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Contributor to France's return of ancient Korean royal books dies

PeopleNov 23, 2011

PARIS, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean-born French scholar who contributed to the return of Korea's ancient royal books from France died at a Paris hospital on Tuesday. She was 83.Park Byeng-sen, a Korean historian who studied in France, had been receiving hospital treatment after undergoing surg
Rape, murder of teen shocks France

PodcastNov 22, 2011

France is reeling after a 17-year-old boy raped and murdered a girl at a chic boarding school while conditionally freed on charges of rape a year ago."It's absurd. It could have been avoided with a little less negligence," the dead 13-year-old's mother, Paola Marin, told Europe 1 radio as a nation s
DLP lawmarker fills chamber with tear gas in protest against FTA

PoliticsNov 22, 2011

Rep. Kim Sun-dong (center at the podium) of the Democratic Labor Party stands in silent protest after detonating a tear gas grenade and dousing himself with the powder to block the approval of the free trade agreement with the U.S. in the National Assembly on Tuesday (Park Hyun-ku/The Korea Herald)
Assembly ratifies US FTA as GNP rams through motion

PoliticsNov 22, 2011

The National Assembly on Tuesday passed the long-pending Korea-U.S. free trade agreement, with the ruling Grand National Party pressing ahead with the ratification process despite vehement objection from opposition parties.Upbraiding the majority GNP and the government for “unilateral action,” the m
Samsung in final talks for Google TV: president

IndustryNov 22, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s president said Tuesday it is in the final stage of negotiations with Google Inc. to manufacture Internet-connected TVs powered by the U.S. company's software. Yoon Book-keun, president of Samsung's digital media business, said talks between the tw
AIDS-related deaths slashed by treatment: UN

HealthNov 22, 2011

A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the number of people living with HIV to a record 34 million, the United Nations said Monday."We are on the verge of a significant breakthrough in the AIDS response," said Michel Sidibe, ex
Apple wins patent fight with HTC at U.S. agency

TechnologyNov 22, 2011

HTC Corp.’s loss in a patent infringement case against Apple Inc. casts doubt on its decision to spend $300 million to buy S3 Graphics Co. to boost its chances of a licensing deal to end the dispute. The U.S. International Trade Commission said yesterday that S3 Graphics’s patent rights weren’t viol
Ai Weiwei and editor of China paper in online spat

World NewsNov 22, 2011

BEIJING, Nov 22, 2011 (AFP) - Ai Weiwei fans have again rallied behind the outspoken Chinese artist after he revealed he is being investigated on pornography charges -- by posting naked pictures of themselves online.Supporters of Ai -- who disappeared into custody for 81 days earlier this year -- ra
Peru finds 14th century mass grave of children

PodcastNov 22, 2011

LIMA, Nov 20, 2011 (AFP) - A Peruvian archeologist on Sunday announced the discovery of the remains of 44 infants and young children sacrificed to appease ancient deities in the 14th century at a site in the high Andes near the border with Bolivia.The remains were found near a stone funeral tower --
U.N. drafts resolution on N. Korean human rights

North KoreaNov 22, 2011

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- The human rights panel of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution condemning North Korea's human rights abuses as part of annual move to put pressure on the communist regime, diplomats here said.The Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly
9 S. Korean sailors aboard ship presumed to have sunken in South China Sea

Social affairsNov 22, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- A cargo ship carrying 21 crewmen, including nine South Korean sailors, is presumed to have sunken in the South China Sea earlier in the day, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.According to the ministry, the 15,000-ton ship lost contact after leaving Penang, Malaysia.Hong
Philip Morris files claim against Australia on packaging law

IndustryNov 21, 2011

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Philip Morris International Inc. served an arbitration notice against the Australian government to claim 'millions of dollars' in damages after the nation passed the world's first plain-packaging law for cigarettes.The passage of the law today violates Australia's Bilateral In
S. Korean students expected to get Chinese visa waiver next year

Foreign affairsNov 21, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- Teenage South Korean students are expected to enjoy visa-free travel to China for short-term school trips beginning early next year, an official at Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.Seoul and Beijing have been in talks to grant visa-waiver status to South Korean element
Finance minister calls for curbing excessive capital flows

Nov 21, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister said Monday that there is a need to take measures to lessen the fallout from excessive cross-border capital flows in order to help the global economy move forward.Speaking at a forum arranged by the Asian Development Bank and the Institute fo
Myanmar's Suu Kyi to run in parliamentary polls

PodcastNov 21, 2011

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi intends to run for parliament in upcoming by-elections.The decision announced Monday was expected after her party decided last week to rejoin mainstream politics in long-isolated Myanmar.Nyan Win, the spokesman of Suu Kyi's National League

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