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All posts tagged "South Korea"

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  ‘Important’ for S. Korea to have own players as host for Presidents Cup: PGA official

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — As South Korea prepares to stage the 2015 Presidents Cup golf competition in the fall, one of the event’s top organizers said Friday it will be “important” for the host country to field at...

  • Posted April 17, 2015
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  Japanese author Murakami urges Japan to apologize for history

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Haruki Murakami, a world-renowned Japanese novelist, said Japan needs to offer an “open-ended” apology for its wartime atrocities, according to a news report Friday. “Apology is not a shameful thing,” he said in an...

  • Posted April 17, 2015
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  President Park’s approval rating sinks amid bribery scandal

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating has dropped this week from a week earlier amid a bribery scandal involving some of her key aides, a poll showed Friday. The poll conducted this week by research...

  • Posted April 17, 2015
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  [WaPo] S. Korea’s passport ranks second ‘most powerful’ in world

    Visa requirements are an interesting but overlooked indicator of international relations. Most countries require non-nationals to get visas before they enter their borders, but the requirements can differ a lot. Countries that are...

  • Posted April 17, 2015
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  [NYT] S. Korea enters the race to build skyscrapers

    When it comes to the skyscrapers of East Asia, no country can match the vertiginous zeal of China. After the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, China’s Shanghai Tower is the world’s second-tallest building, and...

  • Posted April 16, 2015
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  S. Korea pledges $300 mln to World Bank’s developing nation program

  SEJONG, April 16 (Yonhap) — South Korea has pledged US$300 million to the World Bank for its program to build critical infrastructure in developing countries and deal with their environmental and energy issues, the government said Thursday....

  • Posted April 16, 2015
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  [NPR] The all-work, no-play culture of S. Korean education

  In South Korea, grim stories of teen suicide come at a regular clip. Recently, two 16-year-old girls in the city of Daejeon jumped to their deaths, leaving a note saying, “We hate school.” It’s just one...

  • Posted April 15, 2015
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