All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Kim Ki-jong
    US envoy attacker gets additional 18 months for assaulting prison staff

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A local court on Wednesday sentenced the 56-year-old man, who attacked the top U.S. envoy to South Korea last year, to an additional 18 months in prison for assaulting prison staff. The Seoul Central...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Henri Loyrette, chief of the French organizing committee for the "French Year in South Korea," speaks during a press conference in Seoul on March 23, 2016, to mark the launch of the Seoul-Paris exchange event, which will run through the end of the year as part of a celebration of the 130th anniversary of their diplomatic relationship. (Yonhap)
    France to open events to mark 130th anniversary of diplomatic ties with Korea

    By Shim Sun-ah SEOUL (Yonhap) — France will showcase various aspects of its culture in South Korea for a year starting Wednesday as part of the two countries’ joint program to celebrate the 130th anniversary of diplomatic...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Charlotte Hornets' Jeremy Lin celebrates after an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, March 21, 2016. The Hornets won 91-88. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
    Linsanity II: Lin leading surging Hornets on playoff push

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Perhaps this is the start of Linsanity II. Hornets guard Jeremy Lin is heating up and surging Charlotte is blazing a trail to its second playoff appearance in three seasons under coach Steve...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a South Carolina Republican primary night event, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 in Spartanburg, S.C. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
    Greatest show on Earth: The 2016 presidential campaign

    NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Casey has no confidence in his NCAA bracket picks this year. The 28-year-old technician from Scranton, Pennsylvania, spends hours absorbed in delegate counts and debate strategy instead of his usual winter evening...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Kim Yong-nam (Yonhap file)
    N. Korea sends ‘message of sympathy’ for Brussels attacks

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea’s ceremonial leader Kim Yong-nam sent “a message of sympathy” to Belgium on Wednesday for the deadly terrorist attacks in its capital a day earlier, the North’s official news agency reported. In the...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, speaks as Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, left, and his husband, Michael Shiosaki, right, look on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, during a campaign rally at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
    Clinton, Trump trade wins with rivals in Western states

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Under a fresh cloud of overseas violence, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traded wins with their chief rivals on Tuesday and attacked each other’s worldviews as the 2016 presidential contest turned into a clash...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • North Koreans watch a news broadcast on a video screen outside Pyongyang Railway Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Pyongyang has long claimed it has the right to develop nuclear weapons to defend itself against the U.S., an established nuclear power with whom it has been in a state of war for more than 65 years. But to build a credible nuclear threat, the North must explode new nuclear devices — including miniaturized ones — so its scientists can improve their designs and technology. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
    N. Korea warns of retaliation against Park

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea threatened Wednesday to wage a retaliatory war against President Park Geun-hye in the latest show of defiance against tougher sanctions and joint military drills between Seoul and Washington. “From this moment, the...

    • Posted March 22, 2016
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