All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Los Angeles city councilman of the fourth district David Ryu
    LA City Councilman David Ryu launches survey for resident input

    By Park Ju-yeon Los Angeles District 4 City Counciman David Ryu launched a constituent survey on his website Tuesday asking residents for their input on city problems. Survey questions include topics like traffic congestion, parking, fund distribution,...

    • Posted September 16, 2015
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  • FILE - In this July 17, 2014 file photo, recreational boaters ride by a bathtub ring that delineates the high water mark at Lake Mead in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada. Water managers in Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area have reached a deal to draw enough water to serve some 300,000 homes from the Lake Mead reservoir on the Colorado River and sell it to California. (AP Photo/John Locher,File)
    Las Vegas, Los Angeles-area agencies ink water-for-cash deal

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Water managers in Los Angeles and Las Vegas are poised to adopt a drought-driven deal to send enough water to serve about 300,000 homes annually from the Lake Mead reservoir to Southern California....

    • Posted September 16, 2015
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  • South Koreans wearing masks against the possible Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus sit at the emergency room at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 1, 2015. More than 680 people in South Korea are isolated after having contact with patients infected with a virus that has killed hundreds of people in the Middle East, health officials said Monday.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Koreans rank No. 1 in hospital visits among OECD: data

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Koreans rank first among the citizens of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries in terms of visits to hospitals per year, data showed Tuesday. According to the Health Data...

    • Posted September 16, 2015
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  • Spokesman for the Unification Ministry Jeong Joon-hee (Yonhap)
    After N. Korea nuclear threats, S. Korea vows ‘stern response’

    By Kim Hyo-jin The South Korean government vowed Wednesday to take stern action against North Korea’s threats to launch a missile or conduct a nuclear test, in tandem with the United States and the international community. “A...

    • Posted September 16, 2015
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  • Margaret Cho (Mary Taylor/Ken Phillips Group)
    Interview: PSYCHO tour this fall brings Margaret Cho back to standup

    By Tae Hong Margaret Cho is back on stages across America with a standup mic this fall for The psyCHO Tour. Famous for her candor and nothing-is-off-limits comments on every which topic ranging from sexuality and LGBTQ...

    • Posted September 16, 2015
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  • (Kakao Talk)
    Kakao Pay boasts 5 mln users just one year after launch

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top mobile messenger operator Daum Kakao Corp. said Tuesday its mobile payment platform Kakao Pay currently has more than 5 million users, a figure equivalent to 20 percent of the country’s total...

    • Posted September 16, 2015
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  • SP
    S&P raises S. Korea’s sovereign rating to AA-

    SEOUL/SEJONG (Yonhap) — Global credit appraiser Standard & Poor’s (S&P) on Tuesday raised South Korea’s sovereign rating one notch from A+ to AA-, citing the country’s future growth potential and a decline in external debt. S&P said...

    • Posted September 15, 2015
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