- 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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260,000 S. Korean workers strike against flexible labor market, pension reform
SEOUL (Yonhap) — Tens of thousands of unionized workers walked out of their work places across the country Friday against government plans to reform the pension system for public servants and introduce a more flexible labor market....
- Posted April 24, 2015
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Director Grace Lee wins Peabody Award for documentary
By Tae Hong Korean American director Grace Lee, who helmed the critically acclaimed “American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs,” has won a Peabody Award. The documentary, which premiered on PBS last year and which was...
- Posted April 23, 2015
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KOCCA, musicians out to show the world K-pop is not just idols
The Korea Creative Content Agency and 12 musical teams are out to redefine K-pop around the world. “Overseas, people ask if K-pop music is just idol music,” KOCCA President Song Sung-gak said Thursday, in a media conference...
- Posted April 23, 2015
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Seoul announces plans to retrieve sunken ferry
SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea announced plans Wednesday to salvage the ferry that sunk off the country’s southwest coast a year earlier, claiming 304 lives. The retrieval will likely begin in September and take up to 18...
- Posted April 22, 2015
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S. Korea to spend big on clean, renewable energy sector
SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea will invest over 1.8 trillion won, or about $1.66 billion, this year to help boost the clean and renewable energy sector with the related market expected to be worth some $4.25 billion...
- Posted April 22, 2015
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‘K-Town Cowboys’ Director DPD shares love for hometown on silver screen
By Tae Hong “Look at you guys,” a first-time visitor to Los Angeles’ nightlife-friendly Koreatown once said more than a decade ago, observing a group of his friends — among them Daniel “DPD” Park — as they...
- Posted April 21, 2015
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S. Korean corporation breaks rules in bid to invest in LA Dodgers: lawmaker
SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund has violated its own rules in its move to buy into the Los Angeles Dodgers, a lawmaker said Tuesday. The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), which manages assets entrusted by...
- Posted April 21, 2015