• 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 "New York"

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  Korean American Queens legislator tackles street purse snatcher

  Purse snatchers of New York, watch out for your district assemblyman — Ron Kim (D-Flushing), the state legislature’s first-ever Korean American member, chased and caught a thief on the streets of downtown Flushing last week. The assemblyman reportedly...

  • Posted September 21, 2015
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  Good News: Billionaire hedge fund founder gives $15,000 to 800 NY teachers

  By Brian Han Among OECD countries, the U.S. ranks below average in terms of teacher salaries. So much so that founder of $22 billion Renaissance Technologies and respected mathematician Jim Simons decided to do something about it to...

  • Posted September 15, 2015
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  NYFW Concept Korea to show next week

  Concept Korea Womenswear S/S 2016 will open Monday inside Manhattan’s Skylight at Moynihan Station. The collection, presented this year by South Korean designers KAAL.E.SUKTAE (Lee Suk-tae) and jarret (Lee Ji-yeon), is the latest from the project since...

  • Posted September 11, 2015
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  Libraries sign MoU to expand Korean collection in Queens

  By the Korea Times New York staff Queens Library and the National Library of Korea shook hands on a Memorandum of Understanding Thursday to continue bringing Korean content to the “Window on Korea” collection in Queens, New...

  • Posted September 4, 2015
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  The changing face of New York’s K-Town

  By The Korea Times New York staff New York’s Koreatown, once a haven for Korean immigrants who set up shop in the 1970s and ’80s, has undergone a transformation into a city hotspot in the last five...

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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  Three South Koreans complete 3,500-mile cycle through US

  By The Korea Times New York staff Three friends, all 24-year-old South Korean college students, flew into San Francisco two months ago carrying nothing but backpacks and bicycles outfitted with Korean flags. Seventy days later, the students...

  • Posted August 28, 2015
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  Two East Coast school directors to receive merits from S. Korean govt

  Two East Coast Korean school directors will receive merits from the South Korean government for their contributions to the advancement of the Korean written language. Koh Eun-ja, director of the Korean School of Long Island, will receive...

  • Posted August 25, 2015
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