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[Weekender] Do hangover cures actually work?

Social affairsSept 2, 2016

On the morning after a night of heavy drinking, many hungover Koreans feel better after having a bowl of hearty, spicy soup. There is a plethora of choices -- soybean sprout soup and ox bone spicy ...
Stronger warning labels introduced for alcohol

Social affairsSept 2, 2016

All alcoholic beverages available for sale in South Korea will have stronger warning labels on their containers starting Saturday, especially on the dangers of alcohol-related birth defects, accordi...
Ikea threatens to cut investments in Russia after losing court battle

InternationalAug 30, 2016

MOSCOW, (AFP) -- Swedish flatpack giant IKEA on Tuesday warned it could reduce its investment in Russia after a court ordered it to pay more than $7.8 million in damages in a long-running legal dispu...
UN health revises advice for 3 infections transmitted by sex

InternationalAug 30, 2016

GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N health agency says three common infections transmitted by sex are increasingly resisting antibiotics, and is calling on doctors and patients to make sure the right drugs and do...
Tensions mount as record numbers crowd French migrant camp

InternationalAug 30, 2016

CALAIS, France (AP) -- Tempers are rising among migrants squeezed in record numbers into a shrinking slum camp in France's port city of Calais, where they spend hours in line waiting for food and sho...
Millions at risk from rising water pollution: UN

InternationalAug 30, 2016

PARIS, (AFP) -- Increasingly polluted rivers in Africa, Asia and Latin America pose a disease risk to more than 300 million people and threaten fisheries and farming in many countries, a UN report wa...
North Korea using THAAD to incite antagonism toward S. Korea: report

North KoreaAug 30, 2016

North Korea is using Seoul's decision to deploy an advanced antimissile system on its soil to intensify hostility toward South Korea, a media report citing sources in the reclusive country said Tuesd...
Korea's vice foreign minister pays respects to victims of Italian earthquake

Social affairsAug 30, 2016

South Korea's vice foreign minister visited the Italian Embassy in Seoul Tuesday to offer his condolences to the victims of the 6.2-magnitude quake that rocked the European country last week, the min...
1 in 4 children at state-run shelters victims of abuse: study

Social affairsAug 21, 2016

The largest proportion of South Korean children who were placed under public foster care last year were domestic abuse victims, followed by children from broken homes and those born to unwed, single ...
Residents fail to discuss alternative site for THAAD deployment

Social affairsAug 20, 2016

Residents living near a government-chosen site for a U.S. anti-missile system failed Saturday to discuss whether to review an alternative location due to opponents' protest. Residents of the souther...
South Korea confirms 10th Zika virus infection

Social affairsAug 20, 2016

South Korea has confirmed an additional case of Zika infection, raising the number of people infected with the virus here to 10, local health authorities said Saturday. The 35-year-old man came back...
China, Myanmar vow closer ties after Suu Kyi visits Beijing

InternationalAug 20, 2016

BEIJING (AP) -- China and Myanmar have pledged to forge closer ties as "blood brothers'' following Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's visit to Beijing, her first diplomatic trip since taking power in ...
Trump seeks reboot for flagging White House bid

InternationalAug 20, 2016

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Donald Trump sought to reboot his flagging presidential bid Friday, dismissing his tainted campaign chairman and seeking to broaden his shrinking support base by appealing to black ...
Naturally occurring quake detected in North Korea

North KoreaAug 20, 2016

A magnitude 3 earthquake was detected in eastern North Korea on Saturday, but it appears to be a naturally occurring one, South Korea's weather agency said. The earthquake took place at 12:18 p.m. i...
Korean women's volleyball captain laments lack of support

SportsAug 20, 2016

South Korean women's volleyball captain Kim Yeon-koung lamented the lack of support from the nation's volleyball association at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics as she returned home to a warm welcome on S...