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Keyword: South Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) visits the missile firing site

North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row

North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast this morning, a day after launching three similar missiles, ignoring [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged crisis, firing, missile, North Korea, South Korea
Lee Jung-jin plays a sadistic loan shark in Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta"
Credit: Drafthouse Films

‘Pieta’ tries to redeem a thuggish loan shark through motherly love

“Pieta,” the latest from one-time South Korean shocker Kim Ki-duk, finds a sadistic loan shark on a predictable path to salvation.

Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Kim Ki-duk, loan shark, Pieta, South Korea, violent | Reply
Bill Gates greets the South Korean president with one hand thrust into his trouser pocket

Bill Gates’ casual handshake offends South Korea

Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates caused outrage in South Korea after he greeted the country’s president with one of his [...]

Posted in National, News
Tagged Bill Gates, etiquette, handshake, Park Geun-hye, respect, South Korea | Reply
South Korean soldiers of an artillery unit walk past 155mm Towed Howitzers during an artillery drill as part of the annual joint military exercise

South Korea increases surveillance as North moves missile

South Korea said this morning there was “very high” probability that North Korea, engaged in weeks of threats of war, [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged launch, missile, North Korea, South Korea, surveillance
North Korean officials attend a national meeting to mark the 20th anniversary of late leader Kim Jong-il's election as chairman of North Korea's National Defence Commission at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang April 8, 2013, in this picture taken and released by the North's official KCNA news agency on Monday. REUTERS/KCNA

North Korea warns foreigners to get out of the South

North Korea intensified threats of an imminent conflict against the United States and the South this morning, warning foreigners to [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged evacuate, foreigners, North Korea, South Korea, warning | Reply
USS John McCain in an exercise off the Korean peninsula

US deploys missile system as North Korea rhetoric worsens

Defense officials said a missile system would soon be deployed to Guam in preparation for potential attack from North Korea, [...]

Posted in International, National, News
Tagged Chuck Hagel, Guam, missile defense system, Musadan, North Korea, Pyongyang, South Korea, threats | Reply
North Koreans attend a rally held to gather their willingness for a victory in a possible war against the United States and South Korea.
Credit: Reuters

North Korean army says it has ‘ratified’ nuclear strike against U.S.

North Korea said it had “ratified” a merciless attack against the United States, potentially involving a “diversified nuclear strike”.

Posted in International
Tagged North Korea, nuclear, South Korea, strike, U.S., war | Reply
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a meeting of information workers of the whole army at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang
Credit: Reuters

North Korea: Nukes or love?

Metro’s guide to the hermit state’s sabre-rattling

Posted in International
Tagged North Korea, nuclear, South Korea, U.S., war, war ships | Reply
Psy is a gentleman who has been dealing with the  "pain of creation." His new single will be out next week. Will it be as much of a sensation as "Gangnam Style"?
 (PHOTO CREDIT: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Can Psy top ‘Gangnam Style’ as a ‘Gentleman’?

South Korean rapper Psy plans to follow his “Gangnam Style” YouTube megahit with a single called “Gentleman” and a new dance, but is playing coy about everything else.

Posted in Entertainment, Music
Tagged Gangnam Style, Gentleman, Psy, Sexy Lady, South Korea | Reply
A South Korean soldier patrols as South Korean trucks leave the South's CIQ (Customs, Immigration and Quarantine) office to go to the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea, just south of the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul, April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

North Korea to restart nuclear reactor

North Korea announced plans this morning to restart a mothballed nuclear reactor that has been closed since 2007, but emphasized [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged North Korea, nuclear reactor, restart, South Korea | Reply
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