All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • volleyball
    N. Korea, China agree to strengthen volleyball exchange

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — North Korea and China have agreed to strengthen volleyball exchanges between each other, Chinese news website sina.com reported on Tuesday. The agreement was reached between North Korea’s Vice Sports Minister Son Kwang-ho and Liu...

    • Posted December 22, 2015
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  • Hyeon Soo Lim, center, who pastors the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, is escorted to his sentencing in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. North Korea's Supreme Court sentenced a Canadian pastor to life in prison with hard labor on Wednesday for what it called crimes against the state. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
    N. Korea rebukes Canada for taking issue with its ruling against pastor

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea slammed Canada Tuesday for taking issue with the North’s “fair” ruling over a   Korean Canadian pastor who has been sentenced to hard labor for life in the North. Last week, North...

    • Posted December 22, 2015
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  • "Eat Your Kimchi" creators Simon and Martina Stawski (Courtesy of Simon Stawski)
    ‘Eat Your Kimchi’ creators move to Japan

    By Jon Dunbar Simon and Martina Stawski, creators of “Eat Your Kimchi” on YouTube, surprised fans last week by announcing they are moving to Japan. The Canadian couple, known worldwide for their adventurous videos celebrating food, culture,...

    • Posted December 22, 2015
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  • Leon Perkins, 3, leans forward to take a bite of snow as he plays with his brother Conner, left, 2, and his father Erin, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. The Seattle family headed to the mountains Tuesday to enjoy the new snow that fell overnight. A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches. On Christmas Day, it could be warmer in New York City than Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
    Weird weather pattern turns weather upside-down across US

    On Christmas Day, it could be warmer in New York City than Los Angeles SEATTLE (AP) — A weather pattern partly linked with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy...

    • Posted December 22, 2015
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  • President Park Geun-hye and Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for Samsung BioLogics' third biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Songdo, Incheon, Monday. (Korea Times photo by Hong In-ki)
    Samsung to build world’s largest biopharmaceutical plant

    By Yoon Sung-won Samsung BioLogics will invest 850 billion won ($740 million) in establishing the world’s largest biopharmaceutical product manufacturing facility in Songdo, Incheon. The Samsung Group unit will be the world’s top biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing operator...

    • Posted December 22, 2015
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  • job
    N. Korean defectors’ jobless rate falls under 5 pct

    (Yonhap) — The unemployment rate for North Korean defectors declined to the 4-percent level this year thanks to the government’s support programs for their resettlement, a report showed Tuesday. The jobless rate for North Korean defectors stood...

    • Posted December 22, 2015
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    Facebook most popular social media for Koreans

    By The Korea Times Seoul staff Facebook is the most dominant form of social media in Korea, figures show. The finding is based on a report from DMC Media, which specializes in digital media and advertisement platforms. According...

    • Posted December 22, 2015
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