- 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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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
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North Koreans in Russia Work ‘Basically in the Situation of Slaves’
By ANDREW HIGGINS New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/world/europe/north-korea-russia-migrants.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Across Western Europe and the United States, immigrants from poorer countries, whether plumbers from Poland or farmhands from Mexico, have become a lightning rod for economic anxieties over...
- Posted July 11, 2017
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No expectation from N.K.’s acceptance of Moon’s peace proposal: pro-N.K. paper
SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) — A pro-North Korean newspaper in Japan said Tuesday that President Moon Jae-in should not expect a positive response from Pyongyang to his latest reconciliatory proposal, as Seoul is still not giving up...
- Posted July 11, 2017
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Vietnam’s South Korean Ghosts
Heonik Kwon VIETNAM ’67 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/opinion/vietnam-war-south-korea.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share The residents of Ha My, a village in central Vietnam, can tell many vivid stories about their war ghosts — their “invisible neighbors,” in the words of the local Taoist priest. The...
- Posted July 11, 2017
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China’s travel ban squeezing tourism, retail industries on Jeju
JEJU, South Korea, July 9 (Yonhap) — The impact from China’s measure to place a ban on all group tours to South Korea in response to Seoul’s decision to deploy a U.S.-led missile system has remained felt...
- Posted July 10, 2017