Tag: South Korea

People walk past banners welcoming Pope Francis on the street in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. Pope Francis is scheduled to make a five-day trip to South Korea, starting Aug. 14 to participate in a Catholic youth festival and to preside over a beatification ceremony for 124 Korean martyrs. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Pope kicks off Asia missionary boost in SKorea

Nicole Winfield · August 11, 2014 2:08 pm

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Pretending to be rivals, U.S. Export-Import Bank subsidizes foreign export agencies

Timothy P. Carney · August 6, 2014 12:16 am

Korean bishop sees hope for peace in pope’s visit

Korean bishop sees hope for peace in pope’s visit

Washington Examiner · August 2, 2014 1:50 pm

NKorea seeks UN meeting on US-SKorea drills

NKorea seeks UN meeting on US-SKorea drills

Edith Lederer · August 1, 2014 10:52 pm

A survivor student from the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast arrives to testify in the trial of the 15 crew members as police officers stand guard outside of the Ansan branch of Suwon District Court in Ansan, South Korea, Monday, July 28, 2014. South Korean students who survived April's deadly ferry disaster say they were repeatedly ordered by loudspeaker to stay in the sinking ship but eventually helped each other flee after their cabins were flooded too much. (AP Photo/Shin Young-keun, Yonhap) KOREA OUT

Teens helped each other escape sinking Korean ship

Washington Examiner · July 28, 2014 1:20 pm

Lee Han-young, left, a head of Forensic Medicine Department of the National Forensic Service briefs to the media at the National Forensic Service in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 25, 2014. South Korea's state-run forensic lab said Friday it has failed to find out how a fugitive billionaire blamed for April's ferry disaster died. Police said Tuesday that a badly decomposed body found in a rural area last month was identified as Yoo Byung-eun. Police cited DNA and fingerprint tests taken by the National Forensic Service. Authorities had sought the 73-year-old, believing he owned the sunken ferry and that his alleged corruption may have contributed to the disaster. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Son of South Korean sunken ferry owner detained

HYUNG-JIN KIMYOUKYUNG LEE · July 25, 2014 11:45 am

In this July 8, 2014, residents play Chinese chess with the Lotte World Tower, center, under construction in the background near Seokchon Lake in Seoul, South Korea. Plans for the super-high tower first surfaced in 1995 and it took another 15 years to get a green light after the Air Force objected to it as a risk to a nearby military airport used for VIP flights. Now it faces new doubts as South Korea reels from the Sewol ferry sinking in April that killed hundreds of teenagers. The disaster provoked a scathing reassessment of an ethos of economic progress first, safety last that was largely unquestioned over several decades as the country rapidly industrialized. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Towering worry: Small holes cause big jitters

Youkyung Lee · July 25, 2014 8:27 am

A woman walks by sale signs at Seoul shopping district, South Korea, Thursday, July 24, 2014. South Korea's government unveiled stimulus plans Thursday after the shock of a deadly ferry sinking slowed economic growth to the lowest level in three quarters. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea unveils stimulus after ferry sinking

Youkyung Lee · July 24, 2014 4:44 am

The body of a man believed to be the fugitive owner of the sunken ferry Sewol is carried into an ambulance at a funeral hall in Suncheon, South Korea, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. South Korean police said Tuesday that they have found the body of a fugitive billionaire businessman sought over April's ferry disaster that left more than 300 people dead or missing.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Park Chul-hong) KOREA OUT

Body of missing S. Korean shipping tycoon found

HyungJin Kim · July 22, 2014 6:31 am

A labor leader uses a loudspeaker to address workers outside South Korean owned Master Sports Footwear factory that has been shut down without informing the workers four-weeks ago, outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, July 17, 2014. About 700 workers who lost their jobs as the Korean owner shut the factory, marched to the South Korean embassy in Yangon shouting slogans, demanding wages and compensation. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

700 protest S. Korean factory closure in Myanmar

Washington Examiner · July 17, 2014 2:42 pm

A TV news program reports missiles launch conducted by North Korea at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 13, 2014. North Korea launched two projectiles presumed to be ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, South Korea said, the latest in a series of test-firings seen as expressions of anger over its failure to win talks on receiving outside aid, and over ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills. The letters at a screen read " Launched two missiles". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-oon)

2 Koreas to hold talks on Asian Games

Washington Examiner · July 14, 2014 2:46 am

People pass by 2014 Asian Games posters at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 10, 2014. North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on Thursday said the North proposed a meeting at a border village next Tuesday to discuss its Asian Games participation.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea cuts growth outlook on ferry disaster

Youkyung Lee · July 10, 2014 10:14 am