All posts tagged "south"

  • The boar broke through the glass door of the entrance and proceeded to damage the elevator doors ahead of it. (Yonhap)
    Wild boar creates havoc at Yonsei University building, escapes

    A wild boar broke into a Yonsei University Wonju campus building on Dec. 4. at approximately 7:28 p.m., according to Yonhap.  Wonju is the most populous city in the Gangwon province just 87 miles east of Seoul. After...

    • Posted December 4, 2014
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  • Signs attached to the entrance wall of a mobile phone retail store in Jongno, central Seoul, that read, "iPhone 6 is immediately available." The nation's telecom watchdog threatened to take legal action against CEOs of local mobile carriers for disturbing the telecom market order by providing excessive subsidies for iPhone 6. ( Yonhap)
    S. Korean mobile carriers fined 2.4 bln won for handset subsidy violations

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean mobile carriers have been fined 2.4 billion won (US$2.15 million) for violating the new handset subsidy law that misled and lured iPhone 6 buyers in late October, the communications watchdog said Thursday....

    • Posted December 4, 2014
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  • A bird's-eye view of IKEA Korea's first South Korean store in Gwangmyeong, south of Seoul. It is scheduled to open on Dec. 18. (Yonhap)
    IKEA to stop selling “Sea of Japan” map, admits inflated prices

    By Lee Minji SEOUL (Yonhap) — IKEA Korea said Thursday it will stop selling a disputed map that had marked the water between South Korea and Japan only as “Sea of Japan” starting next year as it...

    • Posted December 4, 2014
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    South Koreans’ life expectancy nears 82 years

    (Yonhap) — The life expectancy for babies born in 2013 rose to nearly 82 years as improvements in technologies and medical care helped reduce death risks, a government report showed Wednesday. According to the report by Statistics...

    • Posted December 3, 2014
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  • Tenacious D's Kyle Gass, left, and Jack Black (Courtesy of Private Curve)
    Comedian Jack Black ‘deadly terrified of’ NK

    By Lee Ji-hye Actor and musician Jack Black brings his band Tenacious D to Seoul this weekend, but a performance in Pyongyang looks unlikely anytime soon. In an email interview ahead of his group’s maiden performance in...

    • Posted December 2, 2014
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  • A woman holding her daughter tries to catch a cab in Myeong-dong, downtown Seoul, in this file photo. She complained taxi drivers refused to give her a ride. (Korea Times file)
    Seoul City gov’t vows crackdown on Uber with fines, jail term

    By Lee Hyo-sik Uber Technology, the provider of a controversial ridesharing smartphone app service, has begun offering “regular” taxi services here in cooperation with car rental companies and personal vehicles owners after a successful three-month trial. The...

    • Posted December 2, 2014
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  • Volunteers work at Club FF near Hongik University in western Seoul, Saturday, during a fundraiser to help women battling HIV/AIDS in South Africa. (Courtesy of Little Travellers Korea)
    S. Korean organization raises 4 mil. won for HIV/AIDS in Africa

    By John Redmond Little Travellers Korea raised 4 million won (About $4,000) at the Rubber Seoul club night, one of the biggest annual club nights of the year, near Hongik University in western Seoul, Saturday night, to...

    • Posted December 2, 2014
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