All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • A South Korean army soldier walks along the military wire fences on Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone, near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his front-line troops in a "quasi-state of war" and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after the most serious confrontation between the rivals in years. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    AP Analysis: What’s different this time in Korean standoff?

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For years, North Korea’s litany of threats has been largely dismissed — Seoul, after all, is still not drowning in a “sea of fire,” despite Pyongyang’s repeated promises to make it so....

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • People walk on Yonsei Street of which car lanes were reduced to two from four to give more space for pedestrians. (Courtesy of Seodaemun District Office)
    South Koreans calm despite North Korean threat

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Most South Koreans are calm ahead of a Saturday afternoon deadline set by the rival North Korea, which is threatening with war unless Seoul dismantles loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda along their...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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    N. Korea moves artillery units toward S. Korean loudspeakers as deadline approaches: source

    SEOUL (Yonhap)  – North Korea appears to have begun preparations to strike South Korean loudspeakers broadcasting anti-Pyongyang messages as the North-set deadline for stopping the broadcasts approaches on Saturday. “We see the North Korean military’s moves to...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • Seoul Central District Court. (Yonhap)
    Court acquits woman charged with attempted rape for first time

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A court on Saturday acquitted a woman indicted on charges of attempted rape for the first time in the country. Judge Lee Dong-geun of the Seoul Central District Court said he accepted the jury’s...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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    Grand jury indicts man in Maryland fatal stabbing at Korean church

    FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a northern Virginia man on murder and attempted murder charges in the stabbing last month of a South Korean couple at a rural religious retreat in Maryland. State’s...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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    Typhoon Goni on its way to S. Korea

    Typhoon Goni proved deadly in the Philippines as it took the lives of at least four people. Now it is on its way to South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and even Russia according to Accuweather.com. The torrential downpour...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • Tiger Woods
    Woods holds 36-hole lead for first time in over 2 years

    By Brian Han The Wyndham Championship may not be a major, but Tiger Woods seems to be eyeing the trophy as if it was one. The 39-year-old veteran followed up his two-year best 6-under 64 on Thursday...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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