Tag Archives: south korea

  • News US and China (AP/NDN)

    Officials: Kerry to pressure Beijing to calm down North Korea

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry raised the issue of North Korea and other global concerns as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

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  • News North Korea

    US will not accept North Korea as a ‘nuclear state,’ Kerry says

    The United States will not accept North Korea as a “nuclear state,” Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters Tuesday.

  • News North Korea

    State media: North Korea in ‘state of war’ with South Korea

    North Korea’s threatening rhetoric has reached a fevered pitch, but the Pentagon and the South Korean government have said it’s nothing new.

  • Offbeat

    3.5k couples tie the knot in mass wedding

    About 20,000 church officials and followers gathered at Cheongshim Peace Center in Gapyeong, south of Seoul, and 7,000 of them exchanged wedding rings.

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    WATCH: U.S. marines strip down for war games in the snow

    The training, which took place on February 7, included armed marines skiing down a snow-covered slope while aiming guns at hypothetical enemies and simulating war in the snow.

  • News North Korea

    North Korea missile could hit US, South says

    The rocket launched earlier this month by North Korea had the capability to travel more than 6,000 miles…

  • News North Korea

    North Korea carries out controversial rocket launch

    By Paul Armstrong, CNN HONG KONG (CNN) — North Korea has carried out the launch of a long-range rocket, South…

  • News vcu flash mob

    Oppan Gangnam Style flash mob on VCU campus

    Students at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park campus took to the Compass for their version of the popular K-pop song.

  • News whale watching

    S. Korea whaling decision prompts international outcry

    South Korea is planning to begin hunting whales off its shores, citing a scientific research loophole in a world-wide whaling moratorium.

  • News Beef, T bone steak

    S. Korea curbs U.S. beef sales after confirmation of mad cow disease

    South Korea is the second-largest importer of beef from the United States

  • News North Korean satellite launch vehicle on launch pad

    North Korea opens its window for rocket launch

    Officials say launch will occur in morning hours between Thursday and Monday