All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Moon Chang-jin of South Korea celebrates his first goal against Uzbekistan in the team's 2-1 victory at the Asian Football Confederation U-23 Championship in Doha on Jan. 13, 2016. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea defeats Uzbekistan 2-1 in Olympic soccer qualifying opener

    DOHA (Yonhap) — South Korea defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 to open the men’s Olympic football qualifying tournament in Doha on Wednesday. Midfielder Moon Chang-jin scored both goals — one in each half — at Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium,...

    • Posted January 13, 2016
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  • FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2015, file photo, 10-year-old Elison nurses his 2-month-old brother Jose Wesley, who was born with microcephaly, at their house in Poco Fundo, Pernambuco state, Brazil. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, that it has found the strongest evidence so far of a possible link between a mosquito-borne virus and a surge of birth defects in Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
    CDC: Strong signs Brazil birth defects are tied to mosquito

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says researchers have found the strongest evidence so far of a possible link between a mosquito-borne virus and a surge of birth defects in Brazil. The...

    • Posted January 13, 2016
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  • This picture released by the Iranian state-run IRIB News Agency on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, shows detention of American Navy sailors by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Persian Gulf, Iran. Iranian state television is reporting that all 10 U.S. sailors detained by Iran after entering its territorial waters have been released. Iran's Revolutionary Guard said the sailors were released Wednesday after it was determined that their entry was not intentional. The nine men and one woman were being held at an Iranian base on Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf after being detained nearby on Tuesday.(Sepahnews via AP)
    US Navy sailors released unharmed by Iran in less than a day

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — It turned out to be the international crisis that wasn’t. Less than a day after 10 U.S. Navy sailors were detained in Iran when their boats drifted into Iranian waters, they...

    • Posted January 13, 2016
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  • resident Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)
    No mention of N. Korea in Obama’s final State of Union address

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — U.S. President Barack Obama made no mention of North Korea in his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, a snub seen as intended to show that Washington remains unfazed by Pyongyang’s nuclear...

    • Posted January 13, 2016
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  • Yoo Ah-in, Lee Seung-ki, conscription
    Yoo ah in! Stars face conscription this year

    A handful of popular male actors are expected to serve mandatory military service this year. Yoo Ah-in, 30, is most likely to serve, according to media reports. With his SBS TV drama “Six Flying Dragons” scheduled to...

    • Posted January 13, 2016
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  • House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
    US House overwhelmingly passes N. Korea sanctions legislation

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass a tough sanctions bill on North Korea on Tuesday in the first tangible action taken by the United States to punish the communist...

    • Posted January 12, 2016
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  • President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)
    Obama warns against giving into election year cynicism

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Eyeing the end of his presidency, Barack Obama urged Americans Tuesday night to rekindle belief in the promise of change that first carried him to the White House, declaring that the country must not...

    • Posted January 12, 2016
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