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In October 2010, the Korean press began reporting on a pair of patients who died after receiving stem cell infusions from a controversial Seoul-based company called RNL Bio. Since such treatments are banned in South Korea, RNL has aggressively marketed...
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Slideshow A gas pump is seen hanging from the ceiling at a petrol station in Seoul June 27, 2011. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brent crude oil ended lower on Friday as investors booked profits after gaining for four straight days and hitting overbought...
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South Korea's Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors coach Choi Kang-Hee speaks during a press conference ahead of the AFC Champions League final with Qatar's Al Sadd in Jeonju, some 200 kms south of Seoul, on November 4, 2011. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Al Sadd will... View Photo »
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I think they should buy a team in NPB, KBO and CPBL. The Seoul Yankees, Tokyo Yankees, and Taipei Yankees could accept the NY Yankees posting bid of $1.
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Reports also say North Korean agents are targeting humanitarian workers in China seeking to facilitate the defections. Observers said the harsh measures were likely an attempt to intimidate others from fleeing as mass defections could destabilize the...
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From March 25, these services will be offered daily. These codeshare services will be in addition to the since May 2011 existing codeshare operation between Nagoya-Seoul. In addition to the direct services from Tokyo Narita and Osaka Kansai...
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Slideshow A gas pump is seen hanging from the ceiling at a petrol station in Seoul June 27, 2011. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The increasingly tense standoff between the West and Iran must undoubtedly have big Asian oil consumers looking anxiously at their...
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Judge Seo Gi-ho puts his judge's robe into a cabinet after his last trial at the Seoul Northern District Court in Seoul February 17, 2012. Seo was ruled unfit for the job by a judiciary screening committee of the Supreme Court after he had lampooned... View Photo »
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“We work together to better understand the threat and the appropriate response to a common understanding of the threat.” Their collaboration has led to the development of a technology display at the Nuclear Security Symposium in Seoul, Korea, he said. ...
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Volleyball players of Seoul Dream 6 bow to apologise for the recent volleyball match-fixing scandal before their match in Seoul February 12, 2012. Four South Korean volleyball players have been banned for life for their involvement in a match-fixing scandal, local media reported on...
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A couple kiss each other during an event in Seoul February 13, 2012. The event was held by the opposition New Progressive Party to demand government to find a solution for young people who do not have time to love, can't get married and can't give birth because of unemployment crisis in...
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Judge Seo Gi-ho (C) speaks to media during a retirement ceremony prepared for him by his friends, members of the court labour union and supporters gathered through Social Networking Services, in front of the Seoul Northern District Court where he served, in Seoul February 17, 2012. Seo...
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Players of Seoul Dream 6 bow in apology for the recent volleyball match-fixing scandal to spectators before their game in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. South Korea's volleyball association banned four players, three from the KEPCO45 team and one from the military club...
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South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (R) shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul February 17, 2012.
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South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari before their meeting at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.
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An employee of a restaurant delivering lunch to an office walks past a shop promoting a sale in central Seoul February 16, 2012. South Koreans are slightly more worried about the slowing economy than a year ago but still want the country's economic policy to target containing inflation,...
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A North Korean woman (L) walks at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) which separates South Korea from the North in this picture taken from South Korea's Taesungdong in Paju north of Seoul February 16, 2012. Taesungdong is less than one kilometre from...
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A North Korean flag flutters on top of a tower at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) which separates South Korea from the North in this picture taken from South Korea's Taesungdong in Paju north of Seoul February 16, 2012. Taesungdong is less than one...
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The Prince and Princess of Wales stand 03 November at the memorial to the British Gloster Regiment, who fought with distinction in 1951 during the Korean War, outside Seoul. The Royal couple is on a four-day official visit to Korea.
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Wearing traditional "hanboks", South Korean graduates of Taesungdong Elementary School salute flags during a graduation ceremony in Taesungdong, in the heavily fortified demilitarised zone (DMZ) which seperates South Korea from the North, in Paju, north of Seoul February 16, 2012. ...
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A leaflet criticizing Pyongyang and its hereditary is seen in a plastic bag before anti-North Korean activists and former North Korean defectors release balloons near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas at Imjingak pavillion in Paju, north of Seoul February 16, 2012. The...
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An anti-North Korean activist (bottom C) with former North Korean defectors release balloons containing leaflets and CDs denouncing Pyongyang towards North Korea, near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas at Imjingak pavillion in Paju, north of Seoul February 16, 2012. The...
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South Korea's K1A1 tanks are seen during a winter military drill in Wonju, east of Seoul, on February 8, 2012. The Korean peninsula is the world's last Cold War frontier with North Korea and South Korea being technically at war since the 1950-53 conflict.
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 15: South Korean EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team participate in the official launch ceremony of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit on February 15, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. The Korean National Police Agency launched a security squad,...
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South Korean police officers sing the national anthem during an official launch ceremony of police security for Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. The Nuclear Security Summit will be held in Seoul from March 26 to 27.
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South Korean police officers cover a mock VIP during a police security demonstration for Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. The Nuclear Security Summit will be held in Seoul from March 26 to 27.
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