All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • North Korean family member Sin Kyong Muk, 82, is carried by his South Korean niece's husband Jeong Wu-il, 55, on his back during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP)
    More laughter than tears for Korean families at cross-border reunions

    MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea (Yonhap) — A warmer mood was palpable Wednesday at the North Korean mountain resort where Koreans are meeting their long-separated families from the other side of the border. On the second day of...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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  • In this Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 file photo, Lotte group Chairman Shin Dong-bin issues a public apology at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, South Korea. When South Korean Chung Yu-suk read an article about retailer Lotte's chocolate ads featuring a Japanese figure skating star, he was so angered he started an online group urging Koreans to boycott their country's top retailer. Chung is one of a growing number of South Koreans vowing to punish Lotte after a family battle for control of the company spilled out in public and highlighted their deep links to Japan, Korea's former colonizer. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
    Lotte founder’s first son wants compromise in sibling rivalry

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Shin Dong-joo, the Lotte Group founder’s oldest son, said Wednesday that he wants things to return to how they were before the sibling squabble erupted over control of the conglomerate, proposing a compromise with...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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  • Pittsburgh Pirates' Kang Jung-ho, of South Korea, watches his three-run double off Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Jason Motte in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    KBO says teams can’t post multiple players simultaneously

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Responding to a team’s query on the rule book, the top South Korean baseball league said Tuesday clubs won’t be allowed to put more than one player up for posting at a time in...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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    S. Korea loses track of 18-year-old who joined IS militant group

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea has lost track of the 18-year-old loner who joined the Islamic State militant group in Syria, a ruling party lawmaker said Tuesday, citing South Korea’s spy agency. The National Intelligence Service was...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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  • A Volkswagen Touareg diesel is tested in the Environmental Protection Agency's cold temperature test facility, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Volkswagen has disclosed to U.S. regulators that there’s additional suspect software in its 2016 diesel models that would potentially help their exhaust systems run cleaner during government tests. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
    S. Koreans to sue Volkswagen in US over emissions scandal

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean Volkswagen owners plan to file a class action lawsuit in the United States against the German carmaker over its emission rigging scandal, their lawyer said Tuesday. Jason Ha said the lawsuit is...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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    Kakao unveils deluxe call taxi service

    By Yoon Sung-won Kakao, provider of the nation’s top mobile messenger service, KakaoTalk, plans to launch a mobile deluxe call taxi service. For the company, which also operates Korea’s most sought-after mobile call taxi service, KakaoTaxi, the...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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    S. Korea gov’t seeks to boost birthrate by creating jobs, reduce health costs

    By Jung Min-ho A government program announced Sunday is aimed at creating social conditions to boost the nation’s birthrate from the current 1.2 per woman, the world’s lowest level, to 1.5 by 2020. The Ministry of Health...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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