All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • In this photo provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South Korean presidential security adviser Kim Kwan-jin, right, shakes hands with Hwang Pyong So, North Korea's top political officer for the Korean People's Army, after their meeting at the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. South Korea has agreed to halt propaganda broadcasts at noon Tuesday after North Korea expressed regret over a recent land mine blast that maimed two South Korean troops, both Koreas announced after three days of intense talks aimed at defusing soaring tension between the rivals.(The South Korean Unification Ministry via AP)
    Text of inter-Korean deal released by N. Korea

    North Korean newspaper Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released the text from the inter-Korean deal on Tuesday. - 1. The north and the south agreed to hold talks between their authorities in Pyongyang or Seoul at an...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • More than 50 out of North Korea's around 70 submarines had previously been detected away from their bases for operations after the country threatened an "all-out war" against South Korea. (Yonhap)
    Deployed N. Korean submarines returning to bases after inter-Korean deal

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — About 50 North Korean submarines that had been moved to the frontline amid heightened military tension are now returning to their home bases, a military source said after the two Koreas reached a deal....

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • Claire Kim
Sunny Hills High School 
11th grade
    Music to Heal

    Every day at the UC Irvine Douglas Hospital, patients have their doors open in hopes of receiving a visit from one of the Music to Heal volunteers. As one of the hospital’s many volunteer programs that aim...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Yonhap)
    UN chief welcomes inter-Korean deal

    NEW YORK (Yonhap) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed an agreement between South and North Korea to defuse heightened military tensions, saying he hopes it will lead to resumption of long-stalled negotiations on the North’s nuclear program....

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • 2015 Hyundai Accent (PRNewsFoto/Hyundai Motor America via AP)
    Hyundai, Kia cars score low in US crash test

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Three cars made by South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its corporate cousin Kia Motors Corp. have received low ratings in a crash test conducted in the United States, an American motor...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • speaker, k-pop
    What exactly was South Korea broadcasting to the North?

    K-pop may have the rest of the globe dancing on their feet, but for North Korea, it seems to have been a trigger for the heightened tension that plagued the Korean peninsula these past few days. South...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • (Twitter)
    Good news: Rescued puppy becomes symbol of hope after Tianjin explosion

    By Brian Han Amid the rubble and debris of the Tianjin explosion, rescuers came across a puppy who was unscathed. The dog quickly became a symbol of hope for the ravaged city. Chinese soldiers who examined the...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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