All posts tagged "obama"

  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye, right, answers a report's question as U.S. President Barack Obama listens during a joint news conference following their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, Friday, April 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Hong-Ji, Pool)
    Is Obama pressing S. Korea to fight IS?

    By Jun Ji-hye Is the United States calling for a more active role by South Korea in its fight against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria? Some experts believe so, citing U.S. President Obama’s recent statement....

    • Posted October 9, 2014
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  • An armored vehicle belonging to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rushes to a bombing site as smoke rises after airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The Iraqi Air Force has been carrying out strikes against the militants, and for the first time on Friday, U.S. war planes have directly targeted the extremist Islamic State group, which controls large areas of Syria and Iraq.(AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
    U.S. launches air strikes in Iraq

    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighters dropped bombs on Islamic militants in Iraq Friday, the Pentagon said, carrying out President Barack Obama’s promise of military force to counter the advancing militants and confront the threat they pose to...

    • Posted August 8, 2014
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  • Han Kyung-hee, HAAN Corp. CEO.
    Korean female CEO to meet Obama

    By Bahk Eun-ji Han Kyung-hee, 50, CEO of HAAN Corp. , said Tuesday that she will take part in a summit at the White House on working families, and meet President Barack Obama. Han said she is...

    • Posted June 18, 2014
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  • President Obama will make Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, his primary adviser in dealing with Ebola-related issues. (AP)
    Obama to deliver UCI commencement speech at Angel Stadium

    ANAHEIM (CNS) – President Barack Obama will deliver the UC Irvine commencement speech at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on June 14, the White House announced today. The president and first lady Michelle Obama are scheduled to arrive in the Southland...

    • Posted June 6, 2014
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  • Mark Lippert
    Mark Lippert to be named new U.S. ambassador to Seoul

    (Yonhap) — U.S. President Barack Obama has chosen Mark Lippert, one of his closest aides, to be Washington’s next ambassador to Seoul, multiple diplomatic sources here said Thursday. The White House will soon announce the nomination of Lippert,...

    • Posted May 1, 2014
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  • obama park
    Obama brings magnolia sapling from White House to Danwon High School

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — U.S. President Barack Obama offered a U.S. national flag and a magnolia seedling to South Korea on Friday in a symbolic token of sympathy and condolences over the tragic sinking of the ferry Sewol,...

    • Posted April 25, 2014
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  • obama park
    Obama, Park agree to reconsider wartime command transfer

    SEOUL, April 25 (Yonhap) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed Friday that the two allies can reconsider the timing of next year’s transfer of wartime control of South Korean troops from...

    • Posted April 25, 2014
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