Song-Hee Kim was second with Karine Icher and Inbee Park joint third.

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There are also a number of high-profile Twitter users in Korea, from the president to pop star Kim Hee-chul.

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The report of Rain's apparent romance with popular South Korean actress Kim Tae-hee, 32, broke in local media on Tuesday.

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Kim Yun-hee, an Incheon city official who spent a week as a guide for the girls' choir, said they had given a favorable impression on stage and off.

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But just to make sure that the message gets through to Chinese tourists and investors, the husband-and-wife team behind Jeju Weekly, Dr. Kim Gyong Ho and Song Jong Hee, plan to start a Chinese publication in 2011 which will be available in both print and on the web.

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Kim Dae Jung, a liberal former democracy activist, was once a constant target of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, the national security apparatus that conservative Kim Jong Pil formed during military strongman Park Chung Hee's rule.

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Americans Paula Creamer and Christina Kim, Japan's Ai Miyazato and Korea's Hee-Won Han finished joint third.

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