All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • 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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  • 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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    South Korean undocumented immigrants in US now 8th in number

    The number of undocumented immigrants from South Korea in the U.S. has increased eightfold in 25 years to an estimated 190,000, according to a new report by the Migration Policy Institute. South Korean undocumented immigrants now number...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • A McDonalds fast food restaurant in Seoul, South Korea. (Yonhap)
    Good news: S. Korean teens halve fast food, soda consumption

    By Jhoo Dong-chan South Korean teenagers almost halved the amount of fast food they consume compared to a decade ago, a study showed Tuesday. According to the study by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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    Benson Henderson to headline UFC’s first event in S. Korea

    By Nam Hyun-woo The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has announced its main card for its first-ever live event in Seoul this November. The promotion company confirmed Monday that a slew of notable fighters will compete at UFC...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • Kim Jong-un and his administration deny accusations of human rights violations from the United Nations. (Yonhap/KCNA)
    N. Korean official says S. Korea ‘must have learned serious lesson’

    By Brian Han Following the concluded inter-Korean negotiations on Tuesday, a top North Korean official stated that the South would be better off learning a lesson to not fabricate provocations from the North. Director of the General...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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