All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Pittsburgh Pirates' Jung Ho Kang hits a solo home run off Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Glen Perkins during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis, Tuesday, July 28, 2015. The Pirates won 8-7. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
    Kang Jung-ho blasts game-winning home run to second deck

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jung-ho Kang hit a tiebreaking home run off the facing off the second deck in left center-field in the ninth inning, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Minnesota Twins 8-7 Tuesday night. Kang’s sixth...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • A participant in Google's ‘Campus for Moms' program introduces the plans to run her startup business during a gathering at the Google Campus Seoul in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, Tuesday. (Courtesy of Google Campus Seoul)
    Google Korea encourages mothers to run startup

    By Yoon Sung-won Google Korea has launched a program to help mothers of young children establish startups. Jeffrey Lim, the head of Google Campus Seoul, said that the program, dubbed “Campus for Moms,” has been organized for...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • South Korea's Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korea, US to work closely for Koreas’ reunification: minister

    SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States will work even more closely together to reunify the two Koreas, Seoul’s point man on Pyongyang said Monday. Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo made the remark during...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • Yuna Kim, Special Olympics ambassador, spoke to a crowd of about 700 inside the Marriott Hotel Monday for the Doha GOALS Forum.
    Q&A with Kim Yuna

    By Kim Chul-soo South Korean figure skating queen Kim Yuna, in Los Angeles as a Special Olympics ambassador, held a talk in front of a crowd of about 700 inside the Marriott Hotel Monday as a part...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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    Documentary records Washington Korean American community

    By The Korea Times Seattle staff The Korean American Coalition of Washington has begun work on a documentary detailing the Korean American community. The project is led by KAC-WA Vice President Julie Kang, directed by local filmmaker...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • (Courtesy of Angelina Widener)
    Where should I go to college? Student stories, Yonsei Int’l Summer School (YISS)

    By Angelina Widener, Korea Times Los Angeles intern reporter For most students, summer is a season that is associated with words like vacation, travel and fun. But what if I told you that all of these were...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • honey butter chips, jjawang
    Three things you must bring back from South Korea

    By Park Ji-hye When are the trio of South Korea’s hottest products — Honey Butter chips, Soonhari soju, Jjawang — coming to America? It’s probably the question asked by countless travelers who lug bags and bottles of...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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