All posts tagged "China"

  • Park Shin-hye (Yonhap)
    Park Shin-hye becomes first Korean actress to hit 10 million Weibo followers

    Park Shin-hye, well-known for her roles in a number of Hallyu hits, became the first Korean actress to reach 10 million Weibo followers Wednesday, Yonhap reported. Park has fast become a popular face in China through Korean...

    • Posted December 10, 2015
    • 0
  • Guarded by South Korean naval ships, fishing boats operate. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea’s navy fires at Chinese ship in Yellow Sea

    By Brian Han The Yellow Sea generates a lot of tension among the countries it borders. So it shouldn’t come as a big surprise when the South Korean Navy fired warning shots on Tuesday at an unauthorized...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
    • 0
  • A barbed-wire fence on the North Korean-Chinese border (Yonhap)
    China turns hostile toward N. Korea defectors

    By Yi Whan-woo and Joint Press Corps BEIJING ― The Chinese government regards North Korean defectors as illegal immigrants who should be forcibly repatriated. Its recent hostile approach came despite the United Nations’ growing criticism of Beijing’s forced...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
    • 0
  • china smog
    Beijing issues first ‘Red Alert’ over smog, schools close

    BEIJING (AP) — Beijing issued its first-ever red alert for smog on Monday, urging schools to close and invoking restrictions on factories and traffic that will keep half of the city’s vehicles off the roads. The red...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
    • 1
  • A river pier in Sinuiju seen from China's border city of Dandong in 2011. (Korea Times file)
    N. Korea looks to attract more tourists to Sinuiju

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea is believed to be seeking to attract more Chinese tourists to its special economic zone in the northwestern border city of Sinuiju, a report by U.S. experts showed Thursday. Satellite imagery showed...

    • Posted December 4, 2015
    • 0
  • (Yonhap)
    S. Korea ratifies FTA with China

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s National Assembly approved the country’s bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with China during a main session Monday. Lawmakers of the ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy...

    • Posted November 30, 2015
    • 0
  • A man watches the city skyline covered with a thick haze caused by yellow dust at Seoul Tower's observation deck in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. The Seoul metropolitan government issued a dust warning, urging people to stay indoors. ( AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Korea, China, Japan to intensify fight against yellow dust

    SEJONG, South Korea (Yonhap) — South Korea, China and Japan have agreed to strengthen a joint research project to combat yellow dust originating in China’s northern provinces, a local environmental research body said Monday. The three countries...

    • Posted November 23, 2015
    • 1