All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • kakao
    Kakao backs down, withdraws warrant refusal

    By Yoon Sung-won Kakao, the operator of the nation’s most-used mobile messenger, KakaoTalk, said it will resume providing conversation records to the prosecution, retracting its previous decision to refuse all warrants requesting monitoring. The company had reached...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • This Jan. 2, 2015, image provided by Airbus Defense and Space, Spot Image, and Pleiades - CNES via 38 North, a website specializing in analysis of North Korea, at the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies shows an annotated satellite photo indicating signs of new activity at the 5 MWe Plutonium Production Reactor at North Korea’s Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center. The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies said on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, that North Korea may be attempting to restart its main nuclear bomb fuel reactor after a five-month shutdown. (AP Photo/Airbus Defense and Space, Spot Image, Pleiades - CNES via 38 North)
    N. Korea estimated to hold 22 nuclear weapons worth of fissile material: ISIS

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea is estimated to be holding up to 22 nuclear weapons worth of fissile material, a U.S. research institute said Wednesday. The Institute for Science and International Security made the estimate in a...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • kreate
    NY artist group to host Hangul Day talk concert

    By Tae Hong Friday is Hangul Day, an annual celebration of the written Korean alphabet. New York-based artist group K/REATE will put on a talk concert at Space GABI featuring three speakers — professors Ji Lee of...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • By Justin Cho Flintridge Preparatory Senior
    A Percutaneous Transcatheter Gene Delivery Patch

    Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) is a congenital heart disease of which there is a septum in between the right and left atrium. As babies develop during pregnancy, there are normally holes in the chamber walls that should...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • (Korea Times file)
    Starbucks tops list as S. Korean’s favorite coffee: report

    Koreans’ most-beloved coffee chain is Starbucks, according to a survey. In polling agency Realmeter’s survey, Starbucks topped the list, earning 16.5 percent of votes. Next were Ediya (9.4 percent), Caffe Bene (7.6 percent), Angel-in-us (7 percent) and...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • The Korean Methodist Church and Institute in New York (Yonhap)
    Anonymous donor gives $1M to historic Korean church in NY for reconstruction

    By  Julianne Lee A historic New York Korean American church has a generous supporter in its hands — an anonymous donor gave $1 million toward its reconstruction. According to the Korean Methodist Church and Institute, which used the...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • Bae Sang-moon (AP)
    Lone S. Korean to sit out opening foursomes session at Presidents Cup

    INCHEON (Yonhap) — Bae Sang-moon, the lone South Korean at this year’s Presidents Cup, will sit out the opening foursomes session Thursday. The United States and the International Teams on Wednesday announced their pairings for the five...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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