Japan protests unified Korea Olympic flag with disputed isles
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan said Monday it had lodged a protest with South Korea over the "unacceptable" use…
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South Korea
N. Korea flouts sanctions, earning $200 mln from banned exports: UN
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) - North Korea is flouting UN sanctions by exporting coal, iron, steel and other commodities banned under…
8 years ago
N. Korean athletes to fly South for Winter Olympics
by Hwang Sunghee Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean skiers and skaters were due to arrive in…
8 years ago
Samsung Electronics reports record Q4 and full year profits
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Samsung Electronics reported a 73 percent jump in its fourth-quarter net profit on Wednesday, setting…
8 years ago
Families voice anger over deadly South Korea hospital fire
by Jung Ha-Won © Agence France-Presse MIRYANG, South Korea (AFP) -- Distraught relatives of those killed in a deadly South Korean hospital…
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South Korea’s long toll of disasters
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - South Korea's rapid transformation from a war-torn, impoverished backwater to Asia's fourth-largest economy and a flourishing…
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Dozens dead in South Korea hospital blaze
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital on Friday killing at least 37…
8 years ago
Huge hospital blaze kills 41 in South Korea: Yonhap
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital Friday killing at least 41 people,…
8 years ago
UPDATED: 33 dead in South Korea hospital blaze: firefighters
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- At least 33 people were killed in a blaze at a hospital in South Korea on…
8 years ago
Trump takes ‘America First’ message to Davos elite
by Andrew Beatty and Jitendra Joshi Agence France-Presse DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) - The world's political and business elite headed Thursday into a…
8 years ago
LG will increase washing machine prices due to US tariffs
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- The US subsidiary of South Korea's LG Electronics warned retailers on Wednesday that it…
8 years ago
S. Korea’s ‘Peace Olympics’ meet backlash at home
by Jung Ha-Won Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea's efforts to bring the North to its…
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