All posts tagged "incheon"

  • Damaged vehicles sit on Yeongjong Bridge in Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Two people were killed and at least 42 were injured on Wednesday after a pileup involving about 100 vehicles in foggy weather on the bridge near the Incheon International Airport, South Korean officials said.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Suh Myung-gon)
    2 dead, over 60 injured in 105-car pileup on bridge near Incheon airport

    INCHEO (Yonhap) — Two people were killed and more than 60 others were injured on Wednesday as more than 100 vehicles piled up on a bridge near Incheon International Airport in foggy weather, police said. The collision...

    • Posted February 11, 2015
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  • Asiana Airlines A380 super jumbo. (Yonhap file photo)
    Asiana appeals 45-day flight suspension

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-largest flag carrier, said Monday that it has formally appealed a 45-day government ban on flights on its Incheon-San Francisco route, imposed following its crash last year that left...

    • Posted November 18, 2014
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  • South Korean golfer Choi Kyung-joo has agreed to be an assistant captain (Yonhap)
    2015 Presidents Cup leaders looking forward to big showdown in S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) –With a major international golf competition set to take place in South Korea in less than a year, principal figures of the event said Wednesday that they are already anticipating a big showdown among top-ranked...

    • Posted November 5, 2014
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  • ning
    5 hottest male athletes at 2014 Incheon Asian Games

    The 2014 Incheon Asian Games are coming to an end Saturday, but not before we take a look at a few of the hottest male athletes who ran, swam, kicked and fought their way through the 16-day...

    • Posted October 3, 2014
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  • condoms
    Athletes snap up 5,000 condoms per day at Asian Games

    Participants at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games are picking up about 5,000 condoms a day at the Athletes’ Village, sources said Sunday. However, the organizing committee believes most of the condoms, ingrained with the official emblem, are...

    • Posted September 21, 2014
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  • A squad of North Korean cheerleaders arrive at Incheon International Airport on Aug. 31, 2005, to attend the 16th Asian Athletics Championships in Incheon. North Korea said on July 7, 2014, it will dispatch a cheerleading contingent to the Incheon Asian Games in September along with its athletes to help improve inter-Korean relations and to show Pyongyang's commitment to unification. (Yonhap)
    North Korea to send downsized delegation to Asian Games

    UPDATED (Yonhap) — North Korea has scaled down the size of its delegation to the Asian Games to be held in South Korea next month, a ministry official said Friday, as it called for the resumption of...

    • Posted August 21, 2014
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  • The magnitude 5.1 earthquake, centered about 100 km northwest of West Gyeongnyeolbi Archipelago off Taean, happened at around 4:48 a.m., according to the Daejeon Meteorological Office. (Yonhap)
    5.1 Earthquake hits Korea

    S. Korea’s third-strongest quake hits Taean area DAEJEON (Yonhap) — South Korea’s third-strongest earthquake since 1978 shook the Taean area in the western part of the country on Tuesday (KST), but there were no immediate reports of...

    • Posted April 1, 2014
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