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Obama halts deportations of young illegals

World NewsJun 16, 2012

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the White House, Washington, on Friday. AFPU.S. President Barack Obama suspended the threat of deportation against hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants Friday, delighting crucial Hispanic voters ahead of November's election."These are young people who study in our schools, they play in our neighborhoods... they are Americ
Obama slaps down heckler at immigration remarks

World NewsJun 16, 2012

In an unusual incident, U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday slapped down a heckling journalist who was furious over his move to stop deporting young illegal immigrants.The reporter, Neil Munro, of the conservative Daily Caller website, broke into Obama's remarks as he outlined plans to defer deportations of illegal immigrants between the ages of 16 to 30 brought to America by their parents."Excu
Two dead, six injured in explosion at coal mine

Social affairsFeb 4, 2012

TAEBAEK (Yonhap News) -- A gas explosion at a coal mine has killed two people and injured six others, police said Saturday. The blast occurred at around 8 p.m. on Friday when nine miners were working at a site about 970 meters deep or 3,400 meters from the entrance, police officer Chang
Hana Financial seeking to buy Korean American bank in U.S.

Feb 4, 2012

Los Angeles (Yonhap) -- Hana Financial Group Inc.,South Korea's No. 4 banking group, said Saturday that it is pushingto acquire a Korean American commercial bank in the United Statesas part of its bid to accelerate expansion abroad. The move comes as Hana Financial Group see
Romney heavily favored to win Nevada caucuses

World NewsFeb 4, 2012

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Elko, Nev. AP-Yonhap LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Mitt Romney, heavily favored to win Nevada's presidential caucuses Saturday, focused on the state's unemployment rate _ which is w
CEO of chip maker Micron dies in plane crash

World BusinessFeb 4, 2012

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The head of memory chip maker Micron, long known for taking risks in stunt piloting, died Friday when a small experimental plane he was piloting steeply banked, stalled and crashed near an Idaho runway. Steve Appleton, who survived a similar crash eight years ag
Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault

World NewsFeb 4, 2012

BEIRUT (AP) -- In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said Saturday. The assault in Homs, which has been one of the main flash
Armstrong 'gratified' by no charges in doping case

More sportsFeb 4, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal prosecutors dropped their investigation of Lance Armstrong on Friday, ending a nearly two-year effort aimed at determining whether the seven-time Tour de France winner and his teammates participated in a doping program.Armstrong has steadfastly denied he doped durin
Samsung Lions win 2011 Korean Series

BaseballOct 31, 2011

Samsung Lions players celebrate at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Monday after they clenched the 2011 Korean Series title, beating the SK Wyverns 1-0. Yonhap NewsThe Samsung Lions are the champion of Korean professional baseball in 2011.The Lions beat the SK Wyverns 1-0 in the Korean Series Monday at Se
Cards win World Series

BaseballOct 29, 2011

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis Cardinals won a remarkable World Series they weren't even supposed to reach, beating the Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game 7 on Friday night with another key hit by hometown star David Freese and six gutsy innings from Chris Carpenter.A day after an epic Game 6 that saw them
Samsung ordered to compensate local designer for copyrights infringement

IndustryOct 29, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co., Korea's electronics giant, has been ordered to compensate a local designer for illegally using the designer's flower pattern creation on its refrigerator models, court records showed Saturday. The Seoul Western District Court recently delivered the order for the
Samsung ordered to compensate local designer for copyright infringement

BusinessOct 29, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co., Korea's electronics giant, has been ordered to compensate a local designer for illegally using the designer's flower pattern creation on its refrigerator models, court records showed Saturday.The Seoul Western District Court recently delivered the order for the electronics m
Colombia rescues 4 Koreans adrift in Caribbean

Social affairsOct 23, 2011

BOGOTA (AFP) ― The Colombian Navy has rescued four Koreans from their catamaran after it suffered a breakdown while sailing across the Caribbean, a Colombian official said Saturday. “We responded to a call from the Korean embassy, which alerted us to a boat with four of its nationals aboard,” Comman
Tight races forecast in Busan, Chungju

PoliticsOct 23, 2011

Local by-elections hotly contested in prelude to major elections next yearThe Seoul mayoral contest, where independent Park Won-soon and the ruling Grand National Party’s Na Kyung-won are running a tight race, is by far the most intense and important in Wednesday’s by-elections. But several provinci
Arrest warrant rejected for ex-Lee aide, businessman

Social affairsOct 20, 2011

Court says more evidence needed to arrest Shin, alleged bribe-giverProsecutors’ investigation into the alleged corruption of one of President Lee Myung-bak’s confidants faced a setback Thursday after a local court rejected their request for arrest warrants for two main figures in the scandal.

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