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Koreans turn out in force for Roh Tens of thousands have turned out in Seoul for the funeral of former President Roh Moo-hyun, who killed himself last week
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Koreans turn out in force for Roh 
President Lee Myung Bak is among 3,000 guests who are attending the funeral of his predecessor Roh Moo-hyun at the royal palace
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Alert level raised on North Korea |
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N Korea threatens military action| North Korea: North Korea has warned of a military response after S. Korea joined an anti-proliferation exercise which allow it to search the North's ships | |
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S Korea stunned by Roh's suicide
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Ex-S Korea leader 'kills himself' Roh Moo-hyun , 62, had been under investigation for alleged corruption, has apparently committed suicide by jumping into a ravine
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Ex-president Roh Moo-hyun dies
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U.S., Korean warships stop pirate attack |
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N Korea restores military hotline |
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Russian planes fly over U.S. Navy ships |
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S. Koreans allowed to cross border |
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Freighter in collision may have sunk |
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S Korea diverts jets over threats
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Asian shares slide as fears grow |
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| Feb.23 |
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Seoul: N. Korean missile can hit U.S. bases |
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Clinton: North Korea is miscalculating |
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Korean tensions brew as Clinton arrives U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton commented extensively on the increasingly tense relationship between North and South Korea
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| Jan.29 |
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North Korea tears up agreements Communist Korea has said it is scrapping all military and political agreements signed with the South, accusing Seoul of hostile intent
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Automaker Ssangyong files for bankruptcy
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Asia slumps amid bail-out U-turn |
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North Korea will turn South into 'debris'
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Markets rally after crisis talks |
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Two Koreas end brief military talks
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Asian markets dip despite bailout vote |
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Asian markets fall on U.S. bailout failure. Japan
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S. Korea promoted to developed market |
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Asian markets mixed on AIG rescue |
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Lehman collapse hits Asian shares. Japan
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Bush praises South Korea, rebukes North |
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Puppies: birth of commercial pet cloning |
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N Korea steps up row with South |
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First U.S. beef arrives in Korea after ban |
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Ex-Samsung boss convicted A court convicted Lee Kun-hee on for evading taxes and fined him 110 billion won ($109 million), but said his crimes did not justify a priso...
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Scores hurt in beef protests |
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South Korea lifts ban on US beef South Korea has formally lifted an import ban, allowing meat from young cattle to be shipped into the country
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Cabinet offers to resign |
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Tight security at Seoul torch relay
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Samsung chief resigns from post |
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S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban'
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N Korea expels S Korean managers |
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Asian markets lift after Fed cut |
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Australasia markets see further losses |
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Lee set for landslide 
Lee Myung-Bak, a former Seoul mayor and Hyundai executive, claimed victory in presidential election
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Inter-Korean train service starts |
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Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea Thousands of tons of oil spilled off the western coast of South Korea after an oil tanker collided with a barge carrying a crane
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Two Koreas begin security talks |
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Korean leaders sign declaration. North Korea
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Two Koreas open summit talks |
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Kim greets Roh in Pyongyang |
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President Roh crossed Demilitarized Zone North Korea: South Korea's president crossed the Cold War's last frontier in a symbolic walk of reconciliation for talks with his North Korean counterpart
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Bush spars with Roh on Korean war |
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Freed Koreans return home The 19 church workers freed from captivity in Afghanistan have arrived home in Seoul, after being held by the Taleban for 6 weeks
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Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban Afghanistan: Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials
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Taliban frees 12 South Korean hostages |
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Taliban: Korean hostages to be released |
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Two female Korean hostages freed. Afghanistan
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Taliban: 2 hostages to be released |
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Two Koreas to hold summit |
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Taliban: Male hostage shot dead. Afghanistan
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Taliban resumes talks on hostages |
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S Korea urges release of hostages
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Taliban kills South Korean hostage. Afghanistan
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Taliban threaten abducted South Koreans Afghanistan: The militants threatened to kill a group of abducted Christians within 24 hours unless S. Korea withdraws its troops from Afghanistan
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Korean trains in historic link-up. North Korea
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S Korean named as campus gunman. Virginia
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New bird flu outbreak |
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New U.N. chief Ban Ki moon takes over 
UN: Starting his first day of work, new Secretary-General vowed to end mistrust of the United Nations
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Rice holding 3-way talks in Seoul |
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South Korean named U.N. leader| UN Gen. Assembly: The General Assembly has appointed S. Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon to serve as the next secretary-general. Ban, 62, will be the 8th secretary general and the first from Asia since U Thant of Burma. Kofi Annan second ... | |
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S Korean proposed as new UN chief UN Security Council: Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon has been nominated by the Security Council as the successor to Kofi Annan
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Shots fired amid Korean tension |
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Korean looks likely as Annan's successor. UN
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S. Korea charges stem-cell pioneer |
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Scientist's embryo cloning faked An investigation into the pioneering work of cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk has found further fabrications
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Cloning research was fake| Research into cloning stem cells, hailed as a breakthrough earlier this year, was fabricated | |
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APEC leaders gather amid protests |
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Concert stampede kills 11 |
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Stem cells tailored to patients
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S Korea resolute on Iraq troops |
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South Korean hostage beheaded. Iraq
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Threat to behead South Korean hostage |
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Roh apologizes over impeachment |
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Roh impeachment overturned |
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National Assembly votes to impeach Roh Roh's powers were suspended and Prime Minister Gun will lead until a Court decides whether the president to be removed
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Roh impeachment vote gets physical
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Scientists cloned human embryos The researchers reported they have created human embryos through cloning and extracted stem cells
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Foreign minister resigns |
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Bird flu spreading |
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Rumsfeld met with protests |
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Workers walk off the job |
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Wary S. Korea keeps troops home |
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Troops searching for missing people |
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Typhoon toll 'may top 100'
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Typhoon pounds South Korea |
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Hyundai tour boss 'jumps to death'
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Railway reconnects two Koreas |
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Grim search in subway |
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182 died after arson attack in subway| 135 people are believed to be injured as firefighters struggled to free those still trapped in the city of Daegu | |
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Kim Dae-jung sorry for summit scandal |
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S. Korea asks to delay emergency meeting |
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S. Korea to send envoy to Pyongyang |
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South pushes nukes issue at Korean talks |
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S. Korea makes nuclear plea |
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U.S. 'ready to talk' with N. Korea |
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Seoul to put deal on table |
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S Korea offers to mediate over North |
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Roh claims victory presidential vote
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Presidential election |
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Huge anti-US rally |
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Clean up after deadly typhoon
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Breakthrough on Korean border links |
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Koreas resume peace talks |
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Prime minister replaced
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Korean ship battle kills four |
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Germany 1-0 South Korea in semi-final |
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South Korea beat Italy |
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France 0-1 Senegal in World Cup opening |
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Chinese jet crashes
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Cabinet to resign en masse |
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Presidents of Koreas sign peace accord North Korea: Summit between Kim Jong-il and Kim Dae-jung. North stops propaganda broadcasts against the South
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