- 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 "topstories"
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Mapping the Brutality of North Korea, and Where the Bodies Are Buried
By CHOE SANG-HUN https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/world/asia/north-korea-execution-sites.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share SEOUL, South Korea — For two years, from a cramped office in central Seoul, activists and volunteers from five different countries have been doing something never tried before: creating interactive maps of...
- Posted July 19, 2017
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South Korea Proposes Military Talks With North at Their Border
By CHOE SANG-HUN and DAVID E. SANGER https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/world/asia/north-korea-south-military-talks.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Monday proposed holding military and humanitarian talks with North Korea, its first visible split with the Trump administration, which has said...
- Posted July 18, 2017
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FM meets with special rapporteur to discuss human rights in N. Korea
SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) — South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, Tomas Ojea Quintana, Monday to discuss policies on dealing with the abject human...
- Posted July 17, 2017
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U.S. Women’s Open champ Park Sung-hyun soars to No. 5 in world golf rankings
SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) — Thanks to her first LPGA major title at the U.S. Women’s Open, South Korean Park Sung-hyun soared to No. 5 in the latest women’s world rankings announced Monday. Park shot an 11-under...
- Posted July 17, 2017
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Top diplomat calls for ambassadors’ support to solve security challenges
SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) — Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha called on foreign ambassadors based in Seoul on Thursday to help South Korea find a way to solve the gravest-ever security environment on the Korean Peninsula. “Challenges on...
- Posted July 13, 2017
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Hyundai to unveil new production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in August
SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday that it will unveil a new hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) next month to highlight its strong commitment to green automobiles. South Korea’s No. 1 carmaker...
- Posted July 13, 2017
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Belly, a Korean Take on Pork, Opens in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Off the Menu By FLORENCE FABRICANT New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/dining/belly-brooklyn-restaurant-openings.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share Headliner BELLY Billed as a bacon omakase, the tasting menu here is less about a breakfast strip than about pork belly, cured and uncured, and given a strong...
- Posted July 11, 2017