In his public appearances, Mr. Kim has often been seen hugging and walking arm-in-arm with people.

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Those include a report last month of a man making anti-gay remarks and attacking a woman with a ketchup bottle at a Village diner and of two men walking arm-in-arm near Madison Square Garden being jumped by a group of men on May 5, police said.

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But there is more than enough in their relationship so far to persuade both men and both parties to keep on walking arm-in-arm.

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Police said Parkes had seen Mr Powell walking arm-in-arm with his wife in the park that morning and "lost it".

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Among them was Wilfred de Bruijn, a Paris librarian who says he and his partner were beaten up while walking arm in arm.

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If you do venture outside of this den of blissful comfort, Costa Smeralda offers a variety of activities: snorkelling in the clearest of waters, renting a yacht, playing golf, kayaking, water skiing and taking a walking tour of the colourful buildings in the resort town of Porto Cervo, arm-in-arm with your newlywed.

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