All posts tagged "China"

  • Deputy foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan join hands before they have a trilateral meeting at the Hotel Shilla in Seoul Thursday. From left are Shinsuke Sugiyama from Japan; Lee Kyung-soo from South Korea and Liu Zhenmin from China. (Yonhap)
    Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo agree on trilateral cooperation

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan agreed on Thursday to ramp up their trilateral cooperation to patch up relations strained over history and territorial rows, Seoul officials said. The meeting brought together...

    • Posted September 11, 2014
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  • Park Geun-hye
    Park proposes 3-nation nuclear safety body

    By Yi Whan-woo South Korean President Park Geun-hye proposed forming a nuclear safety body with China and Japan Thursday as a way of tackling regional distrust and confrontation. “Northeast Asia hosts many nuclear power plants with their...

    • Posted August 14, 2014
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  • LINE, KakaoTalk.
    Kakao, LINE may be used by terrorists: Chinese authority

    By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea said Thursday it confirmed that Chinese authorities had intentionally blocked services of Kakao and LINE mobile messengers on fears of abuse by terrorist groups. Talks are underway to normalize...

    • Posted August 7, 2014
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  • Medical staff move a severely burnt victim of an explosion at an eastern Chinese automotive parts factory from a hospital in the city of Kunshan, Jiangsu province, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014 to a Shanghai hospital which is better equipped to handle severe burns. Dozens of people were killed Saturday by the explosion at the factory that supplies General Motors, state media reported. (AP Photo)
    China factory explosion kills 69, hurts 187

    (AP) — A suspected dust explosion at an automotive parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors killed at least 69 people and injured more than 180 others, state media reported Sunday, again highlighting workplace safety...

    • Posted August 3, 2014
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  • President Park Geun-hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a press conference after a summit at Cheong Wa Dae, Thursday. (Yonhap)
    Korea, China seek NK’s denuclearization

    By Kang Seung-woo President Park Geun-hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Thursday to push for the denuclearization of North Korea and expressed their strong opposition to another nuclear test by the North. The agreement is a...

    • Posted July 3, 2014
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping wave during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Wang Zhao, Pool)
    [HOT LINKS] As South Korea and China get cozy, where does North Korea fit?

     – When President Xi Jinping arrives in Seoul this week, the Chinese leader will have passed over North Korea in favor of its arch rival. Although Beijing remains North Korea’s strongest ally, Xi is breaking with tradition by visiting...

    • Posted July 2, 2014
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    [HOT LINKS] Thigh ads spread from Japan to China

    Japanese companies were the first to offer young women money in exchange for using their thighs as advertisement space, and how it has spread to China.  The marketing strategy that “renting body part for advertisement” saw...

    • Posted May 23, 2014
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