I never meant to cause you any sorrow; I never meant to cause you any pain; I only wanted one time to see you laughing, I only wanted to see you, laughing in the purple plain in Siheung Gaetgol Eco Park in Siheung, Gyeonggi, on Oct. 5.YONHAP
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In today's news, Korea's security talks with the United States run into some "double" trouble, although it's not entirely clear what that means.
In other news, admissions for international students open at more universities, some Asian Games celebrations fall afoul of public sentiment and continuing controversy is taking a bite out of "The Assassin(s)" promotions. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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BUSINESS
Alaska LNG dispute threatens to stall Korea-U.S. security talks
A dispute over a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Alaska is threatening to delay Korea-U.S. security talks after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he would “double it up” if Korea doesn’t commit $54 billion to the project.
It is unclear what exactly Trump intends to double. One possibility is the amount of Korean investment, though foreign media reports have focused instead on tariffs.
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Burger King, other brands distance themselves from 'The Assassin(s)' cast as calls for boycott mount
The controversy stems from the movie's open ending, which critics claim supports a conspiracy theory that the government was involved in the assassination attempt on the president at the time that killed the first lady.
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Foreign, unification ministers reportedly clash over cybersanctions on North following DMZ explosion
The alleged exchange highlighted the rift between pro-alliance and autonomy camps, as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sought to expand the scope of sanctions on individuals and entities tied to the North's cyberoperations. Read more
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