All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • South Korean police officers wear masks as a precaution against MERS virus in downtown Seoul, South Korea Thursday, June 4, 2015. Sales of surgical masks surge amid fears of a deadly, poorly understood virus. The current frenzy in South Korea over MERS, which stands for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, brings to mind the other menacing diseases to hit Asia over the last decade - SARS, which killed hundreds, and bird flu. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    S. Korean MERS patient in China may face indictment

    By Jhoo Dong-chan A Korean Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patient, who is being treated in China, may face indictment in Hong Kong for giving false information during airport entry, if he returns, The South China Morning...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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    N. Korea bashes S. Korea for ballistic missile test

    SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) — North Korea condemned South Korea on Thursday for its test-firing of a ballistic missile capable of reaching nearly all parts of the communist nation. On Wednesday, the South carried out its first-ever...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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    S. Korea test-fires longer-range ballistic missile

    SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) — South Korea successfully test-fired a ballistic missile capable of reaching nearly all parts of North Korea, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, in an apparent show of force against the communist country. The...

    • Posted June 3, 2015
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  • This photo, taken on June 3, 2015, shows a classroom at an elementary school in Yeongdong, North Chungcheong Province, central South Korea, where no students are seen, as more than 500 schools have canceled classes due to increasing cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The health ministry confirmed that five more people have been infected with the potentially deadly virus in the country, bringing the tally to 30 with two confirmed deaths. (Yonhap)
    544 S. Korean schools cancel classes over MERS

    SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) — More than 500 schools have canceled classes to prevent the spread of a deadly virus that has killed two South Koreans, the Ministry of Education said Wednesday. As of 5 p.m., students...

    • Posted June 3, 2015
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  • Hospital workers wearing masks walk past a precaution against the MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, virus near a quarantine tent for people who could be infected with the MERS virus at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. South Korea on Tuesday confirmed the country's first two deaths from MERS as it fights to contain the spread of the virus that has killed hundreds of people in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    WHO to send rapid response team to S. Korea for MERS outbreak

    By Jung Min-ho The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to send a rapid response team to Korea to help the country cope with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a source said Tuesday. The team will...

    • Posted June 2, 2015
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    Korean companies ask applicants how much alcohol they can handle, physical features

    By Kim Bo-eun Some job applicants are understandably uncomfortable about having to answer unrelated personal questions asked by perspective employers, including some leading firms. Although some of them have dropped requirements for job seekers to provide photos...

    • Posted June 2, 2015
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    US, S. Korea devise principles against N.Korea missiles

    SEOUL, June 2 (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States have laid out four principles of their operations to effectively counter missile threats by North Korea, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Tuesday. The principles “will guide...

    • Posted June 2, 2015
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