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South Korean team wins $2M in disaster-response robot test

June 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — The robots drove, walked trough rubble, climbed stairs, turned valves and sometimes fell, amid cheers and groans from a crowd of thousands at the Fairplex in Pomona, California. After three years of research, development and an obstacle course of competition, a South Korean team on June 6 won the three-year and […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, CHIMP, Carnegie Mellon University, DARPA, DRC, Germany, Gill Pratt, Hong Kong, National Robotics Engineering Center, Running Man, South Korean, United States, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

North Korean ex-POWs hope to return home before they die

June 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After the Korean War ended in 1953, Kim Myeong Bok and 75 other North Korean prisoners of war detained in South Korea opted to live abroad rather than risk hostile welcomes in either half of their homeland. Now he wants to come home, though he […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Argentina, Associated Press, Brazil, Cho Kyeong-duk, India, Korean People, Korean War, MBC, Mato Grosso, North Korean, POW, Return Home, San Francisco, Seoul National University, South Korean, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

Women’s walk across Koreas’ DMZ denied; they cross by bus

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press DORASAN STATION, South Korea (AP) — Female activists including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates were denied an attempt to walk across the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea on Sunday, but were allowed to cross by bus and complete what one of them called a landmark event. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, DMZ, Demilitarized Zone, Gloria Steinem, Korean Peninsula, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace, North Korean, Northern Ireland, Organizer Christine Ahn, South Korean, United Nations Command, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

South Korean court frees Korean Air ‘nut rage’ executive

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court on Friday suspended the prison term of a former Korean Air executive whose onboard “nut rage” tantrum delayed a flight last year, immediately ending her incarceration. The Seoul High Court said Cho Hyun-ah, who is the daughter of the airline’s […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Cho Hyun-ah, Kim Ryeong-hui, Kim Sang-hwan, Korean Air, New York, SEOUL, South Korean, TV, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

Gunn Yang — Amateur victories secure him a spot at the U.S. Open in Chambers Bay

May 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lisa Marien Northwest Asian Weekly Gunn Yang, 20, born September 30, 1993, originally from Pyeongchang, South Korea, hasn’t gone professional yet but is well on his way to becoming another one of the many up and coming young Asians to reign in golfing. He is an understated but determined competitor. In 2014, Yang won […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2008, 2015, Amateur Championship, Australia, British Open, CA, Chambers Bay, Gunn Yang Amateur, Masters Tournament, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ryan Donavon, San Diego State, South Korean, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

No news is good news — On Carter’s first Asia trip as Pentagon chief, calm prevails

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONOLULU (AP)—No news is good news. That might have been the bumper sticker for Ash Carter’s first tour of Asia as secretary of defense. It was mostly quiet on the Eastern front. Carter consulted with Japanese and South Korean leaders, gave pep talks to American troops, stressed the U.S. military’s stabilizing influence in the region […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Afghanistan, Ash Carter, Chuck Hagel, Defense Secretary William Perry, East Asia, Han Min Koo, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korean, President Barack Obama, South China Sea, South Korean, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, Yemen, japan

Women’s group gets North Korea support to walk across DMZ

April 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Cara Anna Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea has decided to support a proposed walk across the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas by prominent women including Gloria Steinem, and organizers say they hope South Korea will give its approval as well. Co-organizer Christine Ahn told The Associated Press that North Korea […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Ambassador Bill Richardson, Associated Press, Co-organizer Christine Ahn, DMZ, Gloria Steinem, Kim Song, Korean Russians, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Mairead Maguire, New Zealanders, Nobel Peace, North Korean, Northern Ireland, President Barack Obama, South Korean, Unification Ministry, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17

Former Olympic swimming champ Park apologizes for doping

April 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A tearful former Olympic swimming champion, Park Tae-hwan of South Korea, offered an impassioned public apology Friday, four days after receiving an 18-month ban for failing a doping test. Park, who won South Korea’s only ever swimming gold in the 400 meters freestyle at the […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Associated Press, Beijing Games, Brazil, Chinese, FINA, Former Olympic, London Games, Olympic Games, Olympics, SEOUL, South Korean, Sun Yang, Vol 34 No 15 | April 4 - April 10

Samsung reveals potential for smart TVs to eavesdrop

February 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Watch what you say in your living room. Samsung’s smart TV could be listening. And sharing.<!–more–> Voice recognition technology in the South Korean company’s Internet connected TVs captures and transmits nearby conversations. The potential for TVs to eavesdrop is revealed in Samsung’s smart TV […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, LG, SEOUL, South Korean, TV, Voice Recognition, Vol 34 No 8 | February 14 - February 20, technology

EDITORIAL: Finding answers — Adoptees return to homeland to discover heritage

January 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A recent article in the New York Times (Why a Generation of Adoptees Is Returning to South Korea, Jan. 14) brought to light an interesting topic. Apparently, many South Korean adoptees are returning to their homeland. There is a heavy number of adoptees returning to their native land to find their birth parents and also […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, South Korean, United States, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6, adoption, culture

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