All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Oakland Raiders cheerleaders perform during the second half of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers in Oakland, Calif., Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
    NFL commissioner encourages teams to fairly pay cheerleaders

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he is encouraging NFL teams to properly compensate cheerleaders. Goodell, speaking at his annual Super Bowl news conference Friday, said he respects the cheerleaders’ role for each team...

    • Posted February 8, 2016
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  • South Korean soldiers patrol along the coast of South Korea`s western island of Yeonpyeong, which borders North Korea, on Aug. 26, 2015. The South Korean military has reduced its military alert position since North Korea lifted the quasi-war state of its armed forces following the two Koreas` agreement the previous day on defusing tensions after four days of intensive inter-Korean talks. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea on high alert over further N. Korean provocations

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s presidential office said Monday it is on high alert for any signs of additional provocations by North Korea in the wake of the country’s long-range rocket launch a day earlier. North Korea...

    • Posted February 8, 2016
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    North Korean patrol boat crosses NLL in Yellow Sea

    By The Korea Times Seoul staff Amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula, a North Korean patrol boat on Monday crossed the de facto western maritime border, a South Korea military official said. The boat crossed the...

    • Posted February 8, 2016
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  • Ha Na Jang wins the 2016 Coates Golf Championship with a -11 for the final round at Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club, Friday, Feb. 6, 2016, in Ocala, Fla. Jang sealed the win with a birdie on 18. It's her first LPGA win. (AP)
    Ha Na Jang wins first LPGA title at Coates Championship

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean Jang Ha-na claimed her maiden LPGA Tour victory in Florida on Saturday, becoming the second straight player from the country to win on the world’s largest female tour. Jang won the weather-interrupted...

    • Posted February 7, 2016
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  • In this image released by Japan's Kyodo News agency, an unidentified object is photographed in the sky from Dandong, China, near the North Korean border, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at the same time a North Korea rocket was allegedly launched. North Korea on Sunday defied international warnings and launched a long-range rocket that the United Nations and others call a cover for a banned test of technology for a missile that could strike the U.S. mainland. (Minoru Iwasaki/Kyodo News via AP)
    UN condemns N. Korea launch, pledges significant new sanctions

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket that world leaders denounced as a banned test of dangerous ballistic missile technology and another “intolerable provocation.”...

    • Posted February 7, 2016
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  • A North Korean long-range rocket is launched into the air at the Sohae rocket launch site, North Korea, Feb. 7, 2016. ( Yonhap)
    N. Korea fires long-range rocket

    North claims satellite enters orbit; South also indicates launch was successful By Yi Whan-woo, Jun Ji-hye North Korea launched a long-range rocket in what seems to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Sunday, despite the international community’s...

    • Posted February 7, 2016
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  • Visitors take selfies in front of a monkey statue at Haeundae Beach, Busan, Monday. The statue was erected ahead of 2016 which is the Year of the Monkey according to the Chinese zodiac. (Yonhap)
    Year of the Monkey inspires kung fu, predictions of fire, disease

    BEIJING (AP) — The new Chinese year is the one to go bananas over. On Feb. 8, the zodiac calendar enters the Year of the Monkey — the ninth of 12 animal signs. Plastic monkeys are adorning...

    • Posted February 5, 2016
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