All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Cyber-Terror
    S. Korea says N. Korea staged cyberattacks

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea has attempted to hack into the smartphones of key South Korean officials and launched cyberattacks against its rail operator, the country’s intelligence agency said Monday, in what may be another round of...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • South Korean Olympic women's football team members look dejected as they leave the pitch after their 0-1 loss to China in Asian qualifying tournament at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan, Monday. (Yonhap)
    China ends S. Korea women’s Olympic dreams

    By John Duerden The South Korean women’s football team failed to advance to the 2016 Rio Olympics football tournament after their defeat by China in Osaka, Monday afternoon. During the four games of the qualification tournament in...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • baduk
    Human vs. Artificial Intelligence

    World Go champion will face Google supercomputer on March 9 By Lee Han-soo, Park Si-soo D-day is upon us. For one week from March 9, top-ranked Go (baduk) player Lee Se-dol of Korea will engage in a...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • Baltimore Orioles' Kim Hyun-soo gestures after being called out on first base during a spring training game against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday. Kim went 0 for 4. (Yonhap)
    Hyun Soo-ner or later: Orioles Kim still hitless after 16 at-bats

    South Korean outfielder Kim Hyun-soo is still searching for his first hit with the Baltimore Orioles. He’s 0 for 16 so far and hasn’t drawn a walk — he walked 101 times in the Korean league last year....

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • Park-Geun-hye
    Seoul to slap own sanctions on Pyongyang

    By Rachel Lee Seoul will this week announce a set of sanctions to be independently issued against North Korea, following the adoption of a tougher U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolution on the recalcitrant country, officials said Sunday....

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kang Ho-in (L) gives South Korea's first license for self-driving car to a Hyundai Motor executive in a ceremony in the Sejong Government Complex on March 7, 2016. (Yonhap)
    S. Korean gov’t OKs first self-driving car

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — The South Korean government issued a temporary license plate Monday for the nation’s first self-driving car. Hyundai’s luxury sedan Genesis equipped with a high-tech driving assist system will be able to hit the road...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • South Korean and U.S. marines depart a South Korean marine base in the eastern coastal city of Pohang to participate in a joint landing drill that started on March 7, 2016, as part of joint military exercises that will run through April 30. (Yonhap)
    North Korea again threatens nuke strikes on US, South Korea

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday issued its latest belligerent threat, warning of an indiscriminate “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice” on Washington and Seoul, this time in reaction to the start of huge U.S.-South...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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