All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • Park Ji Sung of Eindhoven during the Champions League match between PSV and AC Milan in Eindhoven, Netherlands on August 20, 2013 (yonhap)
    Report: Park Ji-sung’s return ‘possible’ in March

    Former national men’s football team captain Park Ji-sung could return to play in one of South Korea’s tune-up matches ahead of this year’s FIFA World Cup, the squad’s head coach said Thursday. On the sidelines of the...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, left, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry deliver remarks to the media in the Treaty Room of the U.S. State Department after their private meeting in Washington, Tuesday. (AFP-Yonhap)
    U.S. snubs S. Korea’s call on Abe

    By Chung Min-uck U.S. Secretary John Kerry ignored an invitation by South Korea to join in the condemnation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se told a press conference...

    • Posted January 8, 2014
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  • President Park Geun-hye
    President Park Geun-hye denounces Abe’s controversial visit

    By Kim Tae-gyu, Chung Min-uck President Park Geun-hye on Monday denounced Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s controversial visit to the Yasukuni Shrine last week, sending a message that her government will deal sternly with Japan’s nationalist moves. Abe,...

    • Posted December 30, 2013
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  • The U.S. Navy’s 9,800-ton Aegis cruiser Shilo, left, and Korea’s 7,600-ton Aegis destroyer Yulgok Yi I are anchored in Busan on Dec. 5. (Yonhap)
    Navy to get 3 more Aegis destroyers

    By Kang Seung-woo South Korea decided Tuesday to build three more Aegis destroyers. The Aegis beef-up is part of an overall plan aimed at strengthening military power in potential territorial disputes with China and Japan as well...

    • Posted December 10, 2013
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  • Groups E through H are seen on the screen during the draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe near Salvador, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
    Luck of the (World Cup) Draw

    Koreans are smiling, but  Americans are not By Lee Kyutae Korean soccer fans are smiling, but the Americans are not after the FIFA World Cup drawing on Friday. At a Brazilian resort town, Korea drew  Belgium, Algeria...

    • Posted December 6, 2013
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