All posts tagged "US"

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    Technology leads to disappearance of Korean American small businesses

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff Technology provides conveniences to most consumers, but for some Korean Americans who own small businesses, it can be quite the opposite. In the technology capital of California and arguably the...

    • Posted December 23, 2015
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    Forgetting passport, green card can ruin your holidays

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff If you are one of the 100 million people projected to be traveling this holiday season, especially out of the country, don’t forget your passport, green card or visa. A Korean American...

    • Posted December 23, 2015
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  • Chris Park, Major League Baseball's senior vice president of growth, strategy and international, gives a presentation during the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) Winter Meeting in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2015. (Photo courtesy of the KBO) (Yonhap)
    MLB exec hopes to see big league games in S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea has been one of the more successful countries in the young history of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), an international tournament jointly operated by Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League...

    • Posted December 9, 2015
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    Kim Jong-un’s uncle defected to US amid N. Korean power struggle

    By Brian Han In North Korea, being part of the leadership’s family by no means excludes you from danger. The uncle of current leader Kim Jong-un, Lee Kang, decided to come out of the woodwork Wednesday. He...

    • Posted December 9, 2015
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  • Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at the University of South Carolina Aiken, S.C. (Chris Thelen/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)
    Most popular candidate among Asian Americans? Bernie Sanders

    By Brian Han Times are a changin’ as Bob Dylan so eloquently put it. Not long ago, Asian Americans more times than not strongly identified with the Republican Party. But that trend is rapidly changing, most recently...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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    S. California readies for sweater weather after hot autumn

    By Brian Han Only in Southern California will you find residents turning on air conditioners in December. It’s true that 2015 provided cities like Los Angeles some of the hottest autumn months on record according to the...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • North Korea displays road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles, known as the KN-08, with round warheads during a military parade on Oct. 10, 2015, at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party. (Yonhap)
    US Treasury blacklists more N. Koreans linked to arms dealing

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has blacklisted six North Korean banking representatives and three shipping companies in the latest effort to target through sanctions the isolated nation’s weapons proliferation. The targets include a Russia-based representative of...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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