• 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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  No. 1 and No. 2 Korean American banks BBCN and Wilshire to merge

  By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Weeks following an announcement by BBCN Bancorp, the largest Korean American bank, that it had received a merger proposal by No. 3-largest Hanmi Bank, BBCN said Sunday it will merge...

  • Posted December 7, 2015
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  Christel Lee first Korean to win Sibelius violin competition

  Christel Lee, 25, won the 11th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki Thursday. The competition, founded in 1965, is held every five years and saw 234 participants from 29 countries this year. Lee received a prize...

  • Posted December 7, 2015
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  Interview: K-pop may have found its next R&B giant in Dean

  By Tae Hong K-pop lovers, meet Dean. Chances are, you have seen his name — stylized as DΞΔN — attached to a flow of collaborative singles coming out of South Korea in the last two months. You...

  • Posted December 7, 2015
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  Two Korean filmmakers headed to Sundance 2016

  Two South Korean filmmakers — Directors Kim So-young (“Lovesong”) and Andrew Ahn (“Spa Night”) are headed to the Sundance Film Festival next year. For Kim, whose 2006 debut “In Between Days” took home the special jury award,...

  • Posted December 7, 2015
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  K-drama ‘Misaeng’ awarded best drama at Asian TV Awards

  K-drama “Misaeng,” (also titled “The Incomplete”) which became a television syndrome last year for its realistic depiction of South Korean company culture, won Best Drama Series at the Asian TV Awards (ATA) held in Singapore, Yonhap reported....

  • Posted December 7, 2015
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  Free agent Lee Dae-ho departs for US in pursuit of MLB contract

  INCHEON (Yonhap) — South Korean free agent slugger Lee Dae-ho left for the United States on Monday in pursuit of a big league contract. Lee, 33, first announced his intent to play in Major League Baseball (MLB)...

  • Posted December 7, 2015
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  No MLB club bids for posted S. Korean 3B Hwang Jae-gyun

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — No Major League Baseball (MLB) club put in a bid for posted South Korean third baseman Hwang Jae-gyun, the top South Korean baseball league said Saturday. After the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) delivered the...

  • Posted December 7, 2015
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