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Ticket prices for 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Games announced

Theorganizersofthe2018PyeongChangWinterParalympicGamesonWednesdayannouncedtheticketpricesforthemultisportcompetitionfordisabledathletes,withtheaveragepricereach

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World No 1 Ma Long retains men's in thrilling final

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China"s world No 1 Ma Long retains men's in thrilling final

WorldNo1MaLongedgedChinesecompatriotFanZhendong4-3inoneofthemostthrillingfinaltoretainthemen'ssinglestitlewhileDingNingwonherfirstwomen'sdoublestrophyinherfifth

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IBM squeezes 30 billion transistors into a fingernail-sized chip

WhosaidMoore'sLawwasdead?CertainlynotIBMoritschippartnersGlobalfoundriesandSamsung.Thetriohasdevelopedatransistormanufacturingprocessthatshouldpavethewayfor5-na

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Oh brother! The sibling duos who dominate film

From the Warner and Lumiere brothers to the Boultings, cinema has been marked from its earliest days by remarkable sibling double acts.

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Oh brother! The sibling duos who dominate film

FromtheWarnerandLumierebrotherstotheBoultings,cinemahasbeenmarkedfromitsearliestdaysbyremarkablesiblingdoubleacts.TheSafdiebrothers--BenandJosh--arethelatestdir

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Eurovision 2017: Portugal's ballad wins contest

PortugalhavewontheEurovisionSongContestforthefirsttimeinthecompetition'shistory.SalvadorSobral,27,wonwithhisloveballadAmarPelosDois,whichwaswrittenbyhissister.H

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Affordable business dining at Seoul's hotel restaurants

The anti-graft law, which was implemented in September, has put a brake on an important part of Korean culture _ that of taking a current or potential business partner out to lunch or dinner _ as it was considered a root cause of widespread corruption.

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Runner fights for her life after collapsing in Hong Kong Marathon

A woman was fighting for her life in hospital on Sunday after taking part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon.

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Korean cinemas enjoy heyday despite audience decrease

South Korean box offices pulled in record-high profit despite the falling number of local moviegoers last year, a result of higher film ticket prices, data showed Thursday.

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Samsung's profit jumps 50% despite Galaxy Note 7 fiasco

Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday that its profits in the last quarter of 2016 surged 50 percent to the highest level in more than three years, despite the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco.

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S. Korea asset-boosting program for youth to benefit 50,000 people

​The South Korean government said Wednesday that it will expand a program to help young job seekers find jobs at small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) and create assets in a way to tackle the country's high youth unemployment rate.

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Trump says could have won popular vote, blames voter fraud

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that he would have won the popular vote if millions of people didn't vote "illegally" on Nov. 8, the Election Day.

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Stars kick off movie awards season at Hollywood Film Awards

Mel Gibson, Natalie Portman and Tom Hanks are among the stars who were honoured at the Hollywood Film Awards.

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US elections: Small town of Dixville Notch keeps up tradition of being first to vote, Clinton wins with four votes

The first result from the US presidential election on Tuesday (Nov 8) is out. Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton has won in Dixville Notch, a tiny town in New Hampshire with just eight votes.

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iPhone 7 hits store shelves in S. Korea

​U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. released the latest editions of its iPhone lineup in South Korea on Friday amid the vacuum of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7.

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Samsung's Q3 revenue falls on Galaxy Note 7 recall

​Samsung Electronics saw its third-quarter revenue fall following a global recall of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones for a fire hazard of batteries, the company said on Friday.