All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • sansam, ginseng
    US officials crack down on illegal ginseng harvesters

    Wild ginseng, coveted for centuries as an ailment miracle curer in Asia, has become Appalachian gold and a source of headache for local law enforcement officials. Known as “sansam” in Korea, the root grows naturally from Canada...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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  • South Korean students hold signs during a rally demanding full compensation and apology for wartime sex slaves from Japanese government near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Only days before leaders from South Korea, Japan and China are to gather in Seoul this weekend, the event has still not yet been formally settled, with the South Korean and Japanese foreign ministries publicly dodging questions even as diplomats leak barbed tidbits to reporters behind the scenes. The problem this week, as is often the case in Northeast Asia, appears to be history, and specifically the inability of Seoul and Tokyo to settle disputes stemming from Japan’s brutal colonial rule of Korea in the early 20th century. The letters read "Apology and Live long and stay healthy." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Seoul, Tokyo bickering days away before 3-way summit with China

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Only days before leaders from South Korea, Japan and China are to gather in Seoul this weekend, the event has still not yet been formally settled, with the South Korean and Japanese foreign...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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  • A hanbok by Kwon Miru (Photo courtesy of Yonhap/Kim Kyung-hun)
    Hanbok latest ‘it’ item for fashion-savvy

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Into a dusky street in the bustling university district of Shinchon swept a crowd of Korean ghosts — black-clad messengers of the underworld, sobbing girls in white mourning dresses who died before marriage, and...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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  • Park Byung-ho (Yonhap)
    Nexen Heroes to post Park Byung-ho for MLB clubs

    SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) — South Korean baseball club Nexen Heroes announced Wednesday they will post Park Byung-ho for Major League Baseball (MLB) teams this offseason. The slugger will be posted next Monday with bids accepted until...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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  • Park-and-Abe
    President Park to hold talks with Abe next week

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next week, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, in the first bilateral summit between leaders of the two neighbors in more than three years....

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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  • Vaccinations in the form of a flu shot or nasal spray will be provided by nurses from the Department of Public Health. (AP-file)
    LA County to offer free flu shots at many public libraries through Nov. 20

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Los Angeles County will be offering free flu shots at many public libraries through Nov. 20, health officials announced Tuesday. This is the second year that the county Public Library and Department of Public Health...

    • Posted October 27, 2015
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  • Maria del Refugio Ruiz Bravo, 86, sets out to dry personal belongings that were soaked by Hurricane Patricia in La Fortuna, Mexico. (Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press)
    Good News: W. hemisphere’s strongest hurricane ever yields zero deaths

    By Brian Han A hurricane is never good news. But that changes when it’s the strongest storm ever recorded in the western hemisphere, and everyone affected by it survived. Hurricane Patricia raged through the Pacific Ocean and...

    • Posted October 27, 2015
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