All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • BF Korea
    BuzzFeed shares why ‘Korea might be the best country on earth’

    It looks like BuzzFeed is taking a ride on the K-wave and going so far as to propose that South Korea is the best country in the world. With the ever-increasing popularity of Korean food, music and...

    • Posted July 22, 2015
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  • South Korean athletes and staff arrive at Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday to participate in the Special Olympics World Games. (Korea Times)
    South Korean Special Olympics athletes arrive in LA

    South Korean athletes and staff arrived in Los Angeles Tuesday for the Special Olympics World Games. The group of 92 athletes, 27 coaches and 12 staffers will represent Korea in 11 categories: track and field, swimming, golf,...

    • Posted July 22, 2015
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  • This file photo shows Oh Joon, South Korea's ambassador to the United Nations, speaking at a meeting of the Security Council. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea to chair UN organ on development

    SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) — A veteran South Korean diplomat will assume the presidency of a key United Nations organ on sustainable development, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Oh Joon, the country’s ambassador to the U.N., will...

    • Posted July 22, 2015
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  • 18-year-old K-pop singer E Sens, otherwise known as (Instagram)
    K-pop singer sentenced to 18 months in S. Korean prison for smoking marijuana

    SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) — A Seoul court on Wednesday sentenced a male K-pop singer to 18 months in prison for smoking marijuana. The Seoul Western District Court handed down the sentence to Kang Min-ho, better known...

    • Posted July 22, 2015
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  • National Security Office chief Kim Kwan-jin, left, shakes hands with North Korea's National Defense Commission Vice Chairman Hwang Pyong-so during the northern delegation's visit to Incheon in Octover. Hwang was accompanied by Choe Ryong-hae, first on the right, and Kim Yang-gon, third on the right, both secretaries in the reclusive regime's ruling Workers' Party. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea invites S. Korea for talks on joint event on Liberation Day

    SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) — A North Korean civic group has sent an invitation to its South Korean counterpart to meet in the North this week to discuss a joint event for the 70th anniversary of Korea’s...

    • Posted July 22, 2015
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  • jeon chang
    S. Korean basketball coach to be indicted for fixing games

    By Lee Kyung-min Police said Wednesday that they would send evidence of a match-fixing allegation involving Anyang KGC head coach Jeon Chang-jin to the prosecution shortly. Jeon had been under investigation since May on suspicion of placing...

    • Posted July 22, 2015
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    Samsung widens gap with Apple in Q2 market share

    SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. managed to maintain its presence in the global smartphone market in the second quarter, but its archrival Apple Inc. suffered a setback in the...

    • Posted July 21, 2015
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