2010년 8월 4일 수요일
S.Korea Finishes 3rd at U-20 Women's World Cup
A goal from Ji So-yun just four minutes into the second half was all Team Korea needed for the victory in Bielefield, Germany. It is the first time a South Korean national team has finished third at a FIFA tournament.
Ranking second with eight goals in the tournament, Ji also became the first South Korean to win the Silver Ball and Silver Shoe honors at a FIFA event. The Silver Ball is given to the second-best player in the tournament and Silver Shoe to the second-leading scorer.
Team Korea also won FIFA’s Fair Play Award.
In the final match, Germany beat Nigeria 2-0 to win the cup.
Tropical Nights Continue, Heat Alerts Abound
Data from the Korea Meteorological Administration shows that most of the nation saw temperatures around 26 degrees Celsius throughout Wednesday night and that many regions reported humidity levels above 90 percent.
Afternoon highs are forecast to be even higher on Thursday. Heat wave alerts have been raised to warnings in Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province, and in the inland areas of the South Gyeongsang, North Jeolla and Chungcheong provinces.
Heat wave alerts have also been issued for Seoul and the mountainous regions of Gangwon Province.
The weather agency says that a brief bout of rain on Friday will cool the central region temporarily but that sweltering heat will continue in the south.
POSCO to Build Integrated Steel Mill in Indonesia
POSCO says it signed an agreement to open a joint corporation for the construction project with Indonesia's largest steelmaker, PT Krakatau Steel.
POSCO will pay for 70 percent of the construction and Krakatau 30 percent. The mill, with an annual production capacity of six million tons, will be built in two phases and will be the first of its kind overseas built by POSCO.
The mill’s first facility, which will have a three-million-ton production capacity, will begin to be built as early as this year for completion by December 2013.
Indonesia has two-point-four billion tons of potential iron ore reserves and close to 21 billion tons of coal.
S.Korea Starts 5-Day Yellow Sea Drill
south Korea has begun a five-day maritime mobility exercise in the Yellow Sea involving the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Marine Corps.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday that submarine search and infiltration blockade drills will be the focus of the first day. Procedures to prevent North Korean ships from crossing the Northern Limit Line will also be covered.
Over 20 Navy vessels and submarines, including Asia's largest amphibious landing ship, the “Dokdo,” will participate in the drills.
Some 50 aircraft and the Army's coastal units will also take part in shooting drills on the ground and at sea, as well as torpedo launches and submarine search and destroy missions.
A JCS official says the exercise is aimed at enhancing South Korea's response and combined operational capability against a range of asymmetric enemy provocations.
On North Korea's pledge to counter the South's drills with a physical attack, the official stressed that the exercise is defensive in nature.
Korean Americans in NY Stress FTA in Letter to Senator
Korean Americans in New York have sent a letter to Senator Charles Schumer urging for the swift ratification of the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement.
A steering committee of a local signature drive seeking the trade deal's ratification collected the signatures of over 13-hundred ethnic Koreans in the past month and included the list in a letter delivered to the New York senator on Wednesday.
In the letter, the Korean Americans said that the KORUS FTA will benefit the economy of both countries as well as the state of New York and will greatly impact many aspects of the economy and the lives of the 500-thousand Korean American residents of the state.
They hoped the senator will help President Barack Obama recognize the significance of the FTA.
A steering committee of a local signature drive seeking the trade deal's ratification collected the signatures of over 13-hundred ethnic Koreans in the past month and included the list in a letter delivered to the New York senator on Wednesday.
In the letter, the Korean Americans said that the KORUS FTA will benefit the economy of both countries as well as the state of New York and will greatly impact many aspects of the economy and the lives of the 500-thousand Korean American residents of the state.
They hoped the senator will help President Barack Obama recognize the significance of the FTA.
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