All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • tudents at Yonhi Middle School in Seoul learn about sexual slavery during World War II with study material produced by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Tuesday. The ministry put out the material to raise awareness of the issue among students. (Yonhap)
    S. Korean students learn about comfort women with new textbooks

    By Kim Se-jeong Thirty-two students at Yonhi Middle School in Seoul had a special history class on sexual slavery during World War II, using special textbooks, Tuesday. The workbooks, along with a three-minute video, were released as...

    • Posted September 22, 2015
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  • Park Byung-ho of the Nexen Heroes (Yonhap)
    Back-to-back 50 HR seasons? Don’t buy into the hype of Park Byung-ho just yet

    By Brian Han Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Kang Jung-ho is the first piece of evidence that position players from the Korean Baseball Organization’s (KBO) elite can hang in the major leagues. Believe it or not, he’s the first to...

    • Posted September 22, 2015
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  • eddie kim, emmy
    Korean American sound mixer wins Emmy

    Eddie Kim, a Korean American creative artist, picked up his first Emmy this weekend for re-recording mixer in sound mixing for nonfiction programming. Kim participated in the HBO documentary series “Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways.” After graduating from...

    • Posted September 22, 2015
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  • In this Aug. 9, 2015, photo provided by the Defense Ministry, South Korean army soldiers patrol near the scene of a blast inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea. Vowing to hit back, South Korea said Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, that North Korean soldiers laid the three mines that exploded last week at the border and maimed two South Korean soldiers. (The Defense Ministry via AP)
    S. Korean military saw 1,174 desert since 2013, 64.6% of deaths ruled suicide

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The South Korean military saw a total of 1,174 soldiers desert in nearly three years, with more than half of them struggling to adapt to life at the military barracks, a parliamentary report showed...

    • Posted September 22, 2015
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  • The opening ceremony of the KORUS Festival 2015 Saturday (Photo courtesy of KADPA)
    DC KORUS Festival wraps up busy weekend

    By The Korea Times Washington DC staff The Plaza at Tysons Corner in Washington, D.C., saw a busy weekend as the two-day KORUS Festival unfolded under clear skies. K-pop, traditional performances and artworks, taekwondo and food kept...

    • Posted September 21, 2015
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    S. Korea to test emissions of Volkswagen cars

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s environment ministry said Monday that it will conduct emissions tests on three car models from Volkswagen after the German carmaker recently admitted to cheating on air pollution tests in the United States....

    • Posted September 21, 2015
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  • FILE - In a Tuesday, May 5, 2015 file photo, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn addresses the shareholders during the annual shareholder meeting of the car manufacturer Volkswagen in Hannover, Germany. Winterkorn apologized Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, after the Environmental Protection Agency said the German automaker skirted clean air rules by rigging emissions tests for about 500,000 diesel cars. "I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public," Volkswagen chief Martin Winterkorn said in a statement. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
    VW rocked by emissions scandal as prosecutors come calling

    BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen, the world’s top-selling automaker, lost a stunning 17.1 percent of its value Monday after admitting that it intentionally rigged nearly half a million cars to defeat U.S. smog tests. The Obama administration, meanwhile,...

    • Posted September 21, 2015
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