All posts tagged "South Korea"

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    Hot trend in S. Korean cuisine this fall is squid

    By Brian Han Koreans love squid. That’s nothing new. With the World Health Organization’s findings of red and processed meat causing cancer and a high supply of squid from this year’s harvest, it’s perfect timing for the...

    • Posted October 29, 2015
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  • Kim Han-sik, president of Chonghaejin, is escorted by helpers to hold a press conference at Incheon Port International Passenger Terminal in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo: AP/Yonhap)
    Sewol operator chief gets 7-year jail term

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s Supreme Court said Thursday it has upheld a seven-year jail sentence for the head of the sunken ferry Sewol operator for involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of more than 300 people. Kim...

    • Posted October 29, 2015
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  • Lee Seung-woo, right, and Lee Sang-min walk off the field after a disappointing loss to Belgium. (Yonhap)
    Waffled by Belgium 2-0, South Korea eliminated from U17 World Cup

    By Brian Han South Korea got knocked out of the World Cup stage by Belgium again. South Korea seemed frustrated more than anything else during their 2-0 loss to Belgium in the FIFA U-17 World Cup Round...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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  • A visitor reads messages on ribbons wishing for the reunification of the two Koreas at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. After more than 40 hours of talks, North and South Korea pulled back from the brink Tuesday with an accord that allows both sides to save face and, for the moment, avert the bloodshed they've been threatening each other with for weeks.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Korea reunification would create $8.7 trillion economy: gov’t think tank

    By Brian Han The Korean peninsula has been split into two countries since 1948. Since 1950, North and South Korea have technically been engaged in a state of war. Though numerous social and political barriers still exist...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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    ‘I.Seoul.You’ is new slogan for Seoul

    By Jung Min-ho “I.Seoul.You” has been selected as the capital city’s new slogan. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday that “I.Seoul.You” beat the two other candidates ― “Seoulmate” and “SEOULing” ― to replace its current slogan “Hi...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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  • South Korean students hold signs during a rally demanding full compensation and apology for wartime sex slaves from Japanese government near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Only days before leaders from South Korea, Japan and China are to gather in Seoul this weekend, the event has still not yet been formally settled, with the South Korean and Japanese foreign ministries publicly dodging questions even as diplomats leak barbed tidbits to reporters behind the scenes. The problem this week, as is often the case in Northeast Asia, appears to be history, and specifically the inability of Seoul and Tokyo to settle disputes stemming from Japan’s brutal colonial rule of Korea in the early 20th century. The letters read "Apology and Live long and stay healthy." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Seoul, Tokyo bickering days away before 3-way summit with China

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Only days before leaders from South Korea, Japan and China are to gather in Seoul this weekend, the event has still not yet been formally settled, with the South Korean and Japanese foreign...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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  • A hanbok by Kwon Miru (Photo courtesy of Yonhap/Kim Kyung-hun)
    Hanbok latest ‘it’ item for fashion-savvy

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Into a dusky street in the bustling university district of Shinchon swept a crowd of Korean ghosts — black-clad messengers of the underworld, sobbing girls in white mourning dresses who died before marriage, and...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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