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Saturday, December 13, 2014

South Korea- NY Times

South Korea

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News about South Korea, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Related: South Korea Travel Guide

CHRONOLOGY OF COVERAGE

  1. DEC. 12, 2014
    Editorial urges South Korean Pres Park Geun-hye to develop vision for reunification with North Korea; holds that reunification, while positive prospect in many ways, is being given up by South Korean youth as irrelevant or too costly; urges Park to seize opportunity to keep dream of reunification from fading.  MORE
  2. DEC. 10, 2014
    Cho Hyun-ah resigns as head of Korean Air Lines' flight service after media uproar in South Korea over her behavior on flight when she was served macadamia nuts; she ordered that jet return to gate and had senior flight attendant removed from plane; she is daughter of chairman of conglomerate that runs airline.  MORE
  3. DEC. 3, 2014
    South Korea approves construction of 30-foot tower shaped like Christmas tree near border with North Korea, move that is likely to antagonize the North; tower will be built by conservative Christian group.  MORE
  4. DEC. 2, 2014
    South Korean government and company officials report that fifty-two crew members remain missing in western Bering Sea after company's trawler sank.  MORE
  5. NOV. 21, 2014
    Kim Han-sik, chief executive of the Chonghaejin Marine Company, is convicted of accidental homicide and embezzlement and sentenced to 10 years in prison; ferry belonging to company sank in April, killing more than 300 people in one of South Korea’s worst disasters in decades.  MORE

GENERAL INFORMATION ON SOUTH KOREA

Official Name: Republic of Korea
Capital: Seoul (Current local time)
Government Type: Republic
Population: 49.05 million
Area: 38,022 square miles; about the size of Indiana
Languages: Korean, English is widely taught in schools
Year of Independence: 1945
Web site: Korea.net 
  • Interactive Timeline: The North Korean Challenge

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    Korean Air Chairman Strips Daughter’s Titles After Her ‘Foolish’ Behavior 

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    “I failed to raise her properly,” said Cho Yang-ho, chairman of Korean Air Lines, apologizing on live television as a furor over the serving of macadamia nuts continued on Friday.
    December 13, 2014, Saturday
    MORE ON SOUTH KOREA AND:  AIRLINES AND AIRPLANES , NUTS , KOREAN AIR LINES , CHO HYUN-AH , SOUTH KOREA

    South Korea Won’t Share 2018 Games With Japan 

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    The International Olympic Committee had suggested that the two nations cooperate to reduce the cost of the Games for South Korea, but South Korea flatly refused.
    December 13, 2014, Saturday

    Dec. 12, 2014 — Pictures of the Day

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Photos from South Korea, Sri Lanka, Iraq and Zimbabwe.
    December 12, 2014, Friday
    MORE ON SOUTH KOREA AND:  IRAQ , SOUTH KOREA , SRI LANKA , ZIMBABWE ,PHOTOGRAPHY

    Korean Air Executive Resigns Post After Halting Flight Over Snack Service

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    Cho Hyun-ah, daughter of the chairman of the conglomerate that operates the airline, resigned as head of the airline’s in-flight services after an uproar in South Korea over the episode.
    December 10, 2014, Wednesday
    MORE ON SOUTH KOREA AND:  KOREAN AIR LINES , CHO HYUN-AH , SOUTH KOREA , AIRLINES AND AIRPLANES , HANJIN GROUP

    Cybersecurity Breaches Raise Questions

    By NICOLE PERLROTH
    Nicole Perlroth, The Times’s cybersecurity reporter, charted out the matters she will be exploring in the days ahead.
    December 3, 2014, Wednesday

    South Korea Allows New Christmas Tower at Border With North

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    The government approved the 30-foot tower, shaped like a Christmas tree, in a move that is likely to anger North Korea.
    December 3, 2014, Wednesday
    MORE ON SOUTH KOREA AND:  SOUTH KOREA , NORTH KOREA , CHRISTMAS ,CHRISTIANS AND CHRISTIANITY

    Dozens Missing After South Korean Trawler Sinks in Bering Sea

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    Rescuers had managed to pull seven survivors and one dead crew member out of the water after the 1,753-ton vessel Oryong 501 sank.
    December 2, 2014, Tuesday

    Dec. 1, 2014 — Pictures of the Day

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Photos from Hong Kong, Paris, South Korea and the United States.
    December 1, 2014, Monday
    MORE ON SOUTH KOREA AND:  HONG KONG , PARIS (FRANCE) , SOUTH KOREA ,UNITED STATES , PHOTOGRAPHY

    Wheelies: The G.M. Shuffle Edition

    By BENJAMIN PRESTON
    General Motors announces a series of senior executive reassignments; G.M. Korea hires more women for leadership roles.
    November 22, 2014, Saturday

    Chief of Ferry Company in South Korea Is Given 10-Year Jail Sentence

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    Kim Han-sik, 71, the head of the Chonghaejin Marine Company, was convicted of accidental homicide and embezzlement over the sinking of the ferry Sewol in April.
    November 21, 2014, Friday
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