All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • A group of Korean Americans gathered outside San Jose City Hall Saturday for a flash mob, declaring, "Dokdo is our land."
    Korean American flash mobs celebrate Dokdo Day in NorCal

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff About 100 Korean Americans stood united in front of San Jose City Hall Saturday for a flash mob stating Dokdo is Korean land. Participants ranged in age, from a three-year-old...

    • Posted October 26, 2015
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    350,000 Koreans live in 5 states surrounding NY Korean Consulate

    Approximately 350,000 Koreans live in five states surrounding the New York Korean Consulate, according to the latest data by South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Koreans in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Delaware number 353,479,...

    • Posted October 26, 2015
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  • kavin na
    Kevin Na has heartbreaking 2nd place finish two weeks in a row

    By Brian Han Kevin Na keeps on finding himself on the cusp of winning. It happened again on Sunday as he finished in a six-way tie for second place at the Shriners Hospital for Children Open in...

    • Posted October 26, 2015
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    S. Korea becomes first Asian country to successfully farm salmon

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea has become the first Asian country to successfully farm salmon throughout the year, which can help the country reduce imports and lead to exports down the road, the government said Monday. According...

    • Posted October 26, 2015
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  • lydia ko win
    Lydia Ko becomes youngest to notch 10 wins on any major tour

    By Brian Han For her latest victory at the Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship, Lydia Ko left no question as to who is the best female golfer in the world. The Korean New Zealander regained the world No....

    • Posted October 26, 2015
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  • U-KISS, Dongho
    Former U-KISS member Dongho, 21, to get married next month

    (Yonhap) — Dongho, a former member of boy band U-KISS, has announced plans to marry next month, becoming the youngest pop star to do so in South Korea, industry sources said Monday. The 21-year-old has been planning...

    • Posted October 26, 2015
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  • Jung Gun-mok, front, a 64-year-old former South Korean fisherman who was abducted by North Korea in the Yellow Sea about 40 years ago, looks away as he is about to burst into tears, as he bids farewell to his mother on the bus. His mother Lee Bok-soon, 88, helplessly looks out the window as the bus is about to leave the resort on Mount Kumgang on the North's east coast on Oct. 26, 2015, the last day of the three-day reunions. (Yonhap)
    Koreas’ separated families bid tearful farewell

    MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea (Yonhap) — Korean family members torn by the 1950-53 Korean War bid a tearful farewell to their relatives in North Korea on Monday after days of the much-awaited but short reunions. A total...

    • Posted October 26, 2015
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