• California Assembly OKs highest minimum wage in nation
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• S. Korea won’t be top seed in final World Cup qualification round
• US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
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All posts tagged "South Korea"

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  5 African students receive $186,000 of scholarship to Korean university

  By Chung Hyun-chae Five African students received a combined total of 200 million won ($186,000) in scholarship Tuesday from Duksung Women’s University to support their master’s degree studies at its graduate school. The Duksung-U.N. Women Global Partnership...

  • Posted April 28, 2015
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  S. Korea’s Telecom Act stifling sales of Galaxy S6, G4

  Dealerships urge gov’t to allow them to engage in promotional events By Bahk Eun-ji LG Electronics will release its latest smartphone, the G4, on Wednesday and seek to steal customers from its bigger rivals Samsung Electronics and...

  • Posted April 27, 2015
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  Park accepts prime minister’s resignation over bribery scandal

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president accepted the resignation of her prime minister on Monday over a bribery scandal, officials said. Prime Minster Lee Wan-koo offered to resign last week, just two months after taking...

  • Posted April 27, 2015
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  ‘Avengers 2′ sets new S. Korean box office records with 3 mln viewers

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The Hollywood blockbuster “Avengers: Age of Ultron” has become the fastest foreign film to surpass three million viewers in South Korea, data showed Sunday. According to the Korean Film Council and Walt Disney Co....

  • Posted April 27, 2015
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  ‘Avengers’ sequel dominates S. Korean box office on opening day

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The much-anticipated Hollywood blockbuster “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” has drawn a large attendance of 620,000 on the day of release in South Korea, a market tracker said Friday. A total of 622,210 viewers...

  • Posted April 24, 2015
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  [CNN] How to survive a drinking session in Korea

  Most companies in South Korea have hoesik at least once a month and sometimes every week. Literally, this means dinner with co-workers. In practice, it means official eating/drinking fests involving multiple rounds of alcohol at multiple...

  • Posted April 23, 2015
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  US Ambassador Lippert’s attacker shows no remorse

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The man who slashed the U.S. ambassador in Seoul last month said Thursday he was proud he reduced the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises by one day. Kim Ki-jong was arrested on March 5...

  • Posted April 23, 2015
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