All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • A police officer stands guard Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo following an explosion in its public restroom. Police in Tokyo have arrested a South Korean man suspected of causing an explosion last month at the controversial shrine in Tokyo that honors Japanese war dead. The 27-year-old Jeon Chang-han was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 9 after he returned to Tokyo from South Korea for voluntary questioning, police officials said. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
    Korean arrested in Japan on suspicions of Yasukuni bombing

    TOKYO/SEOUL (Yonhap) — Japanese police arrested a South Korean man for a suspected bombing in a public restroom at a Tokyo war shrine last month, local media reported Wednesday. The 27-year-old suspect, identified only by his surname...

    • Posted December 9, 2015
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  • Chris Park, Major League Baseball's senior vice president of growth, strategy and international, gives a presentation during the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) Winter Meeting in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2015. (Photo courtesy of the KBO) (Yonhap)
    MLB exec hopes to see big league games in S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea has been one of the more successful countries in the young history of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), an international tournament jointly operated by Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League...

    • Posted December 9, 2015
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  • Guarded by South Korean naval ships, fishing boats operate. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea’s navy fires at Chinese ship in Yellow Sea

    By Brian Han The Yellow Sea generates a lot of tension among the countries it borders. So it shouldn’t come as a big surprise when the South Korean Navy fired warning shots on Tuesday at an unauthorized...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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    S. Korea aims to have over 1 mln eco-friendly cars by 2020

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea will seek to have more than 1 million eco-friendly cars on the road by 2020 as part of its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate new growth momentum for its...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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    S. Korea soccer coach Uli Stielike ‘satisfied’ with 2015

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — By all accounts, the South Korean men’s national football team enjoyed a successful 2015, winning 16 out of 20 matches against only one loss and three draws. In 17 of those matches, South Korea...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • (Screenshot of a New York Times opinion piece critiquing the South Korean government's efforts to rewrite history textbooks)
    S. Korean gov’t draws criticism for pressuring foreign press

    By Yi Whan-woo South Korea’s government is drawing international concern for allegedly putting pressure on foreign journalists who have published articles that are critical of President Park Geun-hye and her style of governance. The Ministry of Foreign...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
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  • Mineral water produced by a South Korean company in Mount Paektu in North Korea is being shipped to Busan, 325 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Dec. 6, 2015. Ten containers worth of bottled water are expected to arrive at the South Korean port city the next day. (Yonhap)
    Would you drink bottled water from North Korea?

    Ten containers arrive at Busan port By Brian Han Of all the options for bottled water in the world, South Korea accepted a shipment from North Korea. Not just one, but ten full cargo containers arrived at...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
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