All posts tagged "topstories"

  • A South Korean army soldier walks along the military wire fences on Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone, near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his front-line troops in a "quasi-state of war" and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after the most serious confrontation between the rivals in years. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    AP Analysis: What’s different this time in Korean standoff?

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For years, North Korea’s litany of threats has been largely dismissed — Seoul, after all, is still not drowning in a “sea of fire,” despite Pyongyang’s repeated promises to make it so....

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • Members of the World Peace Freedom United, a conservative civic group, urge the government to continue action against the North during a press conference in Gwanghwamun, Seoul. (Yonhap)
    S. Korean public backs stern reaction to Pyongyang

    By Kim Se-jeong One day after the two Koreas traded fire across the demilitarized zone (DMZ), public sentiment was tough on the North, with many people insisting Seoul continue its loudspeaker propaganda campaign. They said the odds...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • South Korean army soldiers aim their weapons during an anti-terror drill as part of Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise, at Sadang Subway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. U.S. and South Korean forces launched Monday an annual joint military exercises, Ulchi Freedom Guardian, for a 12-day run to prepare for a possible North Korea's attack. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    North Korea warns of war with South after artillery fire

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his frontline troops in a “quasi-state of war” and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after the most serious confrontation between...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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    Remembering Korean independence fighters in America

    In some cases, entire families dedicated their lives to the movement. The five Kang brothers and four married couples were among those 200 in the US.  By Kim Chul-soo Seventy years have passed since Korea found independence from...

    • Posted August 14, 2015
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  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. Abe has expressed "profound grief" for all who perished in World War II in a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the country's surrender. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
    Japanese leader Abe stops short of apology for World War II

    TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged Friday that Japan inflicted “immeasurable damage and suffering” on innocent people in World War II, but stopped short of offering his own apology and said future generations of Japanese...

    • Posted August 14, 2015
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    Korea Times Project, part 3b: US Embassy reopens in Cuba

    Hyundai cars, Samsung smartphones easily spotted on streets of Havana By Kim Sang-mok HAVANA, CUBA — The flag of the United States was raised today for the first time in 54 years at the embassy reopening in...

    • Posted August 14, 2015
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  • The Korea Times' Kim Sang-mok -- the first reporter from a Korean American publication to visit the isolated country since the reopening of its doors in May -- in front of the soon-to-be-opened U.S. Embassy.
    Korea Times Project, part 3a: Reporting from Cuba

    In partnership with Bright Future Foundation to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Korean independence By Kim Sang-mok HAVANA, CUBA — For the first time in 54 years, the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, will open Friday at...

    • Posted August 13, 2015
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