All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • South Korea has offered North Korea MERS detection devices to install at the Kaesong Industrial Complex where there are factory workers from both the North and South. ((AP Photo/Kim Hong-ji)
    S. Korea to ‘completely’ shut down joint industrial complex

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea said Wednesday it has decided to “completely” shut down a joint industrial complex in North Korea in response to the North’s recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. The Unification Ministry announced...

    • Posted February 10, 2016
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    N. Korea’s military chief executed on corruption charges: sources

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The chief of North Korea’s military was executed this month on corruption and other charges, sources familiar with North Korean affairs said Wednesday. Army Gen. Ri Yong-gil, chief of the General Staff of the...

    • Posted February 10, 2016
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    Russia demands apology from S. Korea for raising suspicions of providing missile components to N. Korea

    MOSCOW (Yonhap) — Russia demanded an apology from South Korea on Wednesday for raising suspicions that key components of North Korea’s recently tested rocket are from Russia. Mikhail Ulyanov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s nonproliferation and...

    • Posted February 10, 2016
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  • This combination of file photos shows logos for IBM, Macy's, Chevron and Starwood Hotels and Resorts group's W Hotel Hollywood. Big companies have lost billions buying their own shares. Nearly half the companies in the Standard and Poor’s 500 index paid more for their shares in the past three years than they are worth, according to analysis by The Associated Press. Retailer Macy’s is down $1.4 billion on its purchases, a 24 percent loss. As the price of oil plunged, driller Chevron lost $3.3 billion betting on its stock, a 33 percent loss. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has lost hundreds of millions on buybacks, more than a fifth of what it spent. IBM has the biggest losses from buybacks, down $5.5 billion. (AP Photo)
    Companies lose billions buying back their own stock

    NEW YORK (AP) — If you think your stocks are doing poorly, check out the performance of some of the most sophisticated investors, the ones with more knowledge about what’s going on inside businesses than anyone else:...

    • Posted February 10, 2016
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  • North Korean workers planting seedlings on a field in Jaeryong, South Hwanghae Province, on Jan. 24, 2015. (KCNA/Yonhap)
    N. Korean workers in China rise sharply under Kim Jong-un: study

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The number of North Korean workers earning foreign currency in China has grown sharply under the Kim Jong-un regime, a South Korean study showed Wednesday. According to the Korea Development Institute, the number of...

    • Posted February 10, 2016
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    EXO’s KAI unable to attend Exo’luXion in Dallas

    KAI, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, will not perform at the band’s North American concert in Dallas, Texas. Concert organizer MyMusicTaste (MMT) posted a full statement, saying KAI will not be at the Dallas show...

    • Posted February 9, 2016
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    China confirms 1st Zika virus case

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China has confirmed its first case of the imported Zika virus, according to the country’s health authorities Wednesday, amid fears over the fast-spreading virus that is blamed for births of brain-damaged babies. A 34-year-old...

    • Posted February 9, 2016
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