All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flies over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. The powerful U.S. B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea on Sunday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul and North Korea following Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    B-52 bomber flies over Korea

    SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States’ B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber flew in the skies of South Korea on Sunday in a major show of force four days after North Korea conducted what it said was its first...

    • Posted January 11, 2016
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  • FILE - In this Sept. 17, 1980, file photo, David Bowie listens during a news conference after a rehearsal at the Booth Theater in New York. Bowie was appearing in the Broadway production of "The Elephant Man." Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2015, after battling cancer for 18 months. He was 69. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, FIle)
    Iconic singer David Bowie dies at 69

    NEW YORK (AP) — David Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 69. Representative Steve Martin said early Monday that Bowie died “peacefully”...

    • Posted January 11, 2016
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    N. Korea releases video of recent SLBM test

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea released a video footage of a new submarine-based ballistic missile test Friday in which a fired missile flew a longer distance than the country’s similar test last year. A new documentary aired...

    • Posted January 8, 2016
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  • Park Byung-ho puts on the Minnesota Twins uniform at a press conference in the Grand Hilton Seoul Hotel, Thursday. (Yonhap)
    Twins’ Park hopes Korean fans will start the day watching his game

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Given the time difference between the United States and South Korea, Major League Baseball (MLB) games are televised or streamed in the morning hours for fans here. And Park Byung-ho, who recently signed with...

    • Posted January 8, 2016
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    Ahn’s new party named ‘People’s Party’

    By Kim Hyo-jin Independent lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo’s new party that will be formed by early February will be named the People’s Party. After ideas were collected from the public Jan. 1-6, the name was announced by the...

    • Posted January 8, 2016
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    Britain asks S. Korea to refrain from broadcasts

    Yokosuka, Japan (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is asking South Korea to refrain from resuming propaganda broadcasts across the border into North Korea. Hammond said on a visit to Japan on Friday that he understands...

    • Posted January 8, 2016
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    Clinton woos Asian-Americans, slams ‘hateful’ GOP rhetoric

    SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (AP) — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton Thursday courted Asian-American voters, telling members of the nation’s fastest growing racial minority that she disagrees with the “hateful rhetoric” of her Republican challengers. “They forget a...

    • Posted January 8, 2016
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