All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • A robot on display at the Automation World 2015 exhibition in Seoul on March 18, 2015. (Yonhap file photo)
    S. Korean gov’t, Samsung to back development of manufacturing robots

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea’s government said Monday that it will join forces with Samsung Electronics Co. to develop precision manufacturing robots that could open new horizons for the local manufacturing sector. The plan calls for 16.75...

    • Posted October 19, 2015
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  • President Barack Obama answers a question during a joint news conference with South Korean President Park Geun-hye in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    Obama blacklists N. Korea for human trafficking

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — U.S. President Barack Obama has included North Korea again on a blacklist of countries accused of human trafficking, extending a symbolic ban on provisions of U.S. funding for the communist nation for another year....

    • Posted October 19, 2015
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  • Kevin Na, left, talks with his caddie, Kenny Harms, right, on the 18th green of the Silverado Resort North Course after missing a par putt on the second playoff hole of the Frys.com golf tournament Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, in Napa, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
    Kevin Na falls just short of ending win drought at Frys.com PGA event

    By Brian Han Korean American golfer Kevin Na overcame a weakness in his game on Sunday at the Frys.com Open by closing out strong in the final round of a tournament. Faced with a four-stroke deficit, Na...

    • Posted October 19, 2015
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  • President Park Geun-hye sent a message to the forum that now is the time to extensively make "practical" efforts to improve the North's dire human rights situation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    S. Korea expects China’s ‘constructive role’ on N. Korea: ministry

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea will redouble efforts to prod China into playing a “constructive role” in resolving the North Korean nuclear issue, capitalizing on the outcome of the summit talks between President Park Geun-hye and her...

    • Posted October 19, 2015
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  • Lexi Thompson of the United States poses with the trophy after winning the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship golf tournament at Sky72 Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Lexi Thompson becomes 1st US winner ever at S. Korea’s LPGA event

    By Brian Han World No. 5 Lexi Thompson made history on Sunday in South Korea when she won by a single stroke at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship. For the first time ever in the event’s...

    • Posted October 19, 2015
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  • Ha Ji-won
    Ha Ji-won named Hanbok Day ambassador

    Top South Korean actress Ha Ji-won has been named a promotional ambassador for this year’s Hanbok Day, the Hanbok Advancement Center announced Monday. An event celebrating the day, to be held at Gyeongbok Palace Wednesday, will feature...

    • Posted October 19, 2015
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  • Lawmakers of South Korea's minor opposition Justice Party, including its chief, Shim Sang-jung (front), stage a demonstration in Seoul on Oct. 15, 2015, to express opposition to the government's plan to reintroduce a single state history textbook for secondary school students. The government has said the plan is to address what it calls the predominantly left-leaning contents in current books, but progressive students, scholars and the opposition bloc claim it will stamp out diverse views and distort facts. (Yonhap)
    South Korean scholars oppose state-issued history books

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Korean scholars have declared they won’t participate in the writing of state-issued history textbooks out of concern that that they will teach distorted views on the country’s recent history....

    • Posted October 17, 2015
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