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Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet Monday for their first trilateral talks since 2019
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet next week in Seoul for their first trilateral talks in more than four years to discuss how to revive their cooperation, South Korea’s presidential office said Thursday. After their inaugural stand-alone...
Yonhap news agency says leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet in Seoul next week
Fred Roos, ‘Godfather Part II’ producer and longtime Coppola collaborator, dies at 89
Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of “The Godfather Part II” who helped launch the careers of numerous superstars from Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise, has died. He was 89. He died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday, a representative said Tuesday, just days...
Emma Hayes' first roster as coach of the US women's team includes 2 players making national debut
Coach Emma Hayes has selected her first roster for the United States ahead of a pair of friendlies as she prepares to lead the women’s national team at the Paris Olympics. Hayes, named U.S. coach last November, finished her final season as coach of Chelsea on Saturday, winning the...
Things to know about an AI safety summit in Seoul
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and regulation of artificial intelligence, following up on an inaugural AI safety meeting in Britain last year that drew a diverse crowd of tech luminaries, researchers and officials. The...
Giants' Jung Hoo Lee to have season-ending surgery on dislocated left shoulder
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee will miss the rest of the season and require surgery on his dislocated left shoulder after getting injured crashing into an outfield wall. The Giants announced Friday that Lee will undergo season-ending surgery in...
North Korea test-fires suspected missiles a day after US and South Korea conduct a fighter jet drill
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, a day after South Korea and the U.S. flew powerful fighter jets in a joint drill that the North views as a major security threat. South...
South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast, Yonhap news agency reports
So Mi Lee shoots 66 to take lead in Mihuno Americas Open as Rose Zhang leaves with illness
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — So Mi Lee shot a 6-under 66 after getting into the field less than two hours before her tee time and took a two-shot lead Thursday after the opening round of the Mizuho Americas Open got off to a surprising start with the withdrawal of defending champion Rose Zhang...
South Korean court rejects effort to block plan that would boost medical school admissions
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court ruled in favor of the government’s contentious push to drastically boost medical school admissions on Thursday, posing a setback to concerted efforts by incumbent doctors to spike the plan. A standoff between the government and...