All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    Offense goes silent for S. Korea ahead of Olympic soccer qualifiers

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s offense went silent Thursday against Saudi Arabia in their final test ahead of next week’s Olympic football qualifying tournament, a concerning development for a squad that has often had trouble finding the...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • Kenyan-born marathoner Wilson Loyanae Erupe waves to reporters at the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) headquarters in Seoul on Jan. 7, 2016, after a meeting with KOC officials over his naturalization. (Photo courtesy of the KOC)
    S. Korean Olympic body withholds decision on naturalizing Kenyan-born marathoner

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The national Olympic body on Thursday withheld decision on naturalizing a Kenyan-born marathon runner with a doping history, citing the need to review his application further. The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) said it will...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • A Chinese stock investor monitors stock prices at a brokerage house in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu province Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. China plans to restrict stock sales by large shareholders once a ban imposed in July to stop a slide in prices is lifted this week. (Chinatopix via AP)
    World could face months of Chinese market aftershocks

    BEIJING (AP) — The latest trigger was currency jitters, but Thursday’s plunge in Chinese stocks was just one in a series of aftershocks from last year’s boom and bust that could shake markets for months to come....

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • In this photo provided by the California Department of Transportation, a Caltrans worker probes for a drain in standing water that closed down most lanes of both sides of Interstate 5, the Golden State Freeway, in the Sun Valley area of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. El Nino storms left several inches of rain and snow throughout California, with more precipitation expected later in the week.(Jeremy Theisgen/California Department of Transportation via AP)
    Another El Nino storm lashes California coast, streets flood

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another powerful El Nino-driven storm lashed coastal areas of California on Thursday, stirring waves that flooded some low-lying streets and crept toward ocean-front homes in Malibu. The storm created waves that forecasters said...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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    South Korea to resume anti-North propaganda broadcasts

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test, South Korea on Thursday announced it would resume cross-border propaganda broadcasts that Pyongyang considers an act of war. Seoul also began talks with Washington...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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    Park, Abe agree to work together for strong sanctions on N. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Thursday to closely cooperate for the swift adoption of a U.N. resolution for strong sanctions on North Korea over its claimed hydrogen bomb test,...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • Orange County Fire Authority firefighters work to pump out flood waters from a home in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. El Nino storms lined up in the Pacific, promising to drench parts of the West for more than two weeks and increasing fears of mudslides and flash floods in regions stripped bare by wildfires. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
    Strongest El Nino storm so far this winter hits California

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The hillside above the California home of Wayne Socha had held firm against thunderstorms over the past three decades. But after a wildfire two years ago stripped away vegetation and loosened soil, he...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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