All posts tagged "canadian"

  • Canadian ice hockey players Michael Swift, left, and Brian Young smile as they hold up Korean citizenship papers earlier this year. (Yonhap)
    KOC to ask gov’t to naturalize two more Canadian-born hockey players

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The country’s top sports body said Thursday it will ask the government to naturalize two Canadian-born hockey players, with an eye on improving the national team for the next Winter Olympics. The Korean Olympic...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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  • Canadian ice hockey players Michael Swift, left, and Brian Young smile as they hold up Korean citizenship papers earlier this year. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea awards citizenship to two Canadian hockey players

    Two Canadian professional hockey players were granted South Korean citizenship Tuesday, justice ministry officials said. The Ministry of Justice allowed Brian Young and Michael Swift to become naturalized citizens here, in accordance with a revised immigration law...

    • Posted January 21, 2014
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