All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • South Korean former comfort woman Lee Yong-soo, 86, spoke to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors Tuesday as she accepted a commendation award.
    Korean former comfort woman calls for SF memorial

    San Francisco greeted former comfort woman Lee Yong-soo, 86, Tuesday after she flew in from Korea to accept a commendation award from city council. Lee urged the city to install a comfort woman memorial. “Erect a memorial...

    • Posted September 17, 2015
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  • Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    Fed keeps US interest rates low amid weak global economy

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows in the face of threats from a weak global economy, persistently low inflation and unstable financial markets. Ending a highly anticipated meeting, Fed...

    • Posted September 17, 2015
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    Good News: HS football player born with one hand sets record for receiving yards

    By Brian Han Kris Silbaugh broke Cambridge Spring High School’s 17-year-old record for all-time receiving yards (917 yards to be exact) on Tuesday after catching a 43-yard touchdown pass in a win against the team’s crosstown rivals....

    • Posted September 17, 2015
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  • South Korea's national flag is hung on the Lotte World Tower under construction in Seoul in this file photo taken on Aug. 7, 2015 (Yonhap)
    39 chaebol minors own $85 million worth of shares

    Thirty-nine minors of conglomerate-owner families hold shares of affiliates worth about 100 billion won ($85 million), data shows. According to data from the Fair Trade Commission — requested by the National Assembly’s National Policy Committee’s Rep. Shin...

    • Posted September 17, 2015
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  • Kang Il-chul, a South Korean victim of Japan's wartime sex slavery, looks at a "comfort women" monument at the Veterans Memorial at Eisenhower Park in Nassau County, New York, on Aug. 6, 2015. The monument was jointly dedicated by Nassau County, the South Korean city of Gwangju and the Korean American Public Affairs Committee. Kang urged the Japanese government to apologize to victims of its sexual enslavement of Korean and other Asian women for its troops during World War II. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea, Japan to hold talks on wartime sex slaves

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea and Japan will hold talks this week on Tokyo’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Thursday. The “comfort women” issue is a major source of...

    • Posted September 17, 2015
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  • hyundai
    Hyundai’s carmaking secrets allegedly leaked to Chinese firm

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Prosecutors said Thursday they have indicted 10 people on charges of leaking component blueprints of Hyundai Motor Co., the country’s top carmaker, for the development of a Chinese automobile. The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s...

    • Posted September 17, 2015
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  • Pittsburgh Pirates' shortstop Jung Ho Kang holds his left knee after injuring it while turning a double play on Chicago Cubs' Chris Coghlan (8) in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. Kang left the game. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    Pirates’ Kang Jung-ho leaves game early with knee injury

    By Brian Han Pittsburgh Pirates’ shortstop Kang Jung-ho left Thursday’s game early with an apparent knee injury in the top of the first inning. Chicago Cubs’ outfielder Chris Coghlan slid into second base in an unsuccessful attempt...

    • Posted September 17, 2015
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