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“If we have some cracks in the bilateral relationship between Japan and Korea, then it will affect the whole security situation in Asia,” South Korean official Hong Sungmog said Tuesday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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PSY — aka Park Jae-sang — a stocky, 34-year-old rapper from South Korea, dances to his “Gangnam Style” tune on the “Today” show in New York on Friday. (Invision via Associated Press)
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Wreckage of a Chinese ship sits on the shore after it slammed into rocks off the southern coast of South Korea near Jeju on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Ho-chun)
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A wave breaks along a bridge off the southern port city of Busan, South Korea, as Typhoon Bolaven brings heavy rain and wind. The typhoon killed nine, caused cancellation of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises and cut off power to 1.7 million homes and businesses. (Associated Press)
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Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S III, right, and Apple's iPhone 4S are displayed at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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An unidentified official talks to world doubles champions Yu Yang, left, and Wang Xiaoli, as South Korea's Jung Kyung-eun, right, and Kim Ha-na, listen during their women's doubles badminton match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. Wang and Yu and their South Korean opponents were booed loudly at the Olympics on Tuesday for appearing to try and lose their group match in Wembley Arena to earn an easier draw. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Apple has been the world’s most valuable company since the end of last year, and its products continue to thrill its customers worldwide, including Baek Sung-min, 23, who was elated as he leaves an Apple store in Seoul in April on the first day the new iPad was available in South Korea. (DAPD via Associated Press)
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Park Guen-hye, speaking in Goyang, South Korea, on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at the national convention of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party, was chosen as the conservative party’s presidential candidate. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Sign hung on the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's first church in 1954 in Seoul, South Korea. Courtesy H.S.A.-U.W.C.
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Sign hung on the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's first church in 1954 in Seoul, South Korea. Courtesy H.S.A.-U.W.C.
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The Rev. Sun Myung Moon's first church built with Won Pil Kim out of U.S. military ration cartons in Pusan, South Korea in 1951. Courtesy H.S.A.-U.W.C.
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China reportedly has told North Korea’s Kim Jong-un not to provoke South Korea militarily until after China’s leadership change this fall. (Associated Press)
