All posts tagged "China"

  • "Man From Another Star"
    ‘My Love from the Star’ to have different ending in China

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Do Min-joon, the stoic alien with superpowers in the South Korean drama “My Love from the Star,” has a different identity in China. Spoiler alert: The entire story is a fictional tale that he...

    • Posted February 2, 2016
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  • exo, Lay
    EXO member Lay injured while filming drama in China

    By The Korea Times Seoul staff K-pop boy band EXO’s Chinese member, Lay, is in hospital after a motorcycle accident during filming. The star, born Zhang Yixing in China, was filming in the town of Hengdian in...

    • Posted February 1, 2016
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  • Protesters struggle with police officers as they march toward the Defense Ministry during a rally against the visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 10, 2015. Protesters opposed a possible deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on Korea Peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    China presses S. Korea over THAAD

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China urged South Korea Friday to rethink the sensitive issue of bringing in an advanced U.S. missile defense system. “The Chinese government hopes the related nation (South Korea) will handle the matter prudently,” Hua...

    • Posted January 29, 2016
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    Park Hae-jin’s star soars in China

    Actor Park Hae-jin and the drama “Cheese in the Trap,” in which he stars, have proved to be a smash hit in China. The new tvN drama this month topped Weibo’s Korean-Japanese TV drama chart only a day...

    • Posted January 29, 2016
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  • Government officials attend a ceremony at a port in Gunsan, southwest of Seoul, on Jan. 29, 2016, for the first rice export to China. The first shipment of 30 tons will leave the port next month for Shanghai, where they will be marketed at Lotte Market outlets. South Korea has been working for the last seven years to have rice exported to the neighboring country, hindered by quarantine requirements. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea to export rice to China for first time in Feb.

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea plans to export rice to China for the first time in February after both sides agreed on a set of quarantine requirements last year, the farm ministry said Friday. According to the...

    • Posted January 29, 2016
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    China grows anxious about possible THAAD in Korea

    BEIJING/SEOUL (Yonhap) — China seems to be shifting its focus to blocking the United States from expanding its military influence in Northeast Asia in dealing with North Korea’s recent nuclear test, observers said Thursday. China is even...

    • Posted January 28, 2016
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  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi approach to shake hands after attending a news conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Kerry is on the final leg in his latest round-the-world diplomatic mission. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
    US, China spar over North Korea, South China Sea

    BEIJING (AP) — Top U.S. and Chinese officials sparred Wednesday over how to deal with North Korea’s latest nuclear weapons test and ease tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. U.S. Secretary of State John...

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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