Ex-South Korean president Park arrested three weeks after ouster

Αrt3079 Παρασκευή 31 Μαρτίου 2017
Ex-South Korean president Park arrested three weeks after ouster
© Yonhap, AFP | South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye arrives at a court in Seoul on March 30, 2017.
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South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye was arrested early Friday over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down.

How do you lift 6,800-ton ferry from seafloor? Delicately

Αrt2894 Πέμπτη 23 Μαρτίου 2017
How do you lift 6,800-ton ferry from seafloor? Delicately

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — How do you lift a corroded, 6,800-ton ferry lying more than 40 meters (130 feet) undersea, keeping it in one piece? It's a massive, delicate operation. Salvaging the Sewol ferry which sank off South Korea's coast in April 2014 began Wednesday, and by Thursday morning, some parts of the ship emerged above the surface and were visible on live TV footage. But fully retrieving the ship and moving it to port will still take two weeks. An overview of the salvaging process for the Sewol:

Why the real quarrel between Beijing and Seoul isn’t about THAAD

Αrt2758 Κυριακή 19 Μαρτίου 2017
Why the real quarrel between Beijing and Seoul isn’t about THAADTerminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD),

Cary Huang says China’s need to keep North Korea as a communist ally leaves South Korea with little choice but to turn to America to bolster its defence
Cary Huang

The bitter confrontation between China and South Korea in the wake of Seoul’s adoption of a US-