• 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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  14-year-old ‘mokbang’ host finds fame through eating on camera

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Every evening, 14-year-old Kim Sung-jin orders fried chicken, delivery pizza or Chinese food to eat in a small room in his family’s home south of Seoul. He gorges on food as he...

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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  Tiger Woods hopes to push for unlikely playoff spot at Wyndham

  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — It’s now or never for many players at the Wyndham Championship — the last chance to qualify for golf’s postseason. That group includes Tiger Woods. The biggest name in the sport is playing...

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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  Divers begin work to recover sunken Sewol ferry

  SEJONG (Yonhap) — The work to recover a passenger ship that sank more than a year ago began Wednesday with a survey of underwater conditions to decide how the ship will be pulled out of the water....

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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  Kang helps with bat, hurts with glove in 9-8 Pirates win

  By Brian Han Although the Pittsburgh Pirates left PNC park on Tuesday with a 9-8 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, Kang Jung-ho displayed some outward frustration following a crucial error in the ninth inning that pushed the...

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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  Korean dramas are a hit even in Cuba

  By Kim Sang-mok HAVANA, CUBA — “Do you know the Korean actors Lee Min-ho and Yoon Sang-hyun?” was the question posed to me by a 15-year-old Havana resident inside a bootleg CD store. As it turns out,...

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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  Slovenian avant-garde rock band makes N. Korea debut

  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Slovenian avant-garde rock group Laibach is known for pushing the envelope — wearing military uniforms on stage, toying with socialist and Marxist themes, making visual references to authoritarian symbols. In Pyongyang, they...

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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  Arrest warrant issued for President Park’s brother-in-law

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — An arrest warrant for a former lawmaker and husband of President Park Geun-hye’s cousin was issued Wednesday over bribery-taking suspicions, court officials said. The Uijeongbu District Court approved the arrest of the 77-year-old, identified...

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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