All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Koreans are not eating as healthy as they sued to. (Korea Times file)
    Korean diets moving towards unhealthier trends: report

    The traditional Korean diet, known to be healthy for its fermented dishes and large helpings of vegetables, seems to be evolving into something a little less so. A recently published index shows Koreans diets are not as...

    • Posted October 6, 2015
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    Ex-soccer star Song Jong-gug files for 2nd divorce

    Ex-South Korean national team soccer player Song Jong-gug is getting divorced for the second time. He and his second wife Park Ip-seon agreed to go their separate ways, according to various reports Tuesday. The 36-year-old played a key...

    • Posted October 6, 2015
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    Korean energy economist to head UN climate science panel

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A South Korean professor of climate change economics will lead the Nobel Prize-winning group of climate scientists who keep track of global warming. Hoesung Lee, elected chairman Tuesday of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

    • Posted October 6, 2015
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    How will Korean players fare in the 2015 MLB postseason?

    By Brian Han The Major League Baseball postseason is upon us, and the magic of October will be in full swing beginning Tuesday with the American League wild-card game between the Houston Astros and the New York...

    • Posted October 6, 2015
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  • Shin Ae-ra attends a fundraising gala put on by Korean American Family Services Wednesday inside the LA Hotel Downtown. (Choi Kyung-geun/Korea Times)
    Shin Ae-ra supports KFAM foster family initiative

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff South Korean actress Shin Ae-ra is famous for a lot of things: for her roles in beloved television dramas like “Love In Your Arms” and “Bad Housewife,” for being the...

    • Posted October 6, 2015
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  • Trade ministers from the 12 Asia-Pacific countries hold a press conference in Atlanta to announce the conclusion of talks to create the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Oct. 5, 2015. (Yonhap)
    Trans-Pacific Partnership feared to sap S. Korea’s export competitiveness

    SEOUL/SEJONG, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) — A landmark free trade deal spanning the Pacific Rim is feared to weaken the competitiveness of South Korean exports as Seoul may have to cope with harsher competition from its rival Japan,...

    • Posted October 6, 2015
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    K.J. Choi relishes opportunity to promote S. Korean culture at Presidents Cup

    INCHEON (Yonhap) — As vice captain for the International Team at the Presidents Cup on his home soil, South Korean veteran Choi Kyoung-ju said Tuesday he relishes the opportunity to promote the culture of his native land...

    • Posted October 6, 2015
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