• 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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  Hallyu star Kim Soo-hyun and fans donate 11.1 tons of rice

  By Tae Hong Hallyu star Kim Soo-hyun and his fans donated 11.1 tons of rice Tuesday to Salvation Army Korea’s charity pot to help South Korea’s needy Tuesday, according to KeyEast Entertainment. The 1,004 bags of rice...

  • Posted December 1, 2015
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  [LA Times] How LAPD vice is cleaning up K-town’s less savory side

  For years, Koreatown had an “anything goes” reputation, a destination only accessible to Korean-speakers who knew the right people or the right number to call. After-hour alcohol sales, smoking indoors and doumi girls? “It’s...

  • Posted December 1, 2015
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  9 doctors, 3 med students indicted for alleged ‘pro-North Korea’ activities

  BUSAN (Yonhap) — Nine oriental medicine doctors and three medical students have been indicted on charges of promoting North Korean ideologies in breach of an anti-North Korea law, prosecutors said Tuesday. The Busan District Prosecutors’ Office said...

  • Posted December 1, 2015
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  It’s official: Minnesota Twins sign Park Byung-ho to 4-year, $12 million contract

  By Brian Han The wait is over. South Korean slugger Park Byung-ho officially became a Major League Baseball (MLB) player on Tuesday. The Minnesota Twins announced that they agreed to sign the 29-year-old to a four-year contract for...

  • Posted December 1, 2015
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  BTS ‘RUN’ MV hits 2 million in 2 days

  The Bangtan Boys are heating up the last month of K-pop in 2015. The music video for the seven-member group’s new song “RUN,” released at midnight Sunday in South Korea, has hit two million YouTube views in...

  • Posted December 1, 2015
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  [NY Times] Korean County achieves its goal: Less birth control, more babies

    HAENAM, South Korea — Back in the 1970s and ’80s, when the South Korean government was focused on alleviating poverty, Kim Chung-jae and other health officials toured villages to persuade couples to practice...

  • Posted December 1, 2015
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  Birth rate for Korean women in the US among lowest of all immigrant groups

  By Kim Sang-mok Birth rate among Korean women in the United State is among the lowest of all immigrant groups, according to recent data from the Center for Immigration Studies. The data, based on American Community Survey...

  • Posted December 1, 2015
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