All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • South Korea's previous space rocket, the Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV) was the predecessor to the the newest project, the KSLV-2. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea to begin 2nd stage of space rocket development

    SEJONG, July 30 (Yonhap) — South Korea will soon enter the second stage of its program to develop the country’s own space vehicle by 2021, the government said Thursday. The second, three-year stage of the rocket development...

    • Posted July 30, 2015
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  • Denis Ten, from Kazakhstan, Sochi 2014 Bronze medalist in the men's singles figure skating, speaks at a news conference during the 2022 Winter Olympics Candidate City Briefing for IOC Members at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. With the vote less than two months away, leaders of the Almaty and Beijing bids made presentations at a "technical briefing" at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. The meeting was attended by 85 of the International Olympic Committee's 101 members. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
    Kazakh-Korean figure skater dreams of Olympics at home

    KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Yonhap) — Denis Ten has been the most accomplished figure skater to come out of Kazakhstan, having bagged an Olympic bronze and a world championships silver. Now the 22-year-old is trying to duplicate...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • (Choi Kyung-geun/Korea Times)
    S. Korean Special Olympics team enjoys a home meal

    The South Korean Special Olympics team enjoyed a home meal Tuesday night courtesy of the Korean Consulate General. Dinner, consisting of comfort foods like kimbap and soondae, was handed out to athletes by Consul General Kim Hyun-myung....

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • A participant in Google's ‘Campus for Moms' program introduces the plans to run her startup business during a gathering at the Google Campus Seoul in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, Tuesday. (Courtesy of Google Campus Seoul)
    Google Korea encourages mothers to run startup

    By Yoon Sung-won Google Korea has launched a program to help mothers of young children establish startups. Jeffrey Lim, the head of Google Campus Seoul, said that the program, dubbed “Campus for Moms,” has been organized for...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Hwang Joon-kook (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Diplomacy on N. Korea at crossroads: S. Korean envoy

    SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) — Diplomatic efforts to bring North Korea back to nuclear talks are at a crucial juncture again amid the possibility of the communist nation mending fences with China, South Korea’s top nuclear envoy...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • A North Korean soldier takes picture of an American soldier and a Korean military police officer at Panmujeom. (Newsis)
    US proposes official end to the Korean War

    On the Korean peninsula, it is common knowledge that although both South and North Korea have been engaged in a ceasefire since 1953, the two countries are technically still at war. U.S. lawmakers are looking to put...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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    S. Korea declares de facto end to MERS outbreak

    SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) — Prime Minster Hwang Kyo-ahn Tuesday declared a de facto end to the outbreak of MERS which has claimed 36 lives in the country since May. The number of people diagnosed with Middle...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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