- 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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Girls’ Generation Yuri is dating baseball player Oh Seung-hwan
Girls’ Generation member Yuri, 25, baseball player Oh Seung-hwan, 32, are dating, agency SM Entertainment said Monday. SM said the two met last year in a get-together with friends, Yonhap reported. Oh plays for the Hanshin Tigers...
- Posted April 20, 2015
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N. Korea ordered to pay $330 mln to kidnapped pastor’s family
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — A U.S. court has ordered North Korea to pay $330 million in compensation to the family of a late Korean American pastor abducted by the North in 2000 while trying to help North Korean...
- Posted April 20, 2015
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‘Avengers 2′ superheroes arrive in Seoul, pay respects to ferry victims
SEOUL (Yonhap) — Three Marvel superheroes assembled in Seoul Friday for a news conference to promote the much-anticipated blockbuster “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” and expressed hope that the film will be received well in South Korea....
- Posted April 17, 2015
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S. Korea to increase humanitarian aid to N. Korea
SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea will provide more humanitarian aid to North Korea to help ease rising inter-Korean tensions, Seoul’s point man on Pyongyang said Friday. Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo said he will make efforts to encourage...
- Posted April 17, 2015
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Obama praises S. Korea for paying teachers as much as doctors, engineers
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Yonhap) — U.S. President Barack Obama has praised South Korea’s education system again, saying teachers in Korea are paid as much as doctors and engineers. “My sister was a teacher, and so I know...
- Posted April 16, 2015
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The Chicago Fathers Choir goes from tuxes to genuine talent
In July 2012, a group of middle-aged Korean American fathers in Chicago came together to sing, and to find new hope and courage within the music. The Chicago Fathers Choir continues — the 31-strong men’s choir faces...
- Posted April 16, 2015
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S. Korea pledges $300 mln to World Bank’s developing nation program
SEJONG, April 16 (Yonhap) — South Korea has pledged US$300 million to the World Bank for its program to build critical infrastructure in developing countries and deal with their environmental and energy issues, the government said Thursday....
- Posted April 16, 2015