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All posts tagged "South Korea"

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  9 is fine! S. Korean-born golfers extend win streak

  With Kim Hyo-joo closing out the JTBC Founders Cup with a victory Sunday, the 19-year-old extended the 2015 streak for South Korean-born winners on the LPGA and Ladies European Tour (LET) to nine. This particular demographic has...

  • Posted March 23, 2015
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  Marvel’s ‘Avengers 2′ stars to visit S. Korea next month

  SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) — The director and cast of the “Avengers” sequel, which was partly filmed in South Korea, will visit Seoul to promote the film next month, the movie’s local importer and distributor said Monday....

  • Posted March 23, 2015
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  US to send 400 more soldiers to S. Korea

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it is adding 400 soldiers to its force in South Korea. They are members of an Army battalion equipped with the Multiple-Launch Rocket System, an armored vehicle that fires surface-to-surface rockets....

  • Posted March 20, 2015
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  2 Koreas face increasing linguistic divide

  By Hyung-jin Kim SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — On one side of the line that has divided two societies for so long, the words arrive as fast as globalization can bring them – English-based lingo like “shampoo,”...

  • Posted March 20, 2015
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  People over 65 make up 12.7 pct of S. Korea’s population

  SEJONG, March 19 (Yonhap) — The proportion of the population over 65 moved up 0.5 percentage point to 12.7 percent in 2014 from a year ago, data showed Thursday, a clear sign that South Korea is aging...

  • Posted March 19, 2015
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  S. Korea seeks ’2nd Middle East boom’

  SEJONG, March 19 (Yonhap) — South Korea will seek a “second Middle East boom” by strengthening economic cooperation with countries that are preparing for the post-oil era, the government said Thursday. In a national trade and investment...

  • Posted March 19, 2015
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  Gender pay gaps up to $39,028 at S. Korean companies

  By Yoon Ja-young Males working at conglomerates are earning on average 26.3 million won (US$23,328) more annually than female workers. At banks, the gender wage gap was even bigger at 44 million won(US$39,028). The difference can largely...

  • Posted March 18, 2015
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