All posts tagged "United States"

  • "Chinatown Panorama" by William Cho - Flickr (Creative Commons License)
    [HuffPo] How Racism Created America’s Chinatowns

    Last month, a San Francisco tour guide was caught in a racist rant about the city’s Chinatown, berating residents for “eating turtles and frogs” and for not assimilating into American culture. There’s an irony to these...

    • Posted November 18, 2014
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  • Korean workers take the least amount of vacation days when compared to the rest of the world.
    ‘Koreans are most vacation-deprived people on Earth’

    South Korea ranks last among 24 nations when it comes to the average number of vacation days taken by workers, according to a 2014 survey by travel site Expedia. An average Korean gets 8.6 days off each...

    • Posted November 18, 2014
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  • (Korea Times)
    US-bound passengers from S. Korea to enjoy eased security check

    SEJONG, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) — Air passengers bound for the United States from South Korea’s Gimhae International Airport in Busan will be exempt from a last-minute security inspection from next month, the government said Tuesday. Starting from...

    • Posted November 17, 2014
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  • Dennis Hong, a U.S. robotics professor considered one of the most promising researchers in the field, said Oct. 28, 2014 South Korean tech firms still have a bright future despite their recent lackluster earnings as the country gains a stronger voice in the industry. (Yonhap)
    UCLA professor assures strength in S. Korean tech despite falling profits

    BUSAN (Yonhap) — Dennis Hong, a U.S. robotics professor considered one of the most promising researchers in the field, said Tuesday South Korean tech firms still have a bright future despite their recent lackluster earnings as the...

    • Posted October 28, 2014
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  • (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
    US experiencing 2nd immigration wave

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff According to a USA Today analysis on a metric called the Diversity Index, there will be less than a one in three chance that the next stranger you meet in...

    • Posted October 24, 2014
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  • A Nigerian port health official uses a thermometer on a worker at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. A Nigerian nurse who treated a man with Ebola is now dead and five others are sick with one of the world's most virulent diseases, authorities said Wednesday, as the death toll rose to at least 932 people in four West African countries. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
    US to track everyone coming from Ebola nations

    ATLANTA (AP) — All travelers who come into the U.S. from three Ebola-stricken West African nations will now be monitored for three weeks, the latest step by federal officials to keep the disease from spreading into the...

    • Posted October 23, 2014
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  • President Obama will make Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, his primary adviser in dealing with Ebola-related issues. (AP)
    Obama elects Ebola ‘czar’

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama turned to a trusted adviser to lead the nation’s Ebola response on Friday as efforts to clamp down on any possible route of infection from three Texas cases expanded, reaching a...

    • Posted October 17, 2014
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