All posts tagged "Korea"

  • (Yonhap)
    Four S. Koreans arrested for stealing Buddha statue in Japan

    TOKYO/SEOUL (Yonhap) — Four South Korean men have been arrested in Japan’s southern region on charges of stealing a historic Buddha statue, police said Tuesday, an incident that could further stoke anti-South Korean sentiment in Japan. The...

    • Posted November 25, 2014
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    S. Korea’s economy to grow 3.8 pct in 2015 according to OECD report

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s economy is expected to grow 3.8 percent in 2015 on the back of the government’s efforts to boost it through fiscal stimulus and monetary policy easing, a report by a leading international...

    • Posted November 25, 2014
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    [The Independent] South Korean authorities ban selfie sticks

      We are more accustomed to hearing about the government just north of South Korea handing down seemingly arbitrary restrictions on their citizens. But the government of South Korea recently announced it plans to find...

    • Posted November 24, 2014
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  • Yang Hyeon-jong (Yonhap)
    S. Korean pitcher, club fail to agree on MLB bid

    Another report says the Texas Rangers, not the Twins, came out on top in the bidding for Yang Hyeon-jong SEOUL (Yonhap) — For the second straight day on Monday, the South Korean baseball club Kia Tigers and...

    • Posted November 24, 2014
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  • Russell Crowe will be visiting South Korea in January. (AP)
    Russell Crowe announces first visit to Korea

    Hollywood star Russell Crowe on Thursday said on Twitter he is coming to Korea in January. “I’m going to visit South Korea for the first time in January. Excited,” the 50-year-old Kiwi actor tweeted. Following the tweet,...

    • Posted November 21, 2014
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  • South Korea held a live-fire drill at sea near a tense border line on Friday. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea conducts live-fire drill near tense sea border

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The South Korean military carried out a live-fire exercise near the tensely-guarded inter-Korean Yellow Sea border Friday to check its preparedness against possible provocations by North Korea, the defense ministry said. The two-hour naval...

    • Posted November 21, 2014
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    Part of Korean Ebola team to return home on Friday

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Part of a South Korean advance team of government officials will return home on Friday after wrapping up their on-site surveys in Britain and Sierra Leone to prepare for South Korea’s future dispatch of...

    • Posted November 20, 2014
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