• 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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  NY, LA schools receive same email threat; LA cancels classes

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation’s two biggest school systems — New York City and Los Angeles — received threats of a large-scale attack Tuesday with guns and bombs, and LA reacted by shutting down the entire...

  • Posted December 15, 2015
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  Park renews call for correct history education

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that history should be taught “correctly” for young South Koreans in what could be the latest move to advocate for state history textbooks. “I think history achieved by our...

  • Posted December 15, 2015
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  Kool runnings! S. Korean sledders ready to surprise world at PyeongChang Olympics

  INCHEON (Yonhap) — Coming off strong performances in recent international competitions, a trio of emerging South Korean sledders said Tuesday they’re ready to surprise the world at the next Winter Olympics at home. The bobsleigh duo of...

  • Posted December 15, 2015
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  179 S. Korean professors to stand trial over plagiarism

  UIJEONGBU, South Korea (Yonhap) — Nearly 200 university professors have been caught on charges of committing plagiarism by publishing existing books written by other authors under their names, prosecutors said Monday. The Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office probing the...

  • Posted December 15, 2015
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  S. Korea’s younger generation not so proud of heritage

  By Yoon Ja-young The country’s younger generation is not as proud of their Korean identity as their parents are. They also have less trust in the government and conglomerates. According to the latest “Korea Social Trends 2015″...

  • Posted December 15, 2015
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  All Los Angeles Unified schools closed due to ‘credible threat’

  LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Responding to an “electronic threat” that may have been emailed to the district from overseas, all Los Angeles Unified School District campuses were closed today and a massive effort began to search the roughly 900 schools...

  • Posted December 15, 2015
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  [LA TIMES] K-pop group was turned away at LAX for lying about reason for visiting US, official says

    – The K-pop group that was turned away at LAX this week was denied entry because the members lied about the purpose of their trip, not because they were mistaken for sex workers as...

  • Posted December 14, 2015
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