All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • Shaquille O'Neal is going to Korea.
    Shaquille O’Neal to visit S. Korea

    Retired NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal will arrive in Korea on Aug. 19 to promote sportswear giant Reebok and star in a local TV show. O’Neal, who is a long-term pitchman for Reebok, will appear at a hand-printing...

    • Posted August 14, 2015
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  • A South Korean soldier re-enacts planting of a wooden-box mine on the south side of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) fence near the city of Paju, on Aug. 9, 2015, in this photo released on Aug. 10, by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. North Korea is believed to have masterminded the Aug. 4 incident in which the explosion of wooden-box mines severed the legs of two South Korean staff sergeants on a regular scouting mission, the Defense Ministry said Aug. 10. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea denies role in DMZ mine blasts, demands proof

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea Friday denied its involvement in the landmine explosion on the South Korean side of the demilitarized zone, demanding Seoul provide solid proof. North Korea’s National Defense Commission said in a statement that...

    • Posted August 14, 2015
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    Ex-Japanese PM visits Seoul, kneels at memorial monument

    By Yi Whan-woo A former Japanese prime minister apologized at the site of a colonial-era prison Wednesday where numerous Korean independence fighters were tortured and killed. The visit by Yukio Hatoyama, the predecessor of Prime Minister Shinzo...

    • Posted August 13, 2015
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    Top Pentagon official due in Seoul amid inter-Korean tension

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Christine Wormuth will visit South Korea this week to discuss North Korea and alliance issues, the Defense Ministry announced Thursday. She is scheduled to meet Defense Minister Han Min-koo on...

    • Posted August 13, 2015
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    S. Korean watchdog head gets 2 yr prison sentence for Loan Star bribes

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A local court sentenced the head of a private watchdog to two years in prison for taking bribes from Lone Star Funds in return for dropping protests over the U.S. firm’s local deal and...

    • Posted August 13, 2015
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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) poses for a photo with soldiers in this photo released by the North`s state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea vows retaliation against S. Korea, US over military drill

    SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) — North Korea threatened Thursday to retaliate against South Korea and the United States with “merciless blows” as Seoul and Washington are scheduled to kick off their joint military drill next week. South...

    • Posted August 13, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye (R) and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands before holding summit talks at the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on April 25, 2014. (Yonhap)
    After numerous delays, Park to visit US in October for talks with Obama

    SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye plans to visit Washington in October for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, both sides announced, after rescheduling a trip postponed due to the MERS outbreak in South Korea....

    • Posted August 12, 2015
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