All posts tagged "Park Geun-hye"

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    President Park to visit US in September

    President Park Geun-hye will pay a visit to the U.S. at the end of September, according to the Korean Consulate General Tuesday. Park will participate in a U.S.-South Korea summit in Washington, D.C., before arriving in New...

    • Posted July 29, 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)
    S. Korea urges N. Korea to stop insulting its president after latest row

    North Korea has called South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye a myriad of unflattering names including a “venomous snake” and a “malignant tumor” and the latest verbal attack seems to have warranted a public statement to defend the...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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    President Park says N. Korea cannot avoid global changes

    SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye said Friday that North Korea cannot continue to avoid changes under way in the international community, citing recent diplomatic outreaches by Cuba and Iran. The United States and Cuba...

    • Posted July 10, 2015
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    S. Korea may implement test-free semester to ease academic pressure

    SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye called on Monday for efforts to ensure that a test-free semester program for middle school students will succeed, describing it as a key task to fundamentally change South Korea’s...

    • Posted June 29, 2015
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    S. Korea, Japan signal readiness to restore relations

    President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo showed willingness  on Monday to advance the frosty ties between the two countries. Park and Abe attended ceremonies in Seoul and Tokyo, respectively, to mark the 50th anniversary...

    • Posted June 22, 2015
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  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of normalizing relations between Japan and South Korea, hosted by South Korean Embassy in Tokyo Monday, June 22, 2015. South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se attended the ceremony. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP)
    Japan PM Abe vows effort for improved ties with S. Korea

    TOKYO, June 22 (Yonhap) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he wants to make concerted efforts with President Park Geun-hye for improved relations between the two countries. “I would like to improve and develop ties,...

    • Posted June 22, 2015
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    President Park’s approval rating hits all-time low amid MERS outbreak

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye’s job approval rating fell to an all-time low over the deadly MERS virus that has killed 24 people, a poll showed Friday. A poll released by polling agency Gallup Korea showed...

    • Posted June 19, 2015
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