• 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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  Number of overseas Korean students continues to drop

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The number of young South Koreans studying abroad plunged by a third over eight years, official data showed Tuesday, apparently thanks to the nation’s improved English education system. In 2014, 10,907 students from primary...

  • Posted November 19, 2015
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  LPGA’s battle for No. 1 between Ko, Park to end at season finale

  By Brian Han Truth be told, the battle for the world No. 1 spot never ends in any sport, but that doesn’t mean that the competition between current world No.1 Lydia Ko and world No. 2 Park...

  • Posted November 19, 2015
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  S. Korea rejects Abe’s demand to remove sex slave statue

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea on Thursday dismissed a news report saying that Japan’s premier had suggested the removal of a statue symbolizing South Korean victims of Tokyo’s sex slavery as a precondition for resolving the so-called...

  • Posted November 19, 2015
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  S. Korea rallies to beat Japan 4-3 to reach Premier 12 final

  TOKYO (Yonhap) — South Korea staged an improbable comeback to defeat Japan 4-3 in the semifinals of the Premier 12 baseball tournament on Thursday. Cleanup Lee Dae-ho delivered a go-ahead two-run single to cap off a four-run...

  • Posted November 19, 2015
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  LA K-Town restaurants, hotels see end-of-the-year events boom

  It’s the best time of the year for Korean restaurants and hotels in Los Angeles — reservation time slots across Koreatown are reaching 100 percent as local organizations clamor to book spaces for end-of-the-year events. Joo Woo-in,...

  • Posted November 19, 2015
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  Gangnam Style: The district records Seoul’s highest crime rates

  Psy’s 2012 mega-hit “Gangnam Style” painted an eccentric portrait of the Gangnam district, arguably the most upscale part of Seoul. It also put part of South Korea’s capital into the global consciousness. The unfortunate reality is that...

  • Posted November 19, 2015
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  Bae Sang-moon officially begins mandatory military duty

  By Brian Han The golfing world will have to say farewell to South Korea’s Bae Sang-moon who provided plenty of drama in his final competitive outing back in October’s Presidents Cup held in Incheon, South Korea. The...

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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