Global Headlines
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The government strongly condemned Japan for approving new elementary school textbooks with ungrounded claims to Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo and urged Tokyo to retract the measure.
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The U.S. announced that an incoming intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) target was successfully engaged by two Ground Based Interceptors (GBI) in the first such experiment.
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Arab states condemned U.S. President Trump’s declaration recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
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Global carbon dioxide emissions from energy generation reached a record high in 2018.
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Korea is slated to invest around 16 trillion won in research and development for 100 key technologies over the next five years in its push to become a global technology powerhouse.
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The Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation said it will refrain from placing extra difficult questions in the 2020 College Scholastic Ability Test, to be held on Nov. 14 this year.