All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • A hospital worker wears a mask as a precaution against the MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, virus as she comes out from an emergency room of Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 7, 2015. A fifth person in South Korea has died of the MERS virus, as the government announced Sunday it was strengthening measures to stem the spread of the disease and public fear.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    MERS death toll rises to 7 with 8 new cases

    One confirmed patient was pronounced dead at a South Korean hospital according to health officials Tuesday (KST). The number of MERS-related deaths has increased to seven while the government announced that eight more patients were admitted for...

    • Posted June 8, 2015
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    ABC spotlights S. Korea’s idol training system

    SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) — ABC News has zoomed in on contributing factors to K-pop’s success and shed light on a major South Korean entertainment agency’s system for training wannabe idol stars. “The young ones with talent...

    • Posted June 8, 2015
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  • University of Tokyo's honorary professor Haruki Wada (front row, second from left) and other Japanese scholars urge Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize. (Yonhap)
    281 Japanese scholars urge Abe to offer apology for history

    TOKYO, June 8 (Yonhap) — Hundreds of Japanese pundits urged their Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Monday to offer his own apology for Japan’s wartime crimes and atrocities. The move comes a little over a month after Abe...

    • Posted June 8, 2015
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  • Choi "PoLt" Seong-hun walks off stage after an e-sports championship match. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
    [BBC] The real scars of Korean gaming

      In a quiet room full of the glistening trophies he’s won, Lee Young-ho rolled up the right sleeve on his grey jumper. A scar, half an inch wide, stretched from just above the elbow and...

    • Posted June 8, 2015
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    Woori Bank employee steals $1.8 million, flees to Australia

    By Choi Kyong-ae A deputy manager at Woori Bank’s Yeoido outlet in Seoul stole 2 billion won (US$1.8 million) from a customer and fled to Australia, the bank said Monday. “On Friday, the deputy manager sent the...

    • Posted June 8, 2015
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  • A thermal camera monitor shows the body temperature of visitors during the Job Fairs in Seoul, South Korea Friday, June 5, 2015. Sales of surgical masks surge amid fears of the deadly, poorly understood virus. Airlines announce "intensified sanitizing operations." More than 1,100 schools close and 1,600 people - and 17 camels in zoos - are quarantined. The current frenzy in South Korea over MERS brings to mind the other menacing diseases to hit Asia over the last decade - SARS, which killed hundreds, and bird flu. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea installs MERS detection devices in N. Korea

    SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) — The Unification Ministry said Monday it plans to install devices to detect the MERS virus at the joint industrial zone in North Korea later in the day to prevent the spread of...

    • Posted June 8, 2015
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  • Seoul City Mayor Park Won-soon (Yonhap)
    S. Korea reports 4th death from MERS, with 5 new cases

    SEOUL/SEJONG, June 5 (Yonhap) — South Korea reported its fourth death from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Friday and confirmed five new cases of the disease, bringing the total number of people diagnosed with the...

    • Posted June 5, 2015
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