All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • n this Feb. 18, 2016, photo, North Korean performers entertain customers at the Okryugwan restaurant in Beijing. Situated in the northeast corner of Beijing, the Okryugwan restaurant is feeling the far-flung effects of the latest standoff on the Korean peninsula. Since the North conducted a nuclear test in January and went ahead with a rocket launch earlier this month, Seoul has instructed its citizens to not patronize the government-affiliated North Korean restaurants that usually pull in a steady stream of curious South Korean travelers - and their precious foreign currency. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
    N. Korean restaurants feel the pinch amid standoff with South

    BEIJING (AP) — Shortly after 7:30, the servers at China’s biggest North Korean restaurant become singers. They emerge for their nightly performances in orange and purple satin dresses and stiletto heels, belting out ballads with their arms...

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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  • KJ Choi
    Alive and kicking! KJ Choi posts 2nd top-5 finish on PGA Tour in Feb.

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean veteran Choi Kyoung-ju tied for fifth at the Northern Trust Open on the PGA Tour in California on Sunday, the second time he’s ranked in the top five on the tour this...

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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    Nearly 8 out of 10 Koreans wish to emigrate

    47.9 percent of those who said they wished to emigrate were already preparing to leave. By The Korea Times Seoul staff Eight out of 10 Koreans wish to emigrate, leaving “Hell Joseon,” a newly coined term referring...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • North Korean soldiers guard the truce village of Panmunjom at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, in Panmunjom, North Korea. Though the world's most fortified border can often seem like a tourist trap, drawing throngs of camera-happy visitors on both sides every year, to the military-trained eye the Cold War style standoff along the DMZ is an incident waiting to happen. And with tensions between Seoul, Pyongyang and Washington, this is one of those times when that's more true than ever. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    Tensions rising on DMZ, North Korean officer tells AP

    PANMUNJOM, North Korea (AP) — Tensions have increased significantly along the Demilitarized Zone since North Korea’s recent nuclear test and rocket launch, a North Korean military official told The Associated Press on Monday, adding that while he...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • S. Korean found dead in Peru

    MEXICO CITY (Yonhap) — A South Korean man was found dead outside of an apartment in Peru, the South Korean Embassy and a local newspaper said Monday. The 34-year old man surnamed Jeong was found in the...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • baduk, Lee Se-dol
    Human champion certain he’ll beat A.I. at ancient Chinese game

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The world champion of the ancient Chinese board game Go (called baduk in Korea), South Korean Lee Sedol, says he will prevail in a match with Google’s computer program AlphaGo next month....

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • A health worker stands in the Sambadrome as he sprays insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmits the Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Inspectors begin to spray insecticide around Sambadrome, the outdoor grounds where thousands of dancers and musicians will parade during the city's Feb. 5-10 Carnival celebrations. Brazil's health minister says the country will mobilize some 220,000 troops to battle the mosquito blamed for spreading a virus linked to birth defects. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
    Cuba deploys 9,000 soldiers to fight Zika virus

    HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Raul Castro announced Monday that he is dispatching 9,000 soldiers to help keep the Zika virus out of Cuba, calling on the entire country to fight the mosquito that carries the disease....

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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