• 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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  Seoul’s terrible new slogan

  By John Burton Seoul is becoming hip. A city that when I first arrived nearly 25 years ago had all the greyness and charisma of an East European Communist capital is now seen as cutting-edge. It is...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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  Park renews calls for new history textbooks

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye renewed her calls Thursday for “correct” history textbooks, condemning the current ones as mostly being authored by left-wing historians. “Some of the textbooks children are learning from these days state that...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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  Samsung chairman donates more than $17 million to help young job seekers

  By Kim Yoo-chul Ailing Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee has donated 20 billion won (US$17.4 million) to a government-initiated fund to help operate various programs for young job seekers. The decision by the chairman has increased the amount...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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  LA Korean foster family initiative continues strong

  By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Children in Los Angeles County are continuing to find homes thanks to the Korean Foster Family Initiative. The program, now nearly two years old, has helped 21 families become certified...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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  CJ to celebrate 20 years with special LA screenings, director Q&As

  Special screenings of some of South Korean cinema’s greatest recent hits are coming to CGV Cinemas in Los Angeles’ Koreatown next month in celebration of the 20th anniversary of distributor CJ Entertainment. According to CJ Thursday, screenings...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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  Seoul National University to require payments from professors with side jobs

  By Kim Se-jeong Seoul National University (SNU) is considering making it mandatory for professors who have positions outside the university as directors of private companies to give part of their income to the university. The move is...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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  Noted S. Korean painter dies inside Manhattan home at 91

  Chun Kyung-ja, a noted South Korean female portrait painter, died inside her Manhattan home in August. She was 91 years old. Chun’s daughter and caretaker Lee Hye-seon, 70, said her mother passed peacefully around 5 a.m. on...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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