All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • FILE - This May 11, 2007 file photo shows a Wall Street sign in front of the flag-draped facade of the New York Stock Exchange. Bond prices fell slightly Friday, March 4, 2016 sending yields higher, after the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added more jobs last month than economists had expected. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
    US indexes mostly fall; travel companies sink after attacks

    U.S. stock indexes closed mostly lower as airlines, cruise companies and travel booking sites fell following the attacks in Belgium. Royal Caribbean dropped 3 percent Tuesday and Priceline declined 2 percent. Energy and materials companies also moved...

    • Posted March 22, 2016
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  • Actor Ahn Sung-ki, left, and director Im Kwon-taek. (Yonhap photos)
    CGV dedicates two theaters to celebrated film figures

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea now has two theaters named after the nation’s great filmmaker and great actor, Im Kwon-taek and Ahn Sung-ki. The CGV cinema chain run by the food and entertainment conglomerate CJ on Tuesday...

    • Posted March 22, 2016
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  • In this image provided by the Belgian Federal Police in Brussels on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 of three men who are suspected of taking part in the attacks at Belgium's Zaventem Airport. The man at right is still being sought by the police and two others in the photo that the police issued were according to a the Belgian Prosecutors 'probably' suicide bombers. Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city's metro stations Tuesday, killing and wounding scores of people, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats. (Belgian Federal Police via AP)
    S. Korea checking citizens’ safety in wake of Brussels attack

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea is checking the safety of its citizens in Belgium after a series of deadly explosions hit Brussels’ major transport hubs Tuesday, a government official said. “We are contacting local authorities through our...

    • Posted March 22, 2016
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  • A North Korean freight ship (Yonhap)
    UN lifts sanctions on 4 ships once linked to North Korea

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has decided to lift sanctions on four ships originally linked to a North Korean shipping company after determining that there were no ties to the company as China claimed....

    • Posted March 22, 2016
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    FDA bolsters warnings on most widely-used painkillers

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators will bolster warning labels on the most widely used prescription painkillers, part a multi-pronged government campaign to tame an epidemic of abuse and death tied to drugs like Vicodin and Percocet....

    • Posted March 22, 2016
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  • APTOPIX Belgium Attacks
    At least 31 dead in bombings of Brussels airport, subway

    BRUSSELS (AP) — Bombs exploded Tuesday at the Brussels airport and in the city’s subway, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats. The Islamic...

    • Posted March 22, 2016
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  • KBS-TV's "Descendants of the Sun"
    Fever over S. Korea’s hit TV drama gets attention of China’s military

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — The growing popularity of a South Korean hit TV drama in China garnered unexpected attention on Tuesday from China’s official military newspaper, which described the TV soap opera as “a piece of great advertisement...

    • Posted March 22, 2016
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