All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • ire fighters extinguish a burning car that was slammed into by a black Mercedes killing it's two occupants on a Thai highway on March 13, 2016. The smaller car burst into flames and the couple inside, both graduate students in their 30s, died at the scene of the accident. (Senior Sergeant Major Parichart Pangrith via AP)
    High-speed Mercedes crash ignites uproar in Thailand

    BANGKOK (AP) — The dash cam video is jaw-dropping: On a virtually empty stretch of highway, a midsize car is seen traveling in the slow lane. Suddenly, a black Mercedes-Benz zooms into the frame and rear-ends the...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Yoo Seong-min holds press conference in Daegu on March 23, 2016 to announce that he will run in next month's parliamentary race as an independent. (Yonhap)
    3 ruling party heavyweights to run for parliamentary seats as independents

    SEOUL/DAEGU (Yonhap) — Three lawmakers of the ruling Saenuri Party quit the party Wednesday to run in next month’s parliamentary race as independents, following a factional feud over the candidate selection process. Yoo Seong-min, former Saenuri floor...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Samuel Lee, third from left, and Jay Kim (Korea Times / Park Sang-hyuk) (Korea Times / Park Sang-hyuk)
    Two more Korean Americans become police officers in LA

    LOS ANGELES – Becoming a police officer is an increasingly popular career option for Korean Americans in Los Angeles, as two more graduated from the Los Angeles Police Academy and Los Angeles Airport Police Academy last Friday. Samuel...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • (Korea Times / Park Sang-hyuk)
    LA City Council recognizes sex slavery victim’s effort to raise awareness

    LOS ANGELES — An elderly South Korean victim of Japan’s wartime sex slavery received an award from the Los Angeles City Council in recognition of her efforts to raise international awareness about the atrocity. The council presented...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Starbucks Shareholders Prepaid Card
    Starbucks to offer prepaid cards to boost rewards program

    NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks says it will introduce a prepaid card by the end of the year that lets people earn points for its rewards program. The Seattle-based company plans to offer the card through Chase...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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    Cruz emboldened, but needs a near miracle to catch Trump

    WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — While Ted Cruz decried “gutter politics” against him, former Republican presidential contenders gave him a boost Wednesday, casting the Texas senator as the party’s last best chance to stop Donald Trump. The long...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Suarez
    Suarez back with Uruguay; ends biting ban from World Cup

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Uruguay striker Luis Suarez is set to make his comeback to international soccer on Friday, almost two years after being banned for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup....

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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