All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • Danny Lee poses with the trophy after winning the Greenbrier Classic golf tournament at Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Chris Tilley)
    Almost quitting to winning, golfer Danny Lee steadily rises up world rankings

    By Brian Han Danny Lee is playing the best golf of his professional career and the numbers he’s putting up support his case. The South Korean-born New Zealander won his first career PGA Tour event in 2015....

    • Posted August 12, 2015
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  • A South Korean soldier points his weapon at the camera during a military drill. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea, US begin joint drills

    By Jun Ji-hye South Korea and the United States began large-scale joint live-fire exercises, Wednesday, to demonstrate their combat capabilities, according to the Ministry of National Defense. Some 2,000 soldiers from 47 military units of the two...

    • Posted August 12, 2015
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  • A South Korean man, left, sets himself on fire as a woman tries to extinguish him during an anti-Japan rally demanding full compensation and an apology for wartime sex slaves from the Japanese government in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. Rescue worker Woo Kyung-suk said that the 80-year-old man sustained third-degree burns on his upper body and arms and was breathing when he was carried into an emergency vehicle. The man's motives weren't immediately clear. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    S. Korean man, 80, sets self on fire at anti-Japan rally

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An 80-year-old South Korean man was unconscious and experiencing breathing difficulties after setting himself on fire during an anti-Japan protest in Seoul on Wednesday, hospital officials said. The rally, held in front...

    • Posted August 12, 2015
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  • In this Aug. 9, 2015, photo provided by the Defense Ministry, South Korean army soldiers patrol near the scene of a blast inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea. Vowing to hit back, South Korea said Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, that North Korean soldiers laid the three mines that exploded last week at the border and maimed two South Korean soldiers. (The Defense Ministry via AP)
    S. Korea issues full alert on border for N. Korean attacks

    South Korea officially issued a full alert on its border following a mine explosion in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that left two soldiers in critical condition. The country placed the responsibility on North Korea and demanded an...

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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  • Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin apologizes in a press conference at Hotel Lotte in Seoul on Aug. 11, 2015. (Yonhap)
    Lotte chief apologizes for family feud, vows governance reform

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Shin Dong-bin, the head of the country’s No. 5 conglomerate, apologized Tuesday over the group’s much-criticized succession feud and pledged to make the retail giant’s murky governance structure more transparent. Lotte is embroiled in...

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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  • Danny Lee, of New Zealand, watches his tee shot on the second hole during the third round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament in Akron, Ohio, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
    Danny Lee moves into top-10 Presidents Cup standings after WGC-Bridgestone

    By Brian Han Since winning the Greenbrier Classic in July, Danny Lee has tied for third, fourth and sixth in three of the four following events. The results are beginning to pay dividends. He is now tenth...

    • Posted August 10, 2015
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    87% of S. Korean firms willing to do business in N. Korea if peninsula unified

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A majority of South Korean companies are interested in doing business in North Korea after the divided peninsula is unified, but most think strained inter-Korean relations may make a united Korea unlikely, a poll...

    • Posted August 10, 2015
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