After decades of indifference, big businesses and the government are turning up the heat on smokers in South Korea, a nation with one of the developed world's highest male smoking rates. full story ![]()
The suspected cyberattack targeting South Korean banks and broadcasters originated from an IP address in China, South Korean regulators said Thursday, heightening suspicions of North Korean involvement.
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One in ten smokers have made themselves feel sick by chain-smoking their way through their last pack of cigarettes to try help them stop, a poll suggests.
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South Korea's film directors, like its pop stars, have been trying for years to break out of their country's competitive but small market and into the West. Just as Korean music finally broke through last year with Psy's "Gangnam Style," this might be the year that Korean directors take over Hollywood. Read full article >>
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PAJU, South Korea — North Korea allowed the withdrawal Monday of most of the remaining South Korean personnel at a jointly run industrial park in the North, South Korean officials said, with the final seven staying behind to negotiate unpaid wages for North Korean workers.
arkansasonline.com (23 days ago)
PAJU, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea allowed the withdrawal Monday of most of the remaining South Korean personnel at a jointly run industrial park in the North, South Korean officials said, with the final seven staying behind to negotiate unpaid wages for North Korean workers....
ap.org (23 days ago)
PAJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea allowed the withdrawal Monday of most of the remaining South Korean personnel at a jointly run industrial park in the North, South Korean officials said, with the final seven staying behind to negotiate unpaid wages for North Korean workers.
boston.com (23 days ago)
PAJU, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Monday approved the withdrawal of most of the remaining South Korean personnel at a jointly run industrial park in the North, South Korean officials said, with a final seven set to stay behind to negotiate unpaid wages for North Korean workers....
ap.org (23 days ago)
Their winning streak finally over, the Miami Heat did on Thursday what they had planned to do all along....
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korean threats to respond by voiding the armistice that ended the Korean War and launching a nuclear attack on the U.S.After the start of the drills, South Korean officials said their northern counterparts didn't answer two calls on a hotline between the sides, apparently...
bostonherald.com (2 months and 14 days ago)

North Korea on Monday approved the withdrawal of most of the remaining South Korean personnel at a jointly run industrial park in the North, South Korean officials said, with a final seven set…
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