All posts tagged "Mongolia"

  • North Korean workers planting seedlings on a field in Jaeryong, South Hwanghae Province, on Jan. 24, 2015. (KCNA/Yonhap)
    Over 2,500 N. Koreans forced to work in Mongolia, Poland

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — More than 2,500 North Korean workers have been forced to work in Mongolia and Poland under poor working conditions with their human rights being violated, a South Korean civic group said Wednesday. About 1,800...

    • Posted December 23, 2015
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    15 countries buy rights to ‘Man from Another Star’

    By Kim Ji-soo The rights to broadcast or air online ‘Man from Another Star (별에서 온 그대)’ has been sold to 15 countries, including Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Israel, Belgium, Myanmar, Cambodia and Japan....

    • Posted March 13, 2014
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  • Buildings in central Seoul are shrouded in a cloud of ultrafine particles, Tuesday. The Korea Meteorological Administration announced that the average atmospheric concentration of particulate matter measuring 10 micrometers (PM10) on the day was 228 micrograms per cubic meter, the most dangerous level in its five-level air pollution scale. (Yonhap)
    Korea under siege by ultrafine dust

    By Yoon Sung-won Seen from a subway train crossing a Han River bridge on a morning commute, Seoul remained in a thick fog of fine dust. On the street, commuters were walking without masks, looking like disarmed...

    • Posted February 28, 2014
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