Tag: South Korea

Police officers raid into a religious facility of the Evangelical Baptist Church in Anseong, South Korea, Thursday, June 12, 2014. Several thousand police officers, 6,000 on Wednesday and another 3,000 on Thursday, were mobilized to raid the sprawling South Korean church compound near Seoul to hunt for Yoo Byung-eun, a fugitive billionaire businessman and member of the church wanted in relation to the deadly ferry sinking in April. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Suh Myong-geun) KOREA OUT

Why so many police used in raid of Korean church?

HyungJin Kim · June 12, 2014 7:36 am

Vietnamese protest outside the Chinese Embassy on Sunday, May 11, 2014 in Hanoi, Vietnam, against Beijing's deployment of an oil rig in the contested waters of the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Chris Brummitt)

China-Vietnam clash could spawn new anti-China alliance

Austin Bay · June 11, 2014 3:17 pm

South Korean President Park Geun-hye comes out after casting her vote for local elections at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. South Koreans began voting Wednesday in local elections seen as a test of how the public feels about President Park Geun-hye's handling of April's deadly ferry sinking. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Do Kwang-hwan) KOREA OUT

Ruling party, rival split S. Korean vote

HyungJin Kim · June 5, 2014 3:28 am

South Korean President Park Geun-hye casts her ballot for local elections at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. South Koreans began voting Wednesday in local elections seen as a test of how the public feels about President Park Geun-hye's handling of April's deadly ferry sinking. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Do Kwang-hwan) KOREA OUT

South Koreans vote following ferry sinking

HyungJin Kim · June 4, 2014 3:38 am

Rescue workers treat victims of a major fire at a hospital in Jangseong, South Korea, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. South Korean officials said at least 20 patients and one nurse died in a fire at a hospital in the southwestern city of Jangseong. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Hyung Min-woo) KOREA OUT

Fire kills 21 at South Korean hospital for elderly

HyungJin Kim · May 28, 2014 2:02 pm

Newly-nominated South Korean Prime Minister Ahn Dai-hee leaves after a news conference about his resignation at the Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Shin Jun-hee) KOREA OUT

South Korea’s prime minister nominee withdraws

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 12:09 pm

Police officers investigate in a burned out hospital in Jangseong, South Korea, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. A fire at the hospital annex housing elderly patients in the southwestern county of Jangseong killed 21 people early Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Hyung Min-woo) KOREA OUT

Fire kills 21 at SKorean hospital for elderly

HyungJin Kim · May 28, 2014 4:18 am

South Korean firefighters arrive at a bus terminal at Goyang, north of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 26, 2014. A fire at the bus terminal near Seoul on Monday left seven people dead and 20 others injured, emergency officials said. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Jung-hun) KOREA OUT

Fire at South Korean bus terminal kills 6

JungYoon Choi · May 26, 2014 9:07 am

A man watches a TV news program on the reward poster of Yoo Byung-eun at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 26, 2014. South Korea has boosted to half a million dollars a reward for tips about the mysterious billionaire who prosecutors say owns a ferry that sank last month, police said Monday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Reward for tips on ferry owner boosted to $500,000

HyungJin Kim · May 26, 2014 7:09 am

A man watches the TV news program on the reward poster of Yoo Byung-eun at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 23, 2014. South Korea is offering a big bounty to find the mysterious billionaire thought to be the owner a ferry that sank last month, leaving more than 300 people dead or missing. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Reward offered for missing South Korea ferry owner

HyungJin Kim · May 23, 2014 11:27 am

NKorea to participate in Asian Games in SKorea

NKorea to participate in Asian Games in SKorea

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 8:53 am

In this photo provided by the Ongjin County, residents of Yeonpyeong Island rest as they evacuate to a shelter on the island, South Korea, near the West Sea border with North Korea, Thursday, May. 22, 2014. North and South Korean warships exchanged artillery fire Thursday in disputed waters off the western coast, South Korean military officials said, in the latest sign of rising animosity between the bitter rivals in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Ongin County)

N. Korean shelling a likely warning, not attack

HyungJin Kim · May 23, 2014 4:03 am