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All posts tagged "South Korea"

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  Two Koreas trade artillery, rocket fire at border

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea fired dozens of shells Thursday at rival North Korea after the North lobbed a single rocket at a South Korean town near the world’s most heavily armed border, the South’s...

  • Posted August 20, 2015
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  [FORBES] How S. Korea’s AmorePacific became one of the world’s most innovative companies

  It all started from a kitchen eight decades ago. Yun Sok-Jeong, an ambitious mother of six, began producing camellia oil and creams as a hair treatment for stylish Korean women. Sourcing the best camellias from peddlers...

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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  14-year-old ‘mokbang’ host finds fame through eating on camera

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Every evening, 14-year-old Kim Sung-jin orders fried chicken, delivery pizza or Chinese food to eat in a small room in his family’s home south of Seoul. He gorges on food as he...

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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  ‘Maze Runner’ stars to visit Korea

  Korean actor Lee Ki-hong, from American movie trilogy “Maze Runner,” will visit Korea. Lee, 28, will arrive on Sep. 1 with co-star Thomas Brodie-Sangster to promote the series’ second installment, “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials,” scheduled for...

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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  S. Korea offers tax breaks for nose jobs, breast augmentation

  The plastic surgery capital of the world is stepping up its game to attract even more clients. South Korea is now offering tax breaks to tourists for undergoing cosmetic surgery procedures. The government plans to give 10...

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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  S. Korea’s military chief orders ‘powerful retaliation’ against N. Korean provocation

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The military chief ordered front-line soldiers Tuesday to react with “powerful retaliation” to any recurrence of North Korean provocations at the border, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. “If the enemy provokes again, do...

  • Posted August 18, 2015
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  S. Korea to begin work to recover sunken ferry this week

  SEJONG, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) — South Korea will launch its multimillion dollar project this week to recover the Sewol ferry, nearly 10 months after the country stopped searching for the nine people still missing from the tragic...

  • Posted August 18, 2015
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