All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • A South Korean man watches TV news program showing a file footage of the Unha rocket in North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. North Korea said Monday it is ready to launch satellites aboard long-range rockets to mark a key national anniversary next month, a move expected to rekindle animosities with its rivals South Korea and the United States. (AP Photo/ahn Young-joon)
    NKorea says it has restarted all nuclear bomb fuel plants

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A day after threatening rocket launches, North Korea declared Tuesday that it has revamped and restarted all its atomic bomb fuel production plants. The back-to-back announcements, which many outside analysts consider threats...

    • Posted September 15, 2015
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  • Houston Astros' Hank Conger is congratulated after hitting a solo home run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Christine Cotter)
    Better fit means better season for Astros’ Hank Conger

    By Brian Han ANAHEIM, Calif. — In the stands at Angels Stadium, 54-year-old lifelong fan Anna Federoff and her husband Paul cheer on the opposing team’s catcher as he steps up to bat during a sweltering Friday...

    • Posted September 14, 2015
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  • Dame Sally Davies, Britain's chief medical officer, speaks during an interview in southern Seoul on Monday. (Courtesy of the British Embassy in Seoul)
    ‘Koreans use antibiotics too much’

    By Jung Min-ho Koreans use antibiotics too much and that could accelerate the “end of modern medicine,” Dame Sally Davies, Britain’s chief medical officer, says. “It is a concern that Koreans overuse antibiotics,” she said. “Not just...

    • Posted September 14, 2015
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  • LG plans to unveil its rollable television by 2016. (Courtesy of LG Electronics)
    LG plans to unveil ‘rollable’ TV early next year

    By Kim Yoo-chul LG Electronics, the world’s No. 2 TV maker, announced Monday a plan to unveil a “rollable” OLED TV at a technology expo in the U.S. early next year. “LG Electronics is working on developing...

    • Posted September 14, 2015
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  • Members of the South Korean special forces take part in a military drill in Yeongcheon, southeast of Seoul in this May 2, 2013 picture. (Yonhap)
    More than 16,000 S. Korean men give up nationality to avoid military service

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — More than 16,000 South Korean men have relinquished their nationality to avoid the mandatory military service in recent years, an opposition lawmaker said Monday. A total of 4,386 men opted for foreign citizenship in...

    • Posted September 14, 2015
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    It’s a girl! Han Hye-jin and Ki Sung-yeung become parents

    By The Korea Times Seoul staff Actress Han Hye-jin, 34, and a Premier League soccer player Ki Sung-Yueng, 26, had their first child on Sunday. Han gave birth to a daughter at a hospital in Seoul, Sunday...

    • Posted September 14, 2015
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  • Grace Lim, 10th grade Academy of the Canyons Middle College High School
    Global community service: Why students choose to go abroad

    The technological advancements of the 21st century have unveiled new pathways for communication and interdependence on the international scale. With the spread of globalization through networks of communication such as social media and messaging platforms, students from...

    • Posted September 14, 2015
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