Post-Holiday Exports Down and Budget Deal Optimism
Holiday blues, Export sales were delayed and a number of cancellations. Congressional leaders trying to reach a budget deal before the deadline next Friday.
South Korea
South Korean Poultry Ban; NAFTA Negotiations Begin
Getting South Korea ban lifted is the short-term goal for the U.S., U.S., Canadian and Mexico working on NAFTA.
Adopted at 3 and Brought to US, S. Korean Man to be Deported
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A South Korean man flown to the U.S. 37 years ago and adopted by an American couple at age 3 has been ordered deported back to a country that is completely alien to him.
The National Korean American Service & Education Consortium says a federal immigration in Tacoma, Washington ordered Adam Crapser deported to South Korea.
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Inslee, South Korean Governor Lay Wreath at War Memorial
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee and Governor Ha Jin Song of the Jeollabuk-do province in South Korea placed a ceremonial wreath at the Korean War Memorial as part of a daylong event to mark the 20-year anniversary of the sister-state agreement between the province and Washington state...