All posts tagged "China"

  • South Korea's President Park Geun-hye with the vice premiere of China. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea, China confirm joint stance on N.K. nuclear issue

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang met in Seoul Friday, agreeing that the two countries will continue working closely on the resumption of multilateral talks on North Korea’s nuclear...

    • Posted January 23, 2015
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  • Vladimir Putin, left, and Kim Jong-un. (Korea Times file)
    China says Kim’s possible visit to Russia ‘conducive to peace’

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China said Thursday that a possible visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to Russia in May would be “conducive to regional peace and stability,” sounding a positive tone as Kim looks increasingly likely...

    • Posted January 22, 2015
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  • 3d print building
    [CNET] World’s first 3D-printed apartment building constructed in China

      While architectural firms compete with their designs for 3D-printed dwellings, one company in China has quietly been setting about getting the job done. In March of last year, company WinSun claimed to have printed 10...

    • Posted January 20, 2015
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  • A television at left displays the original version of a popular drama next to a computer displaying the version that was re-edited in Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. The popular television drama chronicling China’s best-known empress and featuring buxom actresses went on a four-day, unexplained hiatus. When it returned on New Year’s Day, the low-cut necklines and squeezed bosoms had vanished. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    China bans bosoms in popular TV show

    BEIJING (AP) — At the end of December, a popular television series chronicling China’s most famous empress suddenly went on a four-day hiatus. When it returned on New Year’s Day, the low-cut necklines and squeezed bosoms had...

    • Posted January 9, 2015
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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un holds binoculars during his observation of an actual drill of combined military units at an unidentified location on Oct. 24, 2014. (Yonhap)
    China publicly wishes N. Korean leader happy birthday

    BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) — China said Thursday that it has sent a message of congratulations to North Korea on the birthday of its young leader Kim Jong-un, expressing its hope Kim can oversee a “new achievement”...

    • Posted January 8, 2015
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  • A North Korean soldier takes picture of an American soldier and a Korean military police officer at Panmujeom. (Newsis)
    N. Korean man kills 4 Chinese in border town robbery

    SHENYANG, China (Yonhap) — A North Korean man believed to be an army deserter has been detained by Chinese authorities for allegedly killing four Chinese citizens in an apparent robbery in the Chinese border city of Helong,...

    • Posted January 5, 2015
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  • An investigator displays confiscated drugs at an office of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on Nov. 6. Police said they have arrested three people their 20s suspected of smuggling the drugs in from overseas and selling them near club districts in Seoul. (Yonhap)
    China executes fourth S. Korean drug offender since last year

    SEOUL/BEIJING (Yonhap) — China executed a South Korean national last week for smuggling and trading drugs, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Monday, following Beijing’s execution of three South Korean drug dealers five months earlier. Despite Seoul’s repeated pleas...

    • Posted January 5, 2015
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