All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Kim Jong-un
    Kim Jong-un to give special bonus to N. Koreans

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will give a special bonus to the country’s military personnel and ordinary people on the occasion of the North’s key anniversary, Pyongyang’s media said Friday. The special bonus amounting...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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  • Won Moon Joo, a South Korean student at New York University, is interviewed at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Joo, who is being detained in North Korea says he hopes to be released soon and has told his family not to worry too much about him. Joo was presented to the media in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
    N. Korea presents detained NYU student to media

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A South Korean citizen and resident of the U.S. who has been detained in North Korea for five months was presented to the media in Pyongyang on Friday and said he has...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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  • House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, leaves a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. In a stunning move, Boehner informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, giving up his top leadership post and his seat in the House in the face of hardline conservative opposition. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    Speaker Boehner stuns US Congress, announces resignation

    WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress in turmoil, House Speaker John Boehner suddenly informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign at the end of October, stepping aside in the face of hardline conservative opposition that threatens...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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  • hyundai
    Hyundai Motor recalls 470,000 cars in US for engine defects

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s leading automaker, has recalled about 470,000 cars sold in the United States due to engine defects, foreign media reports showed Friday. Subject to the recall are the Sonata midsize...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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  • Lee Min-ho (Yonhap)
    Lee Min-ho designated promotional ambassador of PyeongChang Olympics

    Top Hallyu star Lee Min-ho, 28, has been chosen as a promotional ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, Yonhap reported. “Starting with the PyeongChang in 2018, the Olympics will be held in Tokyo in 2020 and...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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  • Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal collision involving a charter bus, center left, and a "Ride the Ducks" amphibious tour bus on the Aurora Bridge in Seattle on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
    Tour vehicle, charter bus collide on Seattle bridge; 4 international students dead

    SEATTLE (AP) — A “duck boat” tour vehicle and a charter bus carrying foreign students to a college orientation event collided on a busy Seattle bridge Thursday, killing four international students and injuring dozens of others. The...

    • Posted September 24, 2015
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  • Yunho fans from around the world gathered efforts to donate 9.5 tons of rice to help low-income elderly and children in Gwangju, South Korea, this week. (Yonhap)
    K-pop idol fans donate 9.5 tons of rice for elderly, children

    The city of Gwangju, South Korea, received a donation of 9.5 tons of rice to give to its low-income elderly and children this week, thanks to the combined efforts of fan clubs of TVXQ leader U-Know Yunho....

    • Posted September 24, 2015
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