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• US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
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All posts tagged "South Korea"

• S. Korea, U.S. start joint anti-submarine naval drill

  SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States have kicked off a joint anti-submarine naval drill to tackle North Korea’s threats, sparked by the North’s test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, Navy officials said...

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  Asiana passengers, crew quarantined in China after MERS exposure

  Chinese health authorities quarantined 29 passengers and six crewmembers as a safety measure against the recent spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS). A 44-year-old South Korean man traveled on Asiana Airlines flight OZ723 even...

  • Posted May 29, 2015
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  S. Korea pledges $600 mln to support growth in Africa

  SEJONG, May 29 (Yonhap) — South Korea has pledged US$600 million to support growth among African countries, the government said Friday. A related memorandum of understanding, signed Tuesday with the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Abidjan, the...

  • Posted May 29, 2015
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  N. Korea’s Peaceful Reunification Committee vows to ‘punish’ S. Korea over human rights office

  SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) — North Korea threatened on Friday to retaliate against South Korea over the U.N.’s plan to open a Seoul office in order to monitor the North’s dismal human rights records. The North will...

  • Posted May 29, 2015
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  China confirms first case of MERS, a South Korean man

  SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) — A South Korean man who left for China after showing symptoms of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was confirmed as a new case Friday, Seoul officials said, raising the total number...

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  [Fact] Public library of 10,000 vinyl records opens in S. Korea

    A huge public vinyl library has just opened in the South Korean capital of Seoul, containing 10,000 records, 3,000 books, every issue of Rolling Stone magazine published since 1967 and a performance space. Owned...

  • Posted May 29, 2015
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  [Guardian] Learning from Seoul’s Sampoong Department Store disaster – a history of cities in 50 buildings

    Observers tend to describe the rise of South Korea as a miracle, and the actual story makes the word seem only a minor exaggeration. Having emerged an utter wreck from the Korean War in...

  • Posted May 29, 2015
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