billion won ($189 million), a government report showed.The amount spent by those who received plastic surgeries in Korea last year was almost four times higher than the figure for the same medical procedures in 2012. Compared to 2016, 968 more foreign nationals visited Korea last year for plastic surgeries, while the total number of foreign patients who visited the country for medical trea
Kim Jong-un visits mausoleum of former NK leaders for party’s founding anniversary
North Korea
Oct 11, 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the mausoleum of his father, Kim Jong-il, and grandfather Kim Il-sung on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the country’s ruling party, the North’s state media said Thursday.Kim visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang and extended “deep respect and the best wishes” to the statues of the two former leaders of the communist regime, according to the Korean Central News Agency. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and ranking offic
Office of ex-Constitutional Court justice nominee raided over illegal stock-trading allegations
Politics
Oct 11, 2018
Prosecutors raided the office of a former Constitutional Court justice nominee who is suspected of using private information to profit from stock investments and make hundreds of millions of won, investigators said Thursday. A team of investigators at the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office that specializes in stock-market crime cases said it had searched the office of Lee You-jung, a lawyer at One Law Partners in Seoul’s Gangnam area, as well as three other places, Monday.Lee is suspect
New JCS chief stresses military preparedness ahead of wartime OPCON transfer
Defense
Oct 11, 2018
Gen. Park Han-ki, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday he will push to reinforce advanced military capabilities as they prepare for the envisioned transfer of wartime operation control to South Korea. “The security situation of the Korean Peninsula is now at a major historical turning point as we proceed towards peace and prosperity after long periods of confrontation,” Park said in his inaugural ceremony at the Ministry of National Defense on Thursday morning.“The people
US hopes to hold working-level talks with N. Korea soon
North Korea
Oct 11, 2018
WASHINGTON -- The United States hopes to hold working-level talks with North Korea soon to make progress on denuclearization and a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the State Department said Wednesday.Trump said Tuesday that the two sides are working to arrange a summit after the Nov. 6 midterm elections in one of three or four locations.(Yonhap)Working-level talks would be led by US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun and Nort
Trump says S. Korea won't lift NK sanctions without US approval
North Korea
Oct 11, 2018
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of South Korea lifting sanctions on North Korea without approval from the United States.South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said earlier that Seoul has been reviewing whether to remove unilateral sanctions that were imposed on North Korea following its deadly sinking of a South Korean warship in 2010.(Yonhap)"Well, they won't do it without our approval," Trump told reporters at the White House. "They do nothi
LIG Nex1 aims to advance into US with precise guided missiles
Industry
Oct 10, 2018
South Korean aerospace and defense company LIG Nex1 presented its advanced weapons customized for future battlegrounds at a defense exhibition in the US, with the aim of advancing into the world’s largest defense market. LIG Nex1 said it showcased its precise guided missiles and unmanned surface vehicles at the 2018 Annual Meeting & Exposition, which kicked off Monday in Washington. Visitors from the US Army listen to a LIG Nex1 official’s presentation of unmanned surface vehicles at the 2018 An
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Podcast
Oct 10, 2018
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