All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • chilly, winter, cold weather
    S. California readies for sweater weather after hot autumn

    By Brian Han Only in Southern California will you find residents turning on air conditioners in December. It’s true that 2015 provided cities like Los Angeles some of the hottest autumn months on record according to the...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • Guarded by South Korean naval ships, fishing boats operate. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea’s navy fires at Chinese ship in Yellow Sea

    By Brian Han The Yellow Sea generates a lot of tension among the countries it borders. So it shouldn’t come as a big surprise when the South Korean Navy fired warning shots on Tuesday at an unauthorized...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • A chairlift sits idle at Oak Mountain Ski Center on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, in Speculator, N.Y. Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on snow are starting to worry if warm weather could lead to a nightmare winter. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
    Some in Northeast US are beginning to wonder: Where’s the snow?

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on snow are starting to worry if warm weather could lead to a...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • North Korea displays road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles, known as the KN-08, with round warheads during a military parade on Oct. 10, 2015, at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party. (Yonhap)
    US Treasury blacklists more N. Koreans linked to arms dealing

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has blacklisted six North Korean banking representatives and three shipping companies in the latest effort to target through sanctions the isolated nation’s weapons proliferation. The targets include a Russia-based representative of...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • ban ki-moon
    UN chief denounces Trump call for ban on Muslims entering US

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. spokesman says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly opposes Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States Farhan Haq said Ban has repeatedly spoken out against...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • Leaders of the Los Angeles Korean Festival Foundation
    LA Korean Festival pulls in $1 million in 42nd year

    The Los Angeles Korean Festival, which celebrated its 42nd run in October as the largest event of its kind in the United States, saw more than $1 million in revenue this year, marking six years of surplus,...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • fuel-cell-car
    S. Korea aims to have over 1 mln eco-friendly cars by 2020

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea will seek to have more than 1 million eco-friendly cars on the road by 2020 as part of its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate new growth momentum for its...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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