All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • The 2015 Presidents Cup will take place in Incheon, South Korea. (Courtesy of Presidents Cup/PGA)
    Presidents Cup to change format to include fewer matches

    EDISON, N.J. (AP) — The PGA Tour agreed Monday to reduce by four the number of matches in the Presidents Cup, giving the event its fewest matches since it began in 1994. International team captain Nick Price...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • K-pop fans can be found all over the world thanks to Hallyu (Yonhap)
    S. Korea to hold ‘hallyu’ expo in China

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea will hold an exposition in China to further promote the popularity of its culture there, riding on the recent successes of Korean TV shows in the world’s second-largest economy, the Ministry of...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • In this photo provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South Korean presidential security adviser Kim Kwan-jin, right, shakes hands with Hwang Pyong So, North Korea's top political officer for the Korean People's Army, after their meeting at the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. South Korea has agreed to halt propaganda broadcasts at noon Tuesday after North Korea expressed regret over a recent land mine blast that maimed two South Korean troops, both Koreas announced after three days of intense talks aimed at defusing soaring tension between the rivals.(The South Korean Unification Ministry via AP)
    Text of inter-Korean deal released by N. Korea

    North Korean newspaper Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released the text from the inter-Korean deal on Tuesday. - 1. The north and the south agreed to hold talks between their authorities in Pyongyang or Seoul at an...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Yonhap)
    UN chief welcomes inter-Korean deal

    NEW YORK (Yonhap) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed an agreement between South and North Korea to defuse heightened military tensions, saying he hopes it will lead to resumption of long-stalled negotiations on the North’s nuclear program....

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • Kim Jong-un
    Rival Koreas masters at pulling back from the brink

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Once again, the Koreas are trying to disentangle themselves from violence and threats of war — this time in tense talks that have dragged out in two marathon sessions over three days....

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • In this Aug. 22, 2015 file photo provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South Korean National Security Director, Kim Kwan-jin, right, and Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, second from right, shake hands with Hwang Pyong So, left, North Korea' top political officer for the Korean People's Army, and Kim Yang Gon, a senior North Korean official responsible for South Korean affairs, during their meeting at the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. (The South Korean Unification Ministry via AP)
    S. Korea to halt loudspeaker broadcasts after N. Korea expresses regret over mine blast

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Marathon negotiations between senior officials of the two Koreas ended early Tuesday, the third day of an attempt to defuse a crisis that had the rivals threatening war. Chief South Korean delegate...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • A group of conscripts salutes during a ceremony at a boot camp in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, Monday to mark the camp's reception of recruits at a time when tensions between the Koreas have risen dramatically following the North's launch of a landmine attack and firing of artillery shells across the border. (Yonhap)
    Young S. Korean men willing to fight against N. Korea

    By Chung Ah-young South Korean men in their 20s and 30s are expressing a willingness to fight against the North amid heightened tension along the border. Reservists have been posting messages and photos of their military uniforms...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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