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All posts tagged "South Korea"

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  Gangnam Style: The district records Seoul’s highest crime rates

  Psy’s 2012 mega-hit “Gangnam Style” painted an eccentric portrait of the Gangnam district, arguably the most upscale part of Seoul. It also put part of South Korea’s capital into the global consciousness. The unfortunate reality is that...

  • Posted November 19, 2015
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  Bae Sang-moon officially begins mandatory military duty

  By Brian Han The golfing world will have to say farewell to South Korea’s Bae Sang-moon who provided plenty of drama in his final competitive outing back in October’s Presidents Cup held in Incheon, South Korea. The...

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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  LA community launches overseas voting campaign for April Korean election

  By Kim Chul-soo Los Angeles Korean American organizations are coming together to encourage local Korean nationals to take advantage of overseas voters registration for the April Korean legislative election. Registration, which opened this past weekend, is being...

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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  US approves sale of Harpoon missiles to S. Korea

  WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The U.S. government has approved a proposed sale to South Korea of submarine-launched Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles and associated equipment, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday. The agency said in a statement...

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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  S. Korea’s hip hop stars Dok2 and company reveal roots to LA

  By Brian Han How in the world did hip hop, both a musical genre and cultural movement born from the streets of the South Bronx, make its way across the Pacific to South Korea? That question drove...

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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  Tesla sees ‘great potential’ in S. Korea

  ILSAN (Yonhap) — South Korea has “great potential” and is a market that it hopes to expand into in the future, an executive of Tesla Motors Inc. said Wednesday, stopping short of giving any specific business plans....

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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  N. Korea repatriates S. Korean man in ‘humanitarian move’

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea repatriated Tuesday a South Korean man who crossed into the communist country through the border with China earlier this year, a government official said. The 48-year-old man, identified only by his surname...

  • Posted November 18, 2015
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