All posts tagged "South Korea"

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    S. Korean economy recovering at slower pace than other major countries

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s macroeconomic conditions have been recovering at a slower pace than other major countries since the global financial crisis in the late 2000s, a think tank said Tuesday. According to a report by...

    • Posted June 17, 2015
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  • Officials from a Seoul district office purchase daily necessities, including food, for suspected MERS patients in Seoul on June 17, 2015 as the number of people in isolation for possible infection reached 6,508. (Yonhap)
    MERS death toll hits 20, 8 new cases in S. Korea

    SEJONG, June 17 (Yonhap) — South Korea reported an additional death from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Wednesday, with eight new cases that brought the total number of people diagnosed with the disease here to 162....

    • Posted June 17, 2015
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  • South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, right, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greet each other prior to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, South Korea. Yun believes that increased pressure should be put on North Korea for denuclearization talks. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
    S. Korea, US agree to put greater pressure on N. Korea

    WASHINGTON, June 16 (Yonhap) — South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken agreed Tuesday to put greater pressure on North Korea to help resume long-stalled negotiations on Pyongyang’s nuclear programs,...

    • Posted June 17, 2015
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    Park urges transparent release of MERS information

    SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye called Wednesday for the release of transparent information on infections of the deadly MERS virus that occurred at Samsung Medical Center. The hospital, one of the top hospitals in...

    • Posted June 17, 2015
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  • Five North Koreans were rescued off the coast of Ulleung, a small island off the South Korean coast. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea to send rescued 5 N. Korean fishermen back home

    SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) — South Korea plans to return home five North Korean fishermen this week who have been rescued while drifting on a vessel in the East Sea, the Unification Ministry said Wednesday. On Tuesday...

    • Posted June 17, 2015
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    Arnold Schwarzenegger to visit S. Korea for new ‘Terminator’

    SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) — Arnold Schwarzenegger will visit South Korea to promote the fifth installment in the “Terminator” series, the movie’s importer-distributor said Tuesday. Schwarzenegger will arrive in Seoul on June 30 for a three-day visit...

    • Posted June 16, 2015
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    Young, healthy also fall victim to MERS

    56 out of 150 patients aged 50 or below By Lee Kyung-min The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday that 56 of the 150 patients confirmed to have contracted Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) are aged...

    • Posted June 16, 2015
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