• California Assembly OKs highest minimum wage in nation
• S. Korea unveils first graphic cigarette warnings
• US joins with South Korea, Japan in bid to deter North Korea
• LPGA golfer Chun In-gee finally back in action
• S. Korea won’t be top seed in final World Cup qualification round
• US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
• US back on track in qualifying with 4-0 win over Guatemala
• High-intensity workout injuries spawn cottage industry
• CDC expands range of Zika mosquitoes into parts of Northeast
• Who knew? ‘The Walking Dead’ is helping families connect

All posts tagged "south"

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  S. Korea to send gov’t officials to Ebola-hit Sierra Leone

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea will send government officials to Ebola-hit Sierra Leone, joining global efforts to defeat the fatal virus, the defense ministry said Thursday. The ministry said it will send an advance team of 11...

  • Posted November 6, 2014
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  [BBC] Teacher is turned down for a job in South Korea ‘because of the alcoholism nature of the Irish’

      A teacher from the Republic of Ireland has been turned down for a job in South Korea due to the “alcoholism nature” of Irish people. Katie Mulrennan, from County Kerry, had applied for a...

  • Posted November 6, 2014
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  S. Korean box office revenue plunges in October

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s cinema ticket revenues and the number of moviegoers fell drastically last month from a year ago largely due to the weakness of Korean films, a market tracker said Thursday. Ticket revenue in...

  • Posted November 6, 2014
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  2015 Presidents Cup leaders looking forward to big showdown in S. Korea

  SEOUL (Yonhap) –With a major international golf competition set to take place in South Korea in less than a year, principal figures of the event said Wednesday that they are already anticipating a big showdown among top-ranked...

  • Posted November 5, 2014
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  Google and LG to share patents through 2023

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Google Inc. to grant each other the right to mutually exploit their patents, a move seen as a way to avert patent infringement...

  • Posted November 5, 2014
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  Illegal iPhone 6 subsidies may result in legal action for S. Korean carriers

  By Yoon Sung-won The telecom industry’s watchdog threatened to take legal action against the CEOs of three mobile carriers ― SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus ― Wednesday, for providing excessive subsidies to lure customers to buy...

  • Posted November 5, 2014
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  Putin gives Pushkin Award to S. Korean Kim Sun-min

  Russian president Vladimir Putin gave out several awards to representatives of seven foreign countries including Kim Sun-min of South Korea. As General Director of the Pushkin House Russian Culture and Education Centre, Kim received the Pushkin Award, which...

  • Posted November 4, 2014
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