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All posts tagged "South Korea"

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  Seoul confirms 2,091 more Koreans as victims of Japan’s forced labor

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — An additional 2,091 South Koreans have been confirmed as victims of forced labor by imperial Japan who ruled the Korean Peninsula as a colony during the first half of the 20th century, the Seoul...

  • Posted January 22, 2015
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  S. Korea coach counts on talented winger to carry offense in quarterfinals

  MELBOURNE (Yonhap) — On the eve of his squad’s quarterfinals match against Uzbekistan at the AFC Asian Cup, South Korea head coach Uli Stielike said Wednesday he will look to winger Son Heung-min to carry the offense....

  • Posted January 21, 2015
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  Microsoft debuts machine-learning platform in S. Korea

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Microsoft Korea rolled out its first machine-learning tool in South Korea on Wednesday as the firm moves to expand clout in advanced technology based on fast-growing cloud computing systems. Azure machine-learning, which runs on...

  • Posted January 21, 2015
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  Missing S. Korean might have joined Islamic State: Seoul

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — A South Korean teenager who recently vanished in Turkey may have crossed the border into Syria to join the Islamic State (IS), a Seoul official said Tuesday. The whereabouts of the 18-year-old Korean, identified only...

  • Posted January 20, 2015
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  S. Korean gov’t to toughen punishment of child abuse at daycare centers

  SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) — The South Korean health ministry and ruling party on Friday unveiled plans to toughen punishment of child abuse at nursery schools in response to a recent assault on a 4-year-old that sent...

  • Posted January 16, 2015
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  [NY Times] Why a Generation of Adoptees Is Returning to South Korea

  Laura Klunder’s newest tattoo runs down the inside of her left forearm and reads “K85-160,” a number that dates to her infancy. Klunder was 9 months old when her South Korean mother left...

  • Posted January 14, 2015
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  S. Korean students think English curriculum impractical

  By Jung Min-ho Seven out of 10 middle and high school students in Korea are dissatisfied with English education in classrooms, a survey showed Wednesday. The survey, published in the latest edition of a journal from the...

  • Posted January 14, 2015
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