• 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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  H.O.T. may reunite

  First-generation boy band H.O.T. is considering reuniting 14 years after it disbanded. The former five members — Moon Hee-joon, Tony An, Lee Jae-won, Jang Woo-hyuk and Kang Ta —  led the trend of K-Pop and hallyu in...

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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  The changing face of New York’s K-Town

  By The Korea Times New York staff New York’s Koreatown, once a haven for Korean immigrants who set up shop in the 1970s and ’80s, has undergone a transformation into a city hotspot in the last five...

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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  Son Heung-min registers hat-trick as South Korea wallops Laos 8-0

  HWASEONG, South Korea (Yonhap) — The newest Tottenham Hotspur Son Heung-min scored his first international hat trick, as merciless South Korea beat up on Laos 8-0 in their World Cup qualifier at home Thursday for their second...

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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  Director Joseph Kahn defends Taylor Swift’s music videos of whitewashing

  NEW YORK (AP) — The director of Taylor Swift’s new music video is defending the singer after some claimed she whitewashed her video based in Africa. Korean American Joseph Kahn said that the video for “Wildest Dreams”...

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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  S. Korean lawmaker indicted over alleged bribery

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — A sitting lawmaker, formerly affiliated with the major opposition party, was indicted Thursday on suspicion of accepting bribes from a businessman, prosecutors said. Rep. Park Ki-choon, formerly of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy,...

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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  SAT scores lag, but Asian students lead in college-ready standard

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Continuing a downward trend, the latest scores from the SAT college entrance exam show a majority of students taking the test aren’t ready for college-level work or career-training programs. A report released Thursday from...

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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  US News & World Report reveals ‘Top 10 Best Value Schools’ for 2016

  U.S. News & World Report released a sneak peak into its 2016 rankings for domestic colleges, and shared its “Top 10 Best Value Schools” on Tuesday. Although the article does not go into what specific values defined...

  • Posted September 2, 2015
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