All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Foreign exchange dealers watch monitors at KEB Hana Bank in Seoul, Friday, when the won extended its decline to close at 1,234.4 won against the U.S. dollar, the lowest level since June 11, 2010. The Bank of Korea said Friday it will take every measure to prevent the won from fluctuating further against the dollar. (Korea Times photo by Seo Jae-hoon)
    Won plunges despite intervention

    By Yoon Ja-young South Korea’s financial authorities pledged Friday to take every measure to prevent the won from fluctuating further against the dollar and other major currencies. “The won-dollar exchange rate has been fluctuating too widely recently,”...

    • Posted February 19, 2016
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    Conan O’Brien tries Korean drama

    Popular American talk show host Conan O’Brien made a special appearance on Korean drama. Nope, he didn’t get to find out he was really adopted, or plot a hostile takeover over of his stepbrother’s company, or get in an...

    • Posted February 18, 2016
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  • Ramon Rangel, 29, a Tijuana truck driver stands at a machine that captured images of his iris and facial features to verify his documents while leaving San Diego on his way to Mexico on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. The US government announced Thursday it was using eye scans and facial recognition technology on foreigners leaving the US on foot at a busy San Diego crossing with Mexico. (AP Photo/Julie Watson)
    Border checkpoint scans eyes, faces of departing foreigners

    SAN DIEGO (AP) — The federal government is using eye scans and facial recognition technology for the first time to verify the identities of foreigners leaving the United States on foot — a trial move aimed at...

    • Posted February 18, 2016
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    Jordan Spieth shoots 79, worst start ever on PGA Tour

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jordan Spieth never saw this coming — his worst start on the PGA Tour on one of his favorite courses. Spieth dropped six shots over the last seven holes Thursday at Riviera, capping...

    • Posted February 18, 2016
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    Obama signs N. Korea sanctions bill into law

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law a package of tough sanctions on North Korea on Thursday, completing an unusually speedy legislative process underlining concerns about Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs....

    • Posted February 18, 2016
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    Baseball is back, pitchers and catchers hold first workouts

    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — David Price made his first big-money throws of spring training as Boston’s prized offseason acquisition, while new Diamondbacks ace Zack Greinke began Day 1 with his new club by drilling on the basics...

    • Posted February 18, 2016
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  • Barack Obama, Xi Jinping...US President Barack Obama, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, both adjust their suit coats during the start of their bilateral meeting at the US Ambassador's Residence in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, March 24, 2014. Obama is in the Netherlands for the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, which will form the backdrop for an emergency meeting of Group of Seven leaders on Russia's annexation of Crimea. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    US rejects Chinese offer of peace treaty talks with N. Korea

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States said Thursday that denuclearization remains its top priority when it comes to North Korea, rejecting a Chinese proposal to begin peace treaty negotiations with Pyongyang in tandem with denuclearization talks. Chinese...

    • Posted February 18, 2016
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