All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Chinese President Xi Jinping
    China’s diplomatic language towards Koreas cause stir

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — When North Korea defiantly launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, South Korea announced it would begin formal talks with the United States to deploy an advanced U.S. missile shield to South Korea to better...

    • Posted February 9, 2016
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  • Seen here is a part of the long-range rocket the South Korean military authorities picked up two days after North Korea fired it on Feb. 7, 2016. (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense)
    N. Korea’s satellite achieves orbit: Defense Ministry

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The satellite North Korea launched into space earlier this week has achieved orbit, but whether it is operating normally has not been verified, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. On Sunday, the North launched a...

    • Posted February 9, 2016
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  • (AP)
    Tennis umpires banned over corruption; 4 officials suspended

    LONDON (AP) — Two tennis umpires have been banned and four others are under investigation for corruption, authorities said Tuesday. The sanctions were confirmed by the International Tennis Federation in response to a story published online by...

    • Posted February 9, 2016
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  • Monkeys groom each other at a zoo at Everland in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. (Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul)
    Saju guide to Year of the Red Monkey

    By Janet Shin The Lunar New Year here. Considering the fact that the true fortune year of saju begins as of Ipchun, the onset of spring which falls on Feb. 4 this year, the year of Byeong-shin...

    • Posted February 9, 2016
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  • (Korea Times file)
    Experts tell panel why gas is so expensive in California

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gouging by oil companies could be one reason California drivers pay about 76 cents more for a gallon of regular gas than motorists elsewhere in the nation, a state government panel was told...

    • Posted February 8, 2016
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  • North Koreans dance on the Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate a satellite launch Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. People in Pyongyang danced and watched fireworks the day after a rocket launch that has been strongly condemned by many countries around the world. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
    North Korea’s new satellite flew over Super Bowl site

    TOKYO (AP) — Here’s a bit of Super Bowl trivia: North Korea’s newest satellite passed almost right over the stadium just an hour after it ended. Whatever motives Pyongyang may have about using its rocket launches to...

    • Posted February 8, 2016
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  • (Yonhap)
    [Business Insider] This is THAAD

      — The most advanced missile system on the planet can hunt and blast incoming missiles right out of the sky with a 100% success rate — and it appears to be headed to North...

    • Posted February 8, 2016
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