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Asian CL Special: Al Ittihad - Saudi Arabia's K-League Killers

Goal.com Asia looks at the bogey team of South Korean clubs... South Korea may have won 2-0 in Riyadh a year ago during qualification for the 2010 World Cup but there is one Saudi Arabian team that positively loves clashes with...

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South Korea plans to fingerprint visitors

The South Korean authorities could fingerprint and photograph foreign visitors from 2012, the Korea Times reported on Tuesday. Barring diplomats and government operatives, all visitors over the age of 17 could have their...

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SCENARIOS-Next steps in North Korea nuclear crisis

By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL, Nov 4 (Reuters) - North Korea has increased pressure on regional powers trying to persuade it to abandon nuclear arms in exchange for massive aid by saying on Tuesday it had produced more plutonium to...

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U.S. says DPRK's plutonium production violated UN resolutions

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration on Tuesday accused the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) of violating UN Security Council resolutions to produce material useable in nuclear weapons, urging the...

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LG Electronics investing heavily in smartphones

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc is investing heavily in developing its smartphone business as it faces increasing global competition, the chief executive of the South Korean company said on Tuesday.

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Citizens test constitutionality of Protection of Communications Secrets Act

Members of the Civic and Public Joint Measure Committee against the Suppression of the Pomminryon, or Pan-national Alliance for Korea’s Reunification announced on Tuesday that they plan to file for a ..

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On Iran and North Korea, Obama's nuclear-free vision is at stake

Their latest defiance will undermine his grand goal. By the Monitor's Editorial Board from the November 3, 2009 edition One year after his election, Barack Obama appears no closer to his big hope for a legacy as US president: A...

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PRESS DIGEST - South Korean newspapers - Nov 4

SEOUL, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of major South Korean newspapers on Wednesday prepared by Reuters in Seoul. Reuters has not checked the stories and does not guarantee their accuracy. CHOSUN ILBO Former South...

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Obamamania, Asia-style, likely to be more muted

WASHINGTON/JAKARTA (Reuters) - After being feted in Europe, mobbed in Africa and even cheered in the Middle East, Barack Obama will test the limits of his global starpower next week in his debut presidential tour of Asia.

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President Obama Tours Asia

Ahead of President Obama's Asia trip, CFR experts Sheila Smith, Joshua Kurlantzick, Elizabeth Economy, and Scott Snyder discuss what the president should focus on during his visit to Japan, Singapore, China, and South Korea.

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