All posts tagged "South Korea"

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    S. Korea, Japan signal readiness to restore relations

    President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo showed willingness  on Monday to advance the frosty ties between the two countries. Park and Abe attended ceremonies in Seoul and Tokyo, respectively, to mark the 50th anniversary...

    • Posted June 22, 2015
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  • A nurse wearing a protective suit works at a negative pressure isolation sickroom at National Medical Center in Seoul on June 19, 2015, to take care of a patient suffering from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). (Yonhap)
    S. Korea’s MERS death toll rises to 27

    SEJONG, June 22 (Yonhap) — South Korea reported two more deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Monday, with three new cases, bringing the total number of people diagnosed with the disease here to 169. The new...

    • Posted June 22, 2015
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  • Campaigners of Seoul's "Cool Roof Project" paint a rooftop of a building in Dongdaemun-gu white, Sunday. (Yonhap)
    Seoul paints roofs white to save energy and keep cool

    The Seoul Metropolitan Government has started a free campaign to paint roofs white with solar-reflective coating to cut the heat-island effect and save energy in summer. It will start by receiving applications from young people living in...

    • Posted June 22, 2015
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  • In this Thursday, June 18, 2015, file photo, an official wearing a mask as a precaution against the MERS virus works with a South Korean national flag in the background at Dongdaemun District Office in Seoul, South Korea. The head of the World Health Organization on Thursday praised beleaguered South Korean officials and exhausted health workers, saying their efforts to contain a deadly MERS virus outbreak have put the country on good footing and lowered the public risk. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Only teen MERS patient recovers following successful brain tumor surgery

    By Kim Se-jeong A teenager who was diagnosed with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has recovered from the disease and was sent home, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Monday. The 16-year-old boy, whose...

    • Posted June 22, 2015
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  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of normalizing relations between Japan and South Korea, hosted by South Korean Embassy in Tokyo Monday, June 22, 2015. South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se attended the ceremony. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP)
    Japan PM Abe vows effort for improved ties with S. Korea

    TOKYO, June 22 (Yonhap) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he wants to make concerted efforts with President Park Geun-hye for improved relations between the two countries. “I would like to improve and develop ties,...

    • Posted June 22, 2015
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  • Still shot from "My Love, Don't Cross That River" (YouTube)
    S. Korean director wins top documentary award in LA film fest

    SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) — A homegrown documentary film about an elderly couple has received the top prize in the Los Angeles Film Festival’s competition section for documentary films. Director Jin Mo-young won the Documentary Award for...

    • Posted June 18, 2015
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  • Students at an elementary school in Busan, 450 kilometers south of Seoul, attend class wearing masks as they resumed classes on June 18, 2015 after their school lifted a temporary closure due to the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. (Yonhap)
    3 more MERS-related deaths in S. Korea, 14% fatality rate

    SEJONG, June 18 (Yonhap) — South Korea reported three more deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Thursday, bringing the death toll to 23. The latest deaths put the fatality rate of the disease in the country...

    • Posted June 18, 2015
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