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  • K-League bans players over match-fixing scandal

    South Korea's soccer association has handed down lifetime bans to 10 players charged over alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal.


  • Beyond '.com,' names for Antarctica, Urdu and more

    Unless you're a Luddite, you're bound to know of ".com," the Internet's most common address suffix.


  • Briefly

    North Korea on Thursday demanded the return of nine of its citizens who defected by boat and warned that cross-border relations would suffer otherwise, Seoul officials said.


  • ** FILE ** AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka.

    Labor chief raps trade pact with Colombia

    A rift between the Obama White House and one of its key political constituencies widened Thursday as AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka stepped up his criticism of the administration's proposed free-trade deal with Colombia.


  • Quiet China giant embodies technology aspirations

    China's quietest multibillion-dollar Chinese success story began when a former soldier founded a company in the 1980s to sell imported phone switches.


  • "Maryland is a gateway to doing business in the U.S., particularly in the life sciences and high-tech industries,"Gov. Martin O'Malley after his trip to China, South Korea and Vietnam. (Associated Press)

    O'Malley's Asian trip delivered 'strong message'

    Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley touted the results Tuesday of a 10-day economic development trip to Asia, which he said helped the state secure more than $85 million in foreign investments.


  • Seaport businesses view trade pact as a good deal

    From here, the world's fifth-largest seaport sends Kia and Samsung products to the United States on Hyundai ships, while boatloads of American beef and iPhones come the other way.


  • Student Academy Awards have foreign flavor

    There was a decidedly international flavor to Saturday night's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 38th Annual Student Academy Awards, with top medalists hailing from homelands spanning the globe _ from Norway to South Korea to Israel to Brazil.


  • Carter

    Carter's message gets mixed review in Seoul

    South Koreans are divided over Jimmy Carter's call for unconditional food aid to North Korea, reflecting their ambivalence over the 39th president's 35 years of activism on the Korean Peninsula.


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