All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • LG President Ha Hyeon-hoi, right, poses with Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Governor Won Hee-ryong after LG agreed with the nation's southern resort island to jointly develop future energy projects. The signing was held in a main office in Jeju, Tuesday. (Courtesy of LG)
    LG to make Jeju free of carbon emissions by 2030

    By Kim Yoo-chul LG Group has joined with Jeju Special Self-Governing Province to push for new, eco-friendly energy businesses and make the island free of carbon by 2030. It said Thursday that it will convert the resort...

    • Posted May 29, 2015
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    S. Korea says self-driving cars will be on roads by 2020

    SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) — Self-driving cars could hit South Korean roads by 2020, an official said Friday, in an apparent move to stay ahead of the global competition for autonomous vehicles. South Korea will develop sensors...

    • Posted May 29, 2015
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  • Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
    Human error likely not cause of anthrax mistake: Army chief

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Human error probably was not a factor in the Army’s mistaken shipment of live anthrax samples to numerous U.S. government and commercial laboratories in the U.S. and in South Korea, the Army’s top general...

    • Posted May 28, 2015
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  • Anthrax bacteria test (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
    USFK says 22 personnel may have been exposed to anthrax sample

    SEOUL/WASHINGTON, May 28 (Yonhap) — Dozens of personnel may have come in contact with a live anthrax sample that was accidentally sent to an American military base in South Korea, but none of them have shown signs...

    • Posted May 28, 2015
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  • South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Hwang Joon-kook, center, U.S. State Department’s Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim, right, and Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Junichi Ihara pose for the media before their meeting about North Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Envoys from S. Korea, US, Japan discuss N.Korean nuke threat

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The top nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday on the need to increase pressure on North Korea and urged the country to engage in serious negotiations...

    • Posted May 27, 2015
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  • Class at women's university in South Korea (NEWSis)
    Fewer foreign students choose Korean colleges

    By Jung Min-ho After the number of foreign students in Korea reached almost 90,000 in 2011, the Ministry of Education announced an ambitious plan the following year to raise that number to 200,000 by 2020. Since then,...

    • Posted May 26, 2015
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  • Body Cam
    Body cam deployed for S. Korean police for 1st time

    A police station has given four body cameras to some of its officers, becoming the first South Korean police station to use the latest technology that could give a clear picture of crime scenes. Bae Sang-jin, an...

    • Posted May 26, 2015
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