All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. On Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, U.S. health officials are telling pregnant women to avoid travel to Latin America and Caribbean countries with outbreaks of a tropical illness linked to birth defects. The Zika virus is spread through mosquito bites from Aedes aegypti and causes only a mild illness in most people. But there’s been mounting evidence linking the virus to a surge of a rare birth defect in Brazil. (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)
    El Salvador advises women to delay pregnancies due to virus

    SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Public health officials in El Salvador are advising women to put off pregnancies for the next two years to avoid passing on complications from the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Vice-minister of public...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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  • Kumho is building this plant in Macon, Geogia, with annual capacity of 4 million. The factory is expected to be completed in March or April, but production will probably begin ahead of its dedication. (Courtesy of Kumho Tires)
    Korean tire makers move to US

    By Choi Sung-jin Last year, Korean businesses that rely much on China faced difficulties while those mainly dealing with the U.S. did well, reflecting different economic situations. Tire makers were no exception. While Hankook Tyre and Kumho...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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  • Actor Jack Black poses like Po, the main character in the Kung Fu Panda movie franchise, during a press conference held in Yeouido, Seoul, Thursday. (Yonhap)
    Actor Jack Black, director Jennifer Yuh visit Seoul to promote ‘Kung Fu Panda 3′

    By Yun Suh-young SEOUL — Jennifer Yuh, the Korea-born director of the “Kung Fu Panda 3,” when asked how she felt to be in Seoul, said it feels like home. “It feels like coming home. It’s hard...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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    Korea ranked world’s most innovative economy

    By Ko Dong-hwan Korea has the most innovative economy in the world, according to a survey by Bloomberg, a media company based in New York. The nation topped the 2016 Bloomberg Innovation Index, which ranked the economies...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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  • Canadian ice hockey players Michael Swift, left, and Brian Young smile as they hold up Korean citizenship papers earlier this year. (Yonhap)
    KOC to ask gov’t to naturalize two more Canadian-born hockey players

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The country’s top sports body said Thursday it will ask the government to naturalize two Canadian-born hockey players, with an eye on improving the national team for the next Winter Olympics. The Korean Olympic...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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  • Court acquits S. Korean for following pro-North Twitter account

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A local court has acquitted a 73-year-old former journalist accused of following a Twitter account praising North Korean ideology, court records showed Thursday. The Seoul Western District Court found the defendant, identified only by...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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    ‘The Throne’ picked as best film of 2015 by Korean film reporters

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — An association of film reporters in South Korea said Thursday that it has chosen “The Throne,” the tragic story of a Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) king starving his own son to death, as the best...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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