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    Mosley wants to take boxing back to the golden days, promote in S. Korea

    By Brian Han LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Former championship boxer Shane Mosley is stepping out of retirement for the second time and back into the ring on Saturday at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Although many critics...

    • Posted August 29, 2015
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  • Comedian Park Myung-soo, left, performs with singer IU in the "Infinite Challenge" music festival aired on Saturday. (Yonhap)

    ‘Infinite Challenge’ festival rocks S. Korean music charts

    Songs from a music festival held by South Korean variety program “Infinite Challenge” are dominating domestic music charts, Yonhap reported. The songs, released as a part of the show’s much-anticipated music festival — which invited artists G-Dragon...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • In this July 1, 2015, photo, Han Tak Lee, who spent 24 years in prison before a judge threw out his arson-murder conviction, speaks during an interview in the Queens borough of New York. Lee says the 1989 fire that killed his daughter at a cabin in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains was accidental. Prosecutors want a federal appeals court to reinstate Lee’s conviction and life sentence, insisting he set the deadly blaze. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

    Newly freed man fights appeal in daughter’s ’89 fire death

    NEW YORK (AP) — He lost his daughter in a fire. Then he lost his freedom. Han Tak Lee spent 24 years in prison before a judge threw out his arson-murder conviction, ruling the highly technical case...

    • Posted August 7, 2015
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  • In this Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, file photo, a hotel staff member stands at a reception desk of a hotel, decorated with a map of the world on the wall, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Fresh off a drastic, half-year ban that closed North Korea’s doors to virtually all foreigners over fears they would spread the Ebola virus - despite the fact that there were no cases of Ebola reported anywhere in Asia - the country is once again determined to show off its "socialist fairyland" to tourists. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

    N. Korea to push back its standard time by 30 minutes

    North Korea announced that it plans to push back its standard time by 30 minutes as a celebratory move after the 70th anniversary of Korean independence on Aug. 15. “The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes...

    • Posted August 6, 2015
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  • Monte de Zion sits on the corner of Vermont Avenue and James M. Wood Boulevard. (Korea Times)

    Korean grocer to replace Hispanic market in LA Koreatown

    A Korean market will take the place of a Hispanic market in Koreatown, Los Angeles. The building, located on the intersection of Vermont Avenue and James M. Wood Boulevard, is currently a Monte de Zion owned by...

    • Posted August 4, 2015
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    LA Koreatown rising as new plastic surgery mecca for Chinese

    By Park Ji-hye Chinese looking for new faces have found a new mecca in Los Angeles’ Koreatown. Famous for their precise technique and safety, plastic surgeons in South Korea have attracted flocks of Chinese tourists for years....

    • Posted July 30, 2015
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  • One of the pieces to be shown in an exhibit by K/REATE and Yoon Design in New York and Seoul in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Korean independence. (Photo courtesy of K/REATE)

    Young creatives to put on Taegeuki art exhibit in NY, Seoul

    By Tae Hong K/REATE, a gathering of young artists, is putting on a two-city exhibit in New York and Seoul of the South Korean flag — the Taegeuki — in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Korean...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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