K-pop songs greet Kim on his bday

01/09/2016

Seoul – The recent upbeat K-pop hit “Bang, Bang, Bang” and a mournful ballad about a “death angel,” were on the playlist when South Korea restarted propaganda broadcasts into the North on Friday. As North Korean leader…

North fights back

01/08/2016

SEOUL, South Korea – In response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test, South Korea on Thursday announced it would resume cross-border propaganda broadcasts that Pyongyang considers an act of war. Seoul also began talks with Washington that…

‘Successful bomb test’

01/07/2016

Pyongyang’s hydrogen bomb explosion angers UN, China SEOUL, South Korea — After North Korea said it it has conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test, the  United Nations secretary-general condemned  the move as a  “profoundly destabilizing for regional…

Japan, Seoul settle WWII sex slaves dispute

12/30/2015

SEOUL, South Korea — There’s relief among South Korean and Japanese diplomats after the two countries announced an “irreversible” settlement of a decades-long standoff over Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s World War II military.…

Ferry captain gets life

AP 11/13/2015

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s top court yesterday upheld a life sentence for the captain of a ferry that sank last year, killing more than 300 people, most of them teenagers on a school trip. The…

Business, government gear up for APEC meet

Melissa Q. Cabahug 07/16/2015

Business groups, regional agencies, and the cities of Mandaue, Cebu and Lapu-Lapu, under the lead of the Cebu provincial government, have stepped up preparations for the hosting of APEC meetings from August 22 to October 14 here.…

UC table netters vie in 28th University Games in Korea

Jade S. Violeta 07/03/2015

THE University of Cebu’s (UC) table tennis stars Dannel Jay Tormis and Val Stephen Jaca will be among 13,000 athletes, coaches and officials from different parts of the globe competing in the 2015 World University Games or…

Measures in place to detect MERS-Cov

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/14/2015

Health authorities and airport officials  said they have  measures in place to monitor and prevent the entry of travelers suspected to have the Middle East Respiratory-Cov (MERS-Cov) in the country. At the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA), …

2 Mers hospitals sealed for now

AP 06/13/2015

SEOUL – South Korea has sealed off two hospitals that treated people with a deadly respiratory disease, officials said, even as the outbreak that has been spreading through health facilities could have peaked, with just four new…

Don’t blame us for Asiad debacle

Jade S. Violeta 10/19/2014

Richie Garcia, chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), had this to say yesterday when asked to comment on the poor showing of the Philippine team in the recent 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. “Hindi…

Ferry with 476 people sinking off South Korea

04/16/2014

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean passenger ship carrying more than 470 people, including many high school students, is sinking off the country’s southern coast Wednesday after sending a distress call, officials said. There are…

Ferry with 476 people sinking off South Korea

04/16/2014

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean passenger ship carrying more than 470 people, including many high school students, is sinking off the country’s southern coast Wednesday after sending a distress call, officials said. There are…

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