• California Assembly OKs highest minimum wage in nation
• S. Korea unveils first graphic cigarette warnings
• US joins with South Korea, Japan in bid to deter North Korea
• LPGA golfer Chun In-gee finally back in action
• S. Korea won’t be top seed in final World Cup qualification round
• US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
• US back on track in qualifying with 4-0 win over Guatemala
• High-intensity workout injuries spawn cottage industry
• CDC expands range of Zika mosquitoes into parts of Northeast
• Who knew? ‘The Walking Dead’ is helping families connect

All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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  Korea revives Universal Studios theme park project

  (Yonhap) — South Korea on Tuesday announced a consortium involving Chinese investors as a preferred bidder to build a theme park in partnership with U.S.-based Universal Parks and Resorts, reviving the project after a three-year hiatus. The...

  • Posted December 22, 2015
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  Cancer patient survival rate reaches nearly 70 percent in S. Korea

  (Yonhap) — The survival rate of cancer patients reached 69.4 percent in 2013, with the total number of people being treated dipping slightly from the year before, government data showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare...

  • Posted December 22, 2015
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  Ahn to launch new party by February

  By Kang Seung-woo Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo, the former co-leader of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), said Monday that he will launch a new party by February and field candidates in the general election...

  • Posted December 21, 2015
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  Park’s calligraphy fetches 30 mln won at auction

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — A piece of President Park Geun-hye’s calligraphy writing fetched 30 million won (US$25,000) at an auction in Seoul, an auction official said Monday. Park penned the writing in 1978 when she was serving as...

  • Posted December 21, 2015
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  Actress Kim Jung-eun reveal plans for March wedding in US

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean actress Kim Jung-eun said Monday she is marrying her boyfriend of three years in March. The exact date and location of the wedding haven’t been fixed, but the ceremony will be private...

  • Posted December 21, 2015
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  Samsung official sentenced to 3½ years in Vietnam

  HANOI (Yonhap) — A Vietnamese court sentenced a Samsung official to three and a half years in prison over a scaffolding collapse that killed 13 workers, the South Korean embassy said Monday. Another South Korean official of...

  • Posted December 21, 2015
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  S. Korea to dispatch police to Philippines over murder of Korean

  HANOI/SEOUL (Yonhap) — Police said Monday they will send four officials to the Philippines to investigate a recent shooting death of a South Korean man, the first move to probe into overseas crimes targeting Korean nationals. A...

  • Posted December 21, 2015
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