All posts tagged "China"

  • This November 1995 file photo shows President Kim Young-sam (L) meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Osaka, Japan. Kim, who served as South Korea's president from 1993-1998, died at Seoul National University Hospital on Nov. 22, 2015, after being hospitalized due to a high fever. He was 88. Kim formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis. (Yonhap)
    Ex-President Kim lays foundation for S. Korea-China ties: ambassador

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — A South Korean envoy mourned the death of former President Kim Young-sam on Monday, crediting him for laying the foundation for bilateral relations between Seoul and Beijing. Former President Kim, who died of a...

    • Posted November 23, 2015
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  • South Korean soldiers patrol along the coast of the western island of Yeonpyeong, South Korea. (Yonhap)
    UN criticizes China for deporting NK defectors

    By Yi Whan-woo The United Nations condemned China for forcibly repatriating North Korean defectors even though they will face the risk of persecution on their return, South Korean officials said Thursday. Officials from the Ministry of Foreign...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (AP Photos)
    N. Korea-China trade on decline amid icy ties

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Trade between North Korea and China has gone down in the first half, data showed Wednesday, due mainly to the weakening diplomatic ties between the two allies. North Korea’s exports to China reached $1.17...

    • Posted November 11, 2015
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  • Chaerin Lee Fairmont Prep Academy 9th grade
    China ends ‘One Child Policy’

    As China’s population reached 1 billion in 1979, the Chinese government had established the one-child policy to reduce the birth rate. This rule was generally enforced by financial consequences, and in some cases, violent punishments such as loss...

    • Posted November 9, 2015
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  • Seoul City Mayor Park Won-soon (Yonhap)
    Seoul, Beijing agree to boost environment cooperation

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Mayors of Seoul and Beijing agreed Wednesday to set up an environment team within a joint committee in charge of various exchange projects, Seoul officials said. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, during his visit to...

    • Posted November 4, 2015
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  • Protesters wearing masks of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and South Korean President Park Geun-hye prepare to join in a rally against Abe's planned visit in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit Seoul for their trilateral summit with Park. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korea, China, Japan hope to thaw relations with summit

    TOKYO (AP) — They’ve stayed apart for more than three years, divided by antagonisms dating back to before World War II. Now the leaders of Japan, South Korea and China hope to find political common ground despite...

    • Posted October 30, 2015
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  • South Korea's world No. 2 golfer Park Inbee (Yonhap)
    Park Inbee can’t chase Lydia Ko, withdraws due to injury

    By Brian Han What Park Inbee needs right now is a hot streak to end the LPGA Tour season. That’s if she wants to catch up with newly crowned world No. 1 Lydia Ko who is also...

    • Posted October 30, 2015
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