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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye, right, comforts a mourner as she pays tribute to the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol at a group memorial altar in Ansan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 29, 2014.  (Yonhap)
    President Park apologizes over ferry disaster

    SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye apologized Tuesday over the deadly sinking of the ferry Sewol, saying the government failed to prevent the disaster and bungled its initial response to and handling of one of...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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    Obama, Park agree to reconsider wartime command transfer

    SEOUL, April 25 (Yonhap) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed Friday that the two allies can reconsider the timing of next year’s transfer of wartime control of South Korean troops from...

    • Posted April 25, 2014
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  • Buildings in central Seoul are shrouded in a cloud of ultrafine particles, Tuesday. The Korea Meteorological Administration announced that the average atmospheric concentration of particulate matter measuring 10 micrometers (PM10) on the day was 228 micrograms per cubic meter, the most dangerous level in its five-level air pollution scale. (Yonhap)
    K-town pollution among worst in California

    According to California Environmental Protection Agency  Pollution in California is worst in areas of low income By Tae Hong Pollution in California is worst in areas of low income, among them Los Angeles County, a report says....

    • Posted April 24, 2014
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    Unanswered questions in ferry sinking

    By Tae Hong A week has gone by since the sinking of the ferry boat Sewol, taking with it more than 150 lives — a number that continues to rise with ongoing rescue efforts. South Koreans mourn...

    • Posted April 23, 2014
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    $100K donators’ group

    Cha Seung-won, Ha Ji-won, Kim Yuna, K.J. Choi join Ryu Hyun-jin and Song Seung-hun By Lee Kyutae Actors Song Seung-hun, Cha Seung-won and Ha Ji-won, figure skater Kim Yuna and golfer K.J. Choi gave big to aid...

    • Posted April 23, 2014
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  • Students at Joongbu University tie yellow ribbons written with messages of hope on April 23. / Yonhap
    Yellow ribbon campaign unites S. Korea in hope

    By Kim Se-jeong As the search and rescue operation entered its eighth day on Wednesday, a growing number of people are joining a “yellow ribbon” campaign, an expression of the nation’s hope of finding survivors. So far,...

    • Posted April 23, 2014
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    Top Gun: Female fighter pilot Pyun Bo-ra

    Major Pyun Bo-ra says she is not just the first female fighter pilot. By Kang Seung-woo Maj. Pyun Bo-ra is always tagged as the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot. She was one of 20 female cadets...

    • Posted April 21, 2014
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