• 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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  Tesla sees ‘great potential’ in S. Korea

  ILSAN (Yonhap) — South Korea has “great potential” and is a market that it hopes to expand into in the future, an executive of Tesla Motors Inc. said Wednesday, stopping short of giving any specific business plans....

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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  Samsung donates $500,000 to US veteran foundation

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has made a US$500,000 donation to a U.S. non-profit organization for war veterans. Under the plan, Samsung will supply various home appliances, from refrigerators...

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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  Park calls for strengthening ties with Canada

  By Kim Kwang-tae MANILA (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye called for strengthening cooperation with Ottawa as she met Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday on the sidelines of an annual summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in the...

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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  Libraries continue welcoming Korean collections, latest in Salinas

  By The Korea Times San Francisco staff A public library in Salinas, California, opened its Korean collection last week. Salinas Mayor Joe Gunter thanked the San Francisco Korean Consulate General for their help in the installation inside...

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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  Coffee lovers, rejoice: Harvard study shows 3-5 cups a day is good for you

  A new Harvard study supports coffee addicts everywhere: three to five cups a day may lower risk of premature death by 15 percent. According to research co-authored by Harvard University epidemiology professor and Nutrition Chair Walter Willet,...

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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  UN says Ban will not visit N. Korea next week

  NEW YORK (Yonhap) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has no plan to visit North Korea next week, his office said Wednesday amid speculation that the two sides may be in a last-minute scramble to fix a schedule....

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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  N. Korea repatriates S. Korean man in ‘humanitarian move’

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea repatriated Tuesday a South Korean man who crossed into the communist country through the border with China earlier this year, a government official said. The 48-year-old man, identified only by his surname...

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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