All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Pope Francis kisses the foot of a man during the foot-washing ritual at the Castelnuovo di Porto refugees center, some 30km (18, 6 miles) from Rome, Thursday, March 24, 2016. The pontiff washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Orthodox, Hindu and Catholic refugees Thursday, declaring them children of the same God, in a gesture of welcome and brotherhood at a time when anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiment has spiked following the Brussels attacks. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
    Pope washes feet of Muslim migrants, says ‘We are

    CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Christian and Hindu refugees Thursday and declared them all children of the same God, as he performed a gesture of welcome and...

    • Posted March 24, 2016
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  • South Korean national football team head coach Uli Stielike speaks to players during a second round Asian qualifying match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup against Lebanon at Ansan Wa Stadium in Ansan, south of Seoul, on March 24, 2016. (Yonhap)
    Stielike says it’s only fair that S. Korea won against Lebanon

    ANSAN, South Korea (Yonhap) — South Korea national football team head coach Uli Stielike said his team collected a “fair victory” against Lebanon at the World Cup qualifier on Thursday. What he meant was that it’s only...

    • Posted March 24, 2016
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  • BTS member Jungkook winks at the crowd during performance. (NEWSis)
    K-pop band BTS beats Kanye West, Justin Bieber in retweets

    By Chung Joo-won SEOUL (Yonhap) — The South Korean boy band Bangtan Boys, commonly known as BTS, was dubbed the most retweeted musicians in the past 30 days, a U.S. economic magazine’s latest tally revealed. The seven-member...

    • Posted March 24, 2016
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  • apple
    Shadowy hacking industry may be helping FBI crack an iPhone

    NEW YORK (AP) — Turns out there’s a shadowy global industry devoted to breaking into smartphones and extracting their information. But you’ve probably never heard of it unless you’re a worried parent, a betrayed spouse — or...

    • Posted March 24, 2016
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  • In this July 17, 2015 file photo, employees walk past a logo of Samsung Group at the head office of Samsung C&T Corp. in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's financial regulator said Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 it has launched an investigation into possible insider trading by Samsung executives related to a contentious takeover deal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
    Samsung to give up authoritarian ways, emulate startups

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of phones, memory chips and television sets, plans to revamp its authoritarian, top-down corporate culture to become more like a lean startup as it copes with...

    • Posted March 24, 2016
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  • KDIC
    State-run debt collector plans overseas offices to nab hidden assets

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC) plans to open offices overseas to increase the likelihood of finding assets stashed away by companies and businessmen that have gone bankrupt, its officials said Thursday. Preparations have...

    • Posted March 24, 2016
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  • In this Dec. 3, 2015, photo, human remains, which village elders claim belong to soldiers who fought in the Korean War, is laid out next to a burial site on Ryongyon-ri hill in Kujang county, North Korea. "Until They Are Home" is one of the most sacred vows of the U.S. military, yet there are 5,300 American GIs missing in North Korea from the Korean War whose remains are potentially recoverable. It has been more than a decade since any U.S. search teams have tried, and with construction projects across the country moving forward, many could already be lost forever. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    [AP EXCLUSIVE] US remains in N. Korea lost in political limbo

    RYONGYON-RI, North Korea  — The village elder put his shovel aside, stooped down by a scraggly bush and pulled a sack from the freshly turned dirt. Spreading open the sack, he reached in to reveal femurs, skull...

    • Posted March 24, 2016
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