All posts tagged "China"

  • Officials from South Korea and China hold diplomatic and security talks in Seoul on Jan. 5, 2014. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea, China reaffirm zero tolerance toward N. Korea’s nukes

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea and China on Monday reaffirmed their stance of zero tolerance toward North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and agreed to beef up their cooperation for regional peace, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. The officials...

    • Posted January 5, 2015
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  • North Korean students work at computer terminals inside a computer lab at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, North Korea during a tour by Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt. North Korea is literally off the charts regarding Internet freedoms. There essentially aren’t any. But the country is increasingly online. Though it deliberately and meticulously keeps its people isolated and in the dark about the outside world, it knows it must enter the information age to survive in the global economy.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)
    China media slams ‘spurious’ reports on NK Internet outages

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — Chinese state media on Wednesday slammed “spurious” media reports that Beijing could be involved in Internet outages in North Korea, as questions persist about who was responsible. The comments by the Global Times, a...

    • Posted December 24, 2014
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  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, chats with a delegate as they attend a welcome ceremony for visiting Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. China told the U.S. that it is against cyberattacks and opposes any nation or individual launching such attacks from a third country, but did not directly condemn the Sony hackings that Washington has blamed on North Korea, China's foreign ministry said Monday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    China treads carefully with US call over Sony hacking

    BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) — China made a noncommittal response Monday to U.S. calls to help counter cyberthreats from North Korea accused of hacking Sony’s Hollywood studio, apparently in consideration of its ties with Pyongyang. U.S. Secretary...

    • Posted December 22, 2014
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    Singer Chae Yeon not shy about claiming No. 2 spot in China

    Korean singer Lee Chae-yeon, whose stage name is Chae Yeon, told a television talk show on Monday, that her popularity in China was second only to Jun Ji-hyun, the hallyu megastar from the SBS drama “My Love...

    • Posted December 17, 2014
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  • Samsung unveiled Galaxy A5, left, and A3. (Yonhap)
    [CNET] China beats S. Korea on smartphone global market share

      Nine representative Chinese handset makers have toppled Samsung and LG’s combined market share for the second quarter of 2014, according to a report released Tuesday by the Federation of Korean Industries, an alliance of South...

    • Posted December 9, 2014
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  • This file photo shows Buddhist priests attending the 17th annual conference of Buddhists of South Korea, China and Japan march for peace on a road near South Korea's border with North Korea, waving a flag symbolizing a reunified Korea. (Yonhap)
    Buddhist priests from S. Korea, China, Japan gather to pray for peace

    PAJU, South Korea (Yonhap) — Hundreds of Buddhist priests from South Korea, China and Japan prayed for peace on the Korean Peninsula during a joint religious service held at a place just south of the heavily armed...

    • Posted November 19, 2014
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    Interracial marriages in S. Korea on decline

    By Yoon Ja-young Marriages between Koreans and foreign spouses dropped 7.8 percent last year, decreasing for the third consecutive year. The number of babies born from interracial couples also decreased 7.1 percent. According to Statistics Korea, a...

    • Posted November 19, 2014
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