All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Police officers look over a crowd waiting for midnight in Times Square in New York, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. Around 1 million people are expected to converge on Times Square for the annual New Year's Eve celebration. This year's festivities will also be attended by nearly 6,000 New York City police officers, including members of a specialized counterterrorism unit. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    New Year revelers unfazed by attack worries _ in most places

    PARIS (AP) — In Bangkok, police-flanked partygoers rang in the new year at the site of a deadly bombing that took place just months ago. In Paris, residents recovering from their city’s own deadly attacks will enjoy...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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  • (Photo provided by Lotte Corp. / Yonhap)
    New Year’s countdown on Lotte World Tower

    (PHOTO NEWS) — The facade of 123-story Lotte World Tower in southern Seoul is lit up with LED lights on Dec. 29, 2015, practicing for the New Year’s countdown show. Lotte Corp. said it will put on...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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  • South Korea's main bourse closed 5 points down at 1,961.31 on Dec. 30, 2015, the last trading day of the year. South Korea's stock market gained 2.39 percent compared to the end of 2014, while the secondary market KOSDAQ leaped 25.67 percent over the year. (Yonhap)
    [BARRON'S] Why South Korean Stocks Are a Buy in 2016

    South Korea’s stock market may be overshadowed by its North Asian neighbors China and Japan, but the combination of cheap valuations, improving earnings and the embrace of more shareholder friendly policies means it should be on...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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    2015 market winners, losers: Tech soars, old guard stumbles

    NEW YORK (AP) — In a flat year overall for stocks, there was still plenty of excitement to be enjoyed — or endured — by 2015′s biggest winners and losers. It was a year to make old...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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    Students stage surprise rally against Seoul-Tokyo deal

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Dozens of college students have been taken to the police station Thursday after holding an unauthorized demonstration near Japan’s embassy in Seoul in protest of the two countries’ agreement on former sex slaves during...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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  • South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo talks with his Chinese counterpart, Chang Wanquan, on the newly established hotline at the defense ministry in Seoul on Dec. 31, 2015, in this photo released by the South Korean ministry. The hotline was set up between them on the same day. The two countries launched the hotline to facilitate their cooperation on security issues in the Korean Peninsula and in the region. (Yonhap
    S. Korea, China establish military hotline

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea and China set up a hotline between their top defense officials Thursday to reinforce their cooperation on security issues on the Korean Peninsula and in the region. Defense Minister Han Min-koo had...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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  • People watch and use their smartphones to take picture of fireworks, to celebrate the New Year at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Jittery world bids adieu to a year marred by terror

    (AP) — In Bangkok, police-flanked partygoers will ring in the new year at the site of a deadly bombing that took place just months ago. In Paris, residents recovering from their city’s own deadly attacks will enjoy...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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