Families voice anger over deadly South Korea hospital fire
by Jung Ha-Won © Agence France-Presse MIRYANG, South Korea (AFP) -- Distraught relatives of those killed in a deadly South Korean hospital…
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Asia
Leading Hong Kong democracy activist banned from vote
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- One of Hong Kong's best-known democracy activists was banned Saturday from standing as lawmaker in…
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Saudi Arabia frees top broadcaster held in anti-graft drive
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - Saudi Arabia on Friday released the owner of the influential Arab satellite network MBC nearly three months…
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South Korea’s long toll of disasters
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - South Korea's rapid transformation from a war-torn, impoverished backwater to Asia's fourth-largest economy and a flourishing…
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Tencent invests in ‘Mission: Impossible’ studio
BEIJING, China (AFP) - Chinese internet giant Tencent said on Friday it will take a stake in the US production company behind…
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Dozens dead in South Korea hospital blaze
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital on Friday killing at least 37…
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Huge hospital blaze kills 41 in South Korea: Yonhap
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital Friday killing at least 41 people,…
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UPDATED: 33 dead in South Korea hospital blaze: firefighters
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- At least 33 people were killed in a blaze at a hospital in South Korea on…
7 years ago
North Korean Olympic ice hockey players arrive in S. Korea
by Jung Ha-Won Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - A dozen North Korean female ice hockey players entered the South Thursday…
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Behind enemy lines: Vietnam’s female spies who helped change the war
by Jenny Vaughan Agence France-Presse HUE, Vietnam (AFP) - By day Nguyen Thi Hoa sold conical hats on the streets of Hue…
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