All posts tagged "Park Geun-hye"

  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye descends from the plane upon her arrival to the military airport in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, April 16, 2015. Park Geun-hye is in Colombia in an official two-days visit and will then tour Peru, Chile and Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
    President Park to visit US later this year

    SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye will visit Washington later this year to consolidate the nations’ alliance amid a flurry of summit diplomacy between the U.S. and Northeast Asian powers involved in historical and territorial...

    • Posted April 24, 2015
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    President Park promotes K-pop, Hallyu in Peru

    By Do Je-hae President Park Geun-hye met with Hallyu fans in Peru Sunday during the second leg of her South American tour. Korean TV dramas and pop music are becoming more popular in Peru, where more than...

    • Posted April 20, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye (front) arrives at El Dorado airport in Bogota, Colombia, on April 16, 2015, on her first leg of her South America tour that will also take her to Peru, Chile and Brazil. (Yonhap)
    President Park arrives in Colombia on 1st leg of S. America tour

    By Kim Kwang-tae BOGOTA (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye arrived in Colombia Thursday on the first leg of a four-nation trip to South America to help boost South Korea’s ties with the “continent of opportunities.” The visit...

    • Posted April 17, 2015
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  • South Korea's President Park Geun-hye looks observes a minute of silence during a state funeral of the late Lee Kuan Yew, held at the University Cultural Center, Sunday, March 29, 2015, in Singapore. During a week of national mourning that began Monday after Lee's death at age 91, some 450,000 people queued for hours for a glimpse of Lee's coffin at Parliament House. A million people visited tribute sites at community centers across the island and leaders and dignitaries from more than two dozen countries attended the state funeral. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    President Park’s approval rating sinks amid bribery scandal

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating has dropped this week from a week earlier amid a bribery scandal involving some of her key aides, a poll showed Friday. The poll conducted this week by research...

    • Posted April 17, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye, front right, looks at foods and beverages dedicated for the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol as she arrives to offer her condolences to the bereaved relatives of the victims at a port in Jindo, South Korea, Thursday, April 16, 2015. Tears and grief mixed with raw anger Thursday as black-clad relatives mourned the 300 people, mostly high school kids, killed one year ago when the ferry Sewol sank in cold waters off the southwestern South Korean coast. (Lee Jeong-ryong/Yonhap via AP) KOREA OUT
    President Park pledges to salvage sunken ferry

    ANSAN, South Korea, April 16 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye Thursday vowed to raise the sunken ferry Sewol as soon as possible and to take all measures to recover the bodies of nine of the victims who...

    • Posted April 16, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je)
    President Park says no mercy for corruption after bribery scandal

    SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye warned Wednesday there will be no mercy in combating corruption in the strongest warning against top officials allegedly involved in high-profile corruption scandals that rocked South Korea. “I won’t...

    • Posted April 15, 2015
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    S. Korean president warns of bleak future without good jobs for young people

    SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye warned Wednesday that South Korea’s future would be bleak unless good jobs are created for the country’s young people. The unemployment rate for young people is nearly three times...

    • Posted March 25, 2015
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