All posts tagged "North Korea"

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    A slip of tongue reveals challenges in dealing with N. Korea

    By Kim Kwang-tae SEOUL (Yonhap) — A slip of the tongue by a politician cost him his job in South Korea, in a case that highlighted the sensitivity in dealing with North Korea and raised questions about...

    • Posted August 27, 2015
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  • A group of conscripts salutes during a ceremony at a boot camp in the city of Nonsan, 213 kilometers south of Seoul, on Aug. 24, 2015 to mark the camp's reception of recruits at a time when tensions between the Koreas have risen dramatically following the North's launch of a landmine attack and firing of artillery shells across the border. All able-bodied South Korean males are required to serve almost two years in the military. (Yonhap)
    Inter-Korean tensions alter sense of national security in young generation

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Cho Min-soo, a 22-year-old sergeant assigned to the 3rd Division in the central front of the South Korean Army, was supposed to be discharged Tuesday and start work as a civilian in September. Cho,...

    • Posted August 26, 2015
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  • Seoul National University (Yonhap)
    SNU opens school for North, South Korean students and teachers

    By Kim Bo-eun Seoul National University’s Unification Education Research Center is opening a school that will welcome both students and teachers from North and South Korea. The three-month program, which students attend every other Saturday, begins this...

    • Posted August 26, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye speaks during a regular meeting at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. Park on Monday vowed a hard line as marathon negotiations by senior officials from the Koreas stretched into a third day in an attempt to defuse a crisis that had the rivals threatening war.(Chun Jin-hwan/Newsis via AP)
    President Park says capillary in her eye burst during talks with N. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye said Wednesday that a capillary in her eye has burst as she reportedly directed high-level talks with North Korea behind the scenes. The rival Koreas had days of overnight marathon negotiations...

    • Posted August 26, 2015
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    Typhoon Goni kills 40, affects 11,000 in N. Korea

    Typhoon Goni covered parts of North Korea in torrential downpour resulting in 40 deaths and affecting 11,000 people the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) said on Wednesday. Additionally, the storm destroyed “153 houses” and 849...

    • Posted August 26, 2015
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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. Korean military relaxes top-level defense posture at border

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The South Korean military relaxed Wednesday its high-level combat readiness posture it had maintained at the border due to heightened tensions with North Korea earlier this month, a military source said. “The maximum alert...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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    HBO’s John Oliver shares humorous take on tensions between Koreas

    HBO’s political news satirist John Oliver injected some humor into the now-concluded tension between the two Koreas on Sunday. Oliver found ways to poke fun at both sides on his show “Last Week Tonight” by addressing issues...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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