All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    Korean men biggest spenders in world on skin care

    Korean men spend more on skin care per person than any other in the world, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Data from Euromonitor, a market data research firm, showed that Asian males make up 64 percent...

    • Posted May 30, 2014
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    Another ferry diver dies

    By Jung Min-ho Another civilian diver died Friday while searching for passengers still missing from the sunken ferry Sewol. According to the government’s disaster response team, the diver who was involved in operations to cut open the...

    • Posted May 30, 2014
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  • Signboard for Starbucks store near The Westin Chosun’s rear entrance, Sogong-dong, Seoul.
    Seoul is the most Starbucks-filled city in the world

    Move over, New York City — Seoul is the city with the most number of Starbucks in the world, with 284. According to Quartz, which calculated the number of stores based on postal addresses in the coffee...

    • Posted May 29, 2014
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  • Yong Zhao, an education professor at the University of Oregon, speaks during an interview with The Korea Times Friday at Chadwick International School in Songdo, Incheon. (Courtesy of Chadwick International)
    “Obama is wrong about Korean education”

    U.S. professor says Korea has to move on to the next stage By Jung Min-ho President Barack Obama lauded Korean education during his State of the Union speech in 2011, likening the teachers to “nation builders. ”...

    • Posted May 29, 2014
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    45 percent of Koreans have limited English proficiency

    Koreans have the third-highest percentage of limited English proficiency among Asian subgroups in the U.S., a study says. Forty five percent of Koreans have limited English proficiency, the Center for American Progress said in a study released...

    • Posted May 29, 2014
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  • wc
    South Korea suffers deflating 1-0 loss to Tunisia at home

    By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL (Yonhap) — Sloppy and unorganized on both ends, South Korea dropped to Tunisia 1-0 in its final match at home before the World Cup on Wednesday. Zouhaier Dhaouadi scored on a breakaway moments...

    • Posted May 28, 2014
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  • L.A. ranks 19th in Fit City Index

    Washington D.C. tops the list followed by Minneapolis-St.Paul and Portland according to Anthem Blue Cross-American College of Sports Medicine survey  Memphis comes in last LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Of the nation’s 50 biggest cities, the Los Angeles metro...

    • Posted May 28, 2014
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