The Korean daily media headlines and humor

The Korean daily media headlines and humor

Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Your Excellency:

Here are The Korea Post notices and a roundup of important headlines from all major Korean-language dailies, TV and other news media of Korea today:

Very Respectfully Yours

/s/

Lee Kyung-sik

Publisher-Chairman

Korea Post Media

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Round-up of important news stories from major Korean dailies today:

The Korea Post media (www.koreapost.com) in English, (www.koreapost.co.kr) in Korean.

Uncertainty hangs over joint Korean hockey team as Olympic roster takes shape

The Olympic roster for the joint Korean women's hockey team appears to be taking shape, as a shroud of mystery came over the 35-deep squad on Tuesday.The joint team had three practice sessions on Tuesday, at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung, the site of its three group stage games during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Korea will take on Switzerland on Saturday, Sweden next Monday and Japan two days after that in Group B. Coached by Sarah Murray, the unified Korean team lost to Sweden 3-1 in its only pre-Olympic contest last Sunday. The team arrived in Gangneung around 1 a.m. Monday, and mostly players who didn't dress for Sunday's game practiced for about an hour Monday afternoon.Then Murray added two practice sessions to her original schedule of one for Tuesday. The first session featured 22 players -- 20 skaters and two goalies -- and that's the exact size of the game roster during the Olympics.

Tougher rule to subject more chaebol firms to inter-unit trading ban

Nearly 30 subsidiaries of South Korea's family-controlled conglomerates may be newly subject to a ban on inter-affiliate trading when the nation's antitrust watchdog toughens a related rule, a market tracker said Wednesday.In a policy report last month, the Fair Trade Commission said it will seek to revise the law forbidding inter-affiliate trading within a business group whose owner and family hold 30 percent or more of listed affiliates by lowering the threshold to 20 percent. For unlisted subsidiaries, the limit is 20 percent.Should the law be amended as reported, 28 more subsidiaries of the 57 conglomerates with assets of 5 trillion won or more would be subject to the ban on inter-affiliate trading, according to CEO Score, a website that monitors conglomerates.

Plenty of fun and games at practice for Korean hockey team

They were whooping it up on the benches. When one side erupted in cheers, the other side gave friendly jeers. High-fives were exchanged, and there was even a case of silent treatment, a prank usually reserved for baseball.These were some of the highlights from a late night practice Tuesday for the joint Korean women's Olympic hockey team at Kwandong Hockey Centre here in Gangneung.Tension? What tension? There may be some on the divided Korean Peninsula, but certainly not on this team -- made up of 23 South Koreans and 12 North Koreans. With each passing day, concerns over possible friction within the team -- composed as it is of athletes from two countries technically at war -- seem to dissipate.

N.K. cheerleaders set to travel to S. Korea ahead of Olympics

Hundreds of North Korean cheerleaders are set to visit South Korea on Wednesday and are expected to root for a unified women's ice hockey team and the two Koreas' athletes at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.A total of 229 cheerleaders are among the 280-member delegation that will travel to the South via a western cross-border land route, according to Seoul's unification ministry.The delegation, led by Sports Minister Kim Il-guk, also includes four officials from the National Olympic Committee, 26 taekwondo demonstrators and 21 journalists, the government said.A rare reconciliatory mood surrounding the Feb. 9-25 Games set in after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un extended a rare olive branch to Seoul in his New Year's message following a year of tensions sparked by the North's nuclear and missile provocations.

N. Korea university learns to cope under U.S. travel ban, sanctions

North Korea's only private university has been learning to cope with a travel ban and sanctions imposed by the United States but could face an uncertain future if the restrictions continue, its president said Tuesday.Yu-taik Chon, the Korean-American head of Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), said he has been unable to go to North Korea since the travel ban took effect in September.And the measure has also affected more than half the faculty and staff of the institution, which was jointly established by a South Korean foundation and North Korea's education ministry in 2010.

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KBS (http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/)

N. Korean Cheering Squad, Media Delegation Arrive in S. Korea

A 280-member North Korean delegation, including cheerleaders and a taekwondo demonstration team, arrived in South Korea Wednesday via the western border land route.The delegation arrived at the South Korean side of the Inter-Korean Transit Office at 9:28 a.m. Led by Sports Minister Kim Il-guk, the delegation includes four officials of the North's National Olympic Committee, 229 cheerleaders, 26 taekwondo demonstrators and 21 journalists.The cheering squad will reportedly attend North Korean athletes' games and the joint inter-Korean ice hockey team's games, as well as some South Koreans athletes' matches.

N. Korean Art Troupe Heads to Gangneung for Concert

North Korea's art troupe, which arrived in South Korea on Tuesday via a ferry, left for Gangneung to prepare for its concert in celebration of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.The 140-member Samjiyon Orchestra got off the North Korean ferry, Mangyongbong-92, at 8:20 a.m Wednesday. The ship docked at the South's Mukho port on the east coast on Tuesday afternoon but the art troupe remained inside the ship. Head of the troupe Hyon Song-wol and other performers, wearing red coats and black fur hats and scarves quickly got on buses and left for the Gangneung Art Center, the venue for their concert scheduled for Thursday.

N. Korean Cheering Squad, Media Delegation Due in S. Korea

A 280-member North Korean delegation, including cheerleaders and a taekwondo demonstration team, will arrive in South Korea Wednesday via the western border land route.Seoul's Unification Ministry said Tuesday the North has notified that the delegation will arrive at the South Korean side of the Inter-Korean Transit Office at 9:30 a.m.The delegation led by Sports Minister Kim Il-guk also includes journalists and officials of North Korea's Olympic committee.The roster conveyed by the North consists of four officials of the National Olympic Committee, 229 cheerleaders, 26 taekwondo demonstrators and 21 journalists for a total of 280 members.

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Yonhap (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr)

Tougher rule to subject more chaebol firms to inter-unit trading ban

N.K. art troupe heads to venue for Olympic performance

North Korea's art troupe headed to a sub-host city of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics Wednesday for its planned performance after getting off a North Korean ship that carried the group a day earlier.The Samjiyon art troupe traveled to the South by ferry Tuesday to perform in celebration of the Winter Games on a rare trip that involved Seoul temporary exempting a North Korean ship's sea travel from its sanctions.The 140-member art troupe, called the Samjiyon Orchestra, plans to perform in Gangneung, a sub-host city of the Feb. 9-25 Winter Games, on Thursday and in Seoul on Sunday.Hyon Song-wol, the head of the art troupe, and Kwon Hyok-bong, a senior official at the North's culture ministry, got off the ferry first with smiles on their faces.They were followed by female musicians wearing red coats, black fur hats and ankle boots as well as male musicians clad in black coats and hats.

N. Korea university learns to cope under U.S. travel ban, sanctions

Yu-taik Chon, the Korean-American head of Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), said he has been unable to go to North Korea since the travel ban took effect in September.And the measure has also affected more than half the faculty and staff of the institution, which was jointly established by a South Korean foundation and North Korea's education ministry in 2010.

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The Korea Herald (http://www.koreaherald.com)

Deadly earthquake strikes Taiwan; shelters opened

A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Tuesday near the coast of Taiwan, killing two people and injuring more than 200 others, officials said.The ground floor of the Marshal Hotel in Hualien county caved in, causing the death of one employee. Another person died in a residential building, the national fire and rescue service reported. Chen Minghui, a maintenance worker who was rescued after being trapped in the hotel’s basement, said the force of the earthquake was unusual.“At first it wasn’t that big ... we get this sort of thing all the time and its really nothing. But then it got really terrifying,” Chen said after he was reunited with his son and grandson. “It was really scary.”Other buildings shifted on their foundations and rescuers used ladders, ropes and cranes to get residents to safety.Taiwanese media reported that a separate hotel known as the Beautiful Life Hotel was tilting. The agency also posted photos showing a road fractured in several parts.

NK ferry carrying art troupe arrives in S. Korea amid protests

The North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 carrying the 140-member Samjiyon art troupe arrived in South Korea at 5 p.m. on Seoul’s blessing to temporarily lift sanctions on the vessel. The ship crossed a de facto maritime border in the East Sea around 9:50 a.m., sailing at its maximum speed of 13 knots or about 24 kilometers per hour as it headed to Mukho port on the east coast, according to the Unification Ministry. Two South Korean Coast Guard vessels and two tugboats guided the ship into the port as it neared its destination. Although South Korea’s unilateral sanctions ban North Korean ships from entering its waters, Seoul made an exemption for

Mangyongbong-92 as part of an Olympic overture. The sanctions announced on May 24, 2010 were imposed in response to North Korea’s alleged sinking of a South Korean Navy corvette.

Samsung Lee's appeal puts spotlight on Lotte Chairman Shin's verdict

The ruling Monday that reduced the sentence of Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is bringing attention to Lotte Chairman Shin Dong-bin’s court verdict slated for next week.Monday’s verdict, which freed Lee, is expected to set the bar for how rulings on bribery charges involving family-run conglomerate owners will unfold. Lotte’s Shin, 62, will face a court verdict at the Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday on charges of bribery worth 7 billion won ($6.4 million) to a foundation run by Choi Soon-sil, a friend of impeached former President Park Geun-hye. The date for the verdict was postponed from Jan. 26. The bribes were alleged to have been used by the K-Sports foundation to build a sports facility.

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The Korea Times (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr)

GM may close Gunsan factory first

GM Korea will undergo drastic restructuring, which will most likely entail the closure of Gunsan operations and much more. The Gunsan factory is the smallest of the automaker's three assembly lines that also include its mainstay in Bupyeong and the second largest in Changwon. The Gunsan employs 1,500, about one 10th of the automaker's workforce of 16,000 and is now on temporary shutdown for increasing inventories.Already, the Gunsan factory is seen as a basket case with little chance of recovery.But the restructuring won't stop at Gunsan and will surely affect other factories because of the dismal outlook facing the automaker. Gunsan accounted for 30,000 of 500,000 units GM Korea produced last year.

Samsung to invest W30 trillion to build chip plant

Samsung Electronics plans to spend 30 trillion won ($27.8 billion) to set up a second chip-production line in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province amid surging demand for memory chips, according to industry sources, Wednesday."Samsung is in talks with officials in Pyeongtaek over a new chip-production line in that city," said a source who asked not to be named.

However, the source added detailed plans have yet to be determined. Samsung held a meeting of management committee members early today to discuss it."The meeting finished but we cannot talk about what was discussed. We talk about investments but the details are not decided yet," a Samsung official said.

41 Olympics security staff ill with norovirus

Some security agents responsible for the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games have been infected with norovirus, forcing organizers to quarantine about 1,200 agents and replace them with soldiers. The committee categorized 41 staff members as "suspected patients" on Monday. Earlier the day, the committee had said three of them were confirmed to have contracted the virus, also known as the winter vomiting bug, while 38 were suspected of having it. The patients vomited and suffered from stomach pains. Some of the agents were in charge of the athletes' village, raising concerns that the virus may affect international athletes who will stay there.

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Chosun Ilbo (http://english.chosun.com)

N.Korean Orchestra Refuses to Attend Welcome Dinner

North Korea’s Samjiyon Orchestra arrived in South Korea by ferry on Tuesday and promptly refused to attend a welcome dinner hosted by the South Korean government. They also refused to look around the Gangneung Culture and Art Center in Gangwon Province, where they are scheduled to perform on Thursday. The Unification Ministry did not say exactly why the North Koreans behaved with such bad grace, but they may have been upset by anti-North Korean protests in Mukho port, where their ship is docked.

N.Korea's Ancient Head of State to Visit S.Korea for Olympics

North Korea's titular head of state Kim Yong-nam is to visit South Korea for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, which kicks off on Friday. Cheong Wa Dae on Monday "welcomed" the visit from the nonagenarian, who is practically the only senior North Korean official not to be blacklisted under international sanctions.Kim, who is no relation to the ruling Kim family, has held the ponderous title of "president of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly" since 1998 but is purely a figurehead.

Otto Warmbier's Father Coming to Pyeongchang Olympics

The father of Otto Warmbier, the American student who died a week after being sent home in a coma from North Korea, will attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as a guest of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. Fred Warmbier declined to answer questions about his itinerary from the Chosun Ilbo. The White House invited Warmbier and a North Korean defector to U.S. President Donald Trump's State of the Union address at Congress on Jan. 30.

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HanKyoReh Shinmun (http://english.hani.co.kr)

Appeals court tosses out Lee Jae-yong’s bribery conviction

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, 50, was freed on Feb. 5 with a suspended prison sentence in his appellate court ruling. In its exoneration, the court said it could find “no evidence of typical government-business corruption” in the inappropriate transactions between South Korea’s top political leader and biggest chaebol group, describing payments as a “component of social contribution activities.” Observers in and around the judicial committee criticized the ruling as turning back the clock on judicial justice to before the 2016 government interference scandal.

Officials accompanying Kim Yong-nam will provide clues to future of inter-Korean relations

By selecting Kim Yong-nam, the president of the Presidium of the North Korean Supreme People's Assembly, to lead the high-ranking delegation that will be visiting South Korea from Feb. 9 to 11 to celebrate the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, North Korea can be said to have shown the greatest possible “sincerity” in terms of formality. But Kim’s symbolism aside, the identity of the three officials and 18 support staff who will accompany him to the South will aid predictions about the future of inter-Korean relations.

Blue House welcomes visit of Kim Yong-nam

Following the announcement that Kim Yong-nam, the president of the Presidium of the North Korean Supreme People's Assembly, will be leading a delegation of high-level North Korean officials to South Korea from Feb. 9 to 11, attention is focusing on the possibility of a meeting between the delegation and South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the courtesy that will be shown to the delegation.During a press briefing on Feb. 5, Blue House spokesperson Kim Ui-gyeom welcomed Kim’s visit. “This is the first time that Kim Yong-nam, North Korea’s constitutional head of state, will be visiting South Korea, and he’s the highest-ranking North Korean official to visit the South to date,” Kim Ui-gyeom said.

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JoongAng Ilbo (http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/)

Wall Street panic spreads to Kospi, which falls 1.5%

Korean markets gyrated wildly on Tuesday, taking a cue from U.S. stocks’ slide overnight and extending a sell-off from the previous day. The main Kospi bourse opened 2.2 percent lower than Monday’s close and went on to dip more than 2.5 percent in an intraday session. The index, however, recovered somewhat to close at 2,453.31, down 1.54 percent. The junior Kosdaq plummeted more than 4 percent in the morning, but later recovered to decline 0.01 percent to 858.17.Korea’s representative implied volatility index (VKOSPI), which measures the volatility of the market, reached a two year high, rising 39.22 percent. Investors fear a more aggressive pace of interest rate hikes from the U.S. central bank, which could end an era of easy money for both companies and individuals.

North stealing cryptocurrency via hacks: NIS

The South Korean spy agency blamed Pyongyang for hacking attacks on local cryptocurrency exchanges that stole tens of billions of won. Suh Hoon, director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), said Monday, “North Korea is continuously making hacking attempts to seize cryptocurrency,” adding that “some [domestic] exchange operators had tens of billions of won in cryptocurrency stolen.”This was the first time the South’s intelligence authorities confirmed that North Korea stole cryptocurrency through hacking. Briefing members of the National Assembly’s intelligence committee, Suh said that the North sent phishing emails to cryptocurrency exchanges and their customers in South Korea to steal passwords.

Ivanka Trump may come to closing ceremony

U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump is likely to attend the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics later this month. CNN reported Monday, citing White House officials, that Ivanka Trump will lead the U.S. presidential delegation for the closing ceremony of the Winter Games at the request of her father and the United States Olympic Committee. Trump is expected to attend some sporting events the United States is competing in, according to the official. Other members of the delegation to attend the closing ceremony in the PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on Feb. 25 are expected to be announced by the White House in the coming days.

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The KyungHyang Shinmun (http://english.khan.co.kr/)

A Suspended Sentence for Lee Jae-yong: The Court's Leniency on the Chaebol Cannot Be Tolerated

The court released Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, after suspending his sentence. On February 5, Criminal Department 13 of the Seoul High Court (Chief Judge Jeong Hyeong-sik) sentenced Lee to two and a half years in prison, but suspended his sentence for four years. Previously, Lee was sentenced to five years in prison in the initial trial. In the first trial, Lee was found guilty on five charges including bribery and embezzlement according to the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, Etc. of Specific Economic Crimes. But in the second trial, the court only recognized some of the service fees he paid to Choi Soon-sil and dismissed the rest of the charges. Choi Gee-sung, the former head of the future strategy office at Samsung and Jang Chung-gi, former deputy head of the future strategy office, who were found guilty in the first trial, also had their sentences suspended.

Prosecutors, "Lee Myung-bak Ordered the NIS to Hand over Special Activity Expenses"

The Prosecution Service currently investigating allegations of bribery in Lee Myung-bak's Cheong Wa Dae concerning the special activity expenses of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) charged Kim Baek-jun (78), who was formerly in charge of general affairs at Cheong Wa Dae, on February 5 and concluded that former President Lee Myung-bak (77, photo) was the person who ordered the intelligence agency to cough up the special activity expenses. The Prosecution Service announced that the former president personally asked the directors of the intelligence service at the time to hand over the special activity expenses. Prosecutors have officially cited former President Lee as a key suspect in the case, making an investigation and prosecution of the former president reality.

"Amendment vs. Preservation" "Socialist Amendment": Ruling and Opposition Parties Engage in a "War of Perspective"

The ruling Minjoo Party of Korea finalized its draft amendment of the Constitution, which has put the amendment discussions in full swing. The ruling party is pressing the opposition by turning the issue into a debate between constitutional amendments versus preservation, to which the Liberty Korea Party is fighting back arguing that the ruling party's amendment is secondary and that it is a socialist amendment. Other opposition parties that have supported the ruling party's efforts for a referendum in June are now voicing different views on the direction of power restructuring, complicating the situation surrounding the constitutional amendment.

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AJU Business Daily (http://eng.ajunews.com/korea)

N. Korea to send 229 cheerleaders for charm offensive in S. Korea

North Korea will send a 229-member cheering squad to South Korea this week for a charm offensive following an inter-Korean thaw brought by the North's abrupt and strategic decision to take part in the Winter Olympics.

A 280-member delegation led by North Korea's Olympic Committee President and sports minister Kim Il-guk will cross the border on Wednesday, the South's unification ministry said, adding the delegation includes four sports officials, 229 cheerleaders, 26 martial arts demonstrators and 21 journalists.Dubbed "an army of beauties", North Korean cheerleaders, mostly in their 20s, often received widespread attention and media coverage when they sing and dance in the stands. Defectors say North Korea handpicks young cheerleaders with good ideological and family background.

GS Caltex unveils new investment plan to build olefin plant at home

In an effort to diversify its business portfolio, GS Caltex, a major oil refinery in South Korea, disclosed a new investment plan to build an olefin plant at its production base in the southern port city of Yeosu that would produce 700,000 tons of ethylene and 500,000 tons of polyethylene annually. Construction of the olefin plant, which will cost two trillion won (1.85 billion US dollars), will begin next year for completion in 2022, the company said, adding the plant would use naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas and other raw materials.GS Caltex, jointly owned by Chevron, an American energy group, and South Korea's GS Group, produces oil and petrochemical products. It provides about one-third of South Korea's oil needs. To meet growing global demand, the company has expanded production facilities.

N. Korea selects top artists for landmark performance in S. Korea: report

North Korea has reportedly selected top members from six or seven artistic groups, including the Moranbong girl band formed by leader Kim Jong-un, to show off their world-class performance technique at rare concerts in South Korea.The North's Mangyongbong-92 ferry carrying a 140-member art troupe, which includes an orchestra, dancers and singers, sailed into at Mukho, a port on the South's east coast on Tuesday."North Korea seemed to have selected the most suitable unit for the repertoire to be performed in the South," an unnamed government official told Yonhap News Agency, adding the North insisted on using the ferry to provide convenient accommodation for their best and decorated artists. The 9,700-ton ferry, which was put into service in 1992, transported the North's cheering squad for the 2002 Asian Games in the southern port city of Busan.

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Maeil Business News Korea ( http://www.pulsenews.co.kr/)

Samsung premiers 3D Cinema LED at ISE 2018

Samsung Electronics said it debuted the world’s first 3D Cinema LED at ISE 2018 held in the Netherlands, the largest AV and systems integration show in Europe. The enhanced cinema display maintains consistent brightness and screen quality regardless of viewing angles, allowing all viewers inside the theater to enjoy the same immersive viewing experience. Samsung Electronics also exhibited a fleet of new commercial displays. The Wall Professional premiered in the show is a commercial version of the Wall debuted at CES 2018 last month.

KT Q4 OP down 40.7% on year on mobile fee discounts, higher costs

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp.’s operating profit for the fourth quarter nearly halved on year due to mobile fee discounts and a rise in marketing costs for the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics and fifth-generation (5G) network service. KT said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it posted an operating profit of 134.2 billion won ($122.5 million) on a consolidated basis in the fourth quarter ended December, down 40.7 percent from a year ago. Sales edged up 1.4 percent to 6.1 trillion won in the same period.

Hyundai Merchant Marine partners with Austral Asia Line to expand heavy lift service

South Korea’s leading container carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. (HMM) has joined hands with Singapore-based marine transportation services provider Austral Asia Line Ptd Ltd. (AAL) to expand operations of vessels that transport heavy lift cargos. HMM, the country’s largest heavy transport carrier, said on Tuesday that it has entered into strategic partnership with AAL. Under the agreement, the Korean carrier will charter AAL’s two 31,000 deadweight tonnage heavy cargo vessels to ship heavy cargo, and AAL will share vessel space with HMM.

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Financial Times www.ft.com ean@ft.com

The Times www.thetimes.co.uk help@timesplus.co.uk

The Sun www.thesun.co.uk talkback@the-sun.co.uk

Chinese People's Daily www.people.com.cnkf@people.cn

China Daily www.chinadaily.com.cn circulation@chinadaily.com.cn

GwangmyeongDaily www.gmw.cn webmaster@gmw.cn

Japan's Yomiuri www.yomiuri.co.jp japannews@yomiuri.com

Asahi www.asahi.com customer-support@asahi.com

Mainichi www.mainichi.jp

Le Monde www.ilemonde.com

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Australia Brisbane Times www.brisbanetimes.com.au syndication@fairfaxmedia.com.au

Sydney Morning Heraldwww.smh.com.au

Colombia Reports http://colombiareports.com

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Andes http://www.andes.info.ec/en

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The Jordan Times https://www.jordantimes.com

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The Baltic Times http://www.baltictimes.comlithuania@baltictimes.com, estonia@baltictimes.com, editor@baltictimes.com

El Pais http://elpais.com/elpais/inenglish.html

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Daily News Hungary http://dailynewshungary.com

Budapest Times http://budapesttimes.hu

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