On June 28, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) named Christine Lagarde as its next leader. The 55-year-old former French Minister of Finance is the first female to lead the IMF in its 67-year history. She replaced Dominique Strauss-Kahn and her 5-year
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On June 21, the 192-nation UN General Assembly elected Ban Ki-moon again at UN headquarters in New York City for a second term as the global body’s secretary general. His second 5-year term as UN Secretary General will start on January 1 and run through
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The World Food Program (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. Recently, Kids Reporter Hong Seung-young sat down with Lim Hyoung-joon, a donor relations officer at the WFP for an interview.
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Recently, The New York Times named Jill Abramson as its first woman executive editor. She is the first female editor in the world’s most respected newspaper’s 160 year history. From September 6, Mrs. Abramson will lead the newsroom of the The New York T
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Do you know who Oprah Winfrey is? She is the queen of talk show. Her show has been loved by so many people all over the world for 25 years. Her world-famous talk show ended on May 25 this year, but her name will be remembered forever. Recently, she got a
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Miranda Kerr, Kate Moss, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, and Gisele Bundchen - what do they have in common? Yes, that’s right; they are world-famous fashion models. They are young, beautiful, and of course fashionable. They are usually called “super models&
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Can you play the piano? Many children - especially girls - learn how to play the piano as a hobby. In order to play the instrument, you need to take lessons and learn how to read notes. However, an amazing teenage musical prodigy plays the piano perfectly
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I’m sure all of you know who Ahn Joong-geun is. He was a patriot who died for our country. There are many books and movies about the national hero. Last year, I watched a play called “I’m You” at the National Theater of Korea. Ahn Joong-geun and his s
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On April 30, Japanese figure skater Ando Miki made history by winning the world figure skating championships for the second time in Moscow. She won her first gold medal in 2007. The competition was supposed to be held in Tokyo, Japan in late March. Howeve
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Prince William and Kate Middleton married on April 29 at Westminster Abbey in London. Hundreds of thousands of people came to see the historical wedding. Kate Middleton was so beautiful in her wedding dress. As a matter of fact, she became the third most
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