All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Dustin Nippert (NEWSis)
    Doosan Bears bring back right-hander Nippert for 6th season

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Reigning South Korean baseball champions Doosan Bears are bringing back American right-hander Dustin Nippert for his sixth season. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club announced Nippert, 34, will return for US$1.2 million, $300,000 less...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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  • Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying speaks during a briefing at the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. North Korea's main ally China said it "firmly opposes" Pyongyang's purported hydrogen bomb test and is monitoring the environment along its border with the North near the test site. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
    China holds key to pressing North Korea on nuclear weapons

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Diplomatic engagement has failed to stop North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Sanctions have been tightened with little result. And military force could be catastrophic. So what can the world do to bring Kim Jong...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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  • (AP)
    Magnitude-4.5 earthquake shakes Southern California

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A moderate earthquake whose epicenter was in southern Riverside County was felt over a wide area of Southern California this morning. The magnitude-4.5 earthquake centered 1 mile north of Banning struck at 6:42 a.m. at a...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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  • Palm trees along La Jolla Shores in San Diego are seen through a window covered with rain drops as the area braces for an approaching storm Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Heavy rain from a powerful Pacific storm swept through California on Tuesday, providing some relief from a three-year drought. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
    Magic Mountain, Knott’s Berry Farm closed due to rain

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Six Flags Magic Mountain and Knott’s Berry Farm will be closed today due to the inclement weather, the parks announced on their web sites. The two parks also closed Tuesday due to the heavy rain...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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  • (Yonhap)
    NK says it tested H-bomb to widespread skepticism

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a self-proclaimed “H-bomb of justice” that would mark a major and unanticipated advance...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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  • Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Stocks are opening lower as investors fret about signs of belligerence in North Korea and more weakening of China's economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    US stocks sink on new China worries, North Korean bomb claim

    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks took their second big loss of the week Wednesday on more signs of weakness from China’s economy. Oil prices again fell sharply, nearing their lowest level in 12 years. Energy stocks...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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  • President Park Geun-hye, of South Korea, addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    UN pledges to pursue new sanctions against North Korea

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council pledged Wednesday to swiftly pursue new sanctions against North Korea, condemning its latest nuclear test as a ‘clear violation’ of previous U.N. resolutions. The sanctions would be the fifth round...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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