All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Oh Seung-hwan (Yonhap)
    Cardinals’ Oh Seung-hwan throws perfect inning in relief

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff St. Louis Cardinals’ Korean reliever Oh Seung-hwan tossed another spotless inning in Florida Monday. Except for one hiccup last Thursday, he’s been perfect this spring over six appearances. Oh needed only...

    • Posted March 21, 2016
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  • Victoria Beckham (C) stands with Korean models wearing her new clothing line for a photo after a press conference held in Seoul on March 21, 2016 to unveil new dresses exclusively designed for Asian customers and available on the mytheresa.com online shopping mall in this photo provided by mytheresa.com.
    Victoria Beckham launches dress line for Asians in Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Fashion designer Victoria Beckham, better known as a former Spice Girls member and wife of retired footballer David Beckham, on Monday unveiled a new clothing line initially in Korea exclusively designed for Asian customers,...

    • Posted March 21, 2016
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  • Brennan Lee Harvard-Westlake 11th grade
    Computer beats human Go champion

    People have always been fascinated by how advanced computers can become, namely how close to the human brain can computers simulate. Now, you just saw Google’s AlphaGO handily defeat human champion Lee Se-dol 4-1 in a five-game...

    • Posted March 21, 2016
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  • (Courtesy of KBS-TV)
    ‘Descendants of the sun’ stars deny rumors of offscreen romance

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff South Korea’s popular actress Song Hye-kyo, 34, publicly denied being in a relationship with co-star Song Joong-ki, 30, through her management agency on Monday. Rumors had been running rampant recently in...

    • Posted March 21, 2016
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  • FILE - In this March 2, 2014 file photo, Talulah Riley, left, and Elon Musk attend the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party, in West Hollywood, Calif. Riley has filed to end her second marriage to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. Riley’s filing Monday, March 21, 2016, in Los Angeles Superior Court is the second attempt to end the pair’s second marriage. Musk filed for divorce on New Year’s Eve in 2014 but withdrew the petition seven months later. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
    Elon Musk’s wife files to divorce billionaire

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk and actress Talulah Riley are making another attempt to end their second marriage. Riley filed to divorce Musk on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Musk filed for divorce on...

    • Posted March 21, 2016
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  • This photo provided by Seoul National University on March 22, 2016, shows a nanotechnology-based wearable device that a team of South Korean scientists have developed for more convenient diabetes monitoring and therapy. The graphene-using "smart patch" has improved the accuracy of blood sugar level measurements as it checks not only the glucose in sweat but also temperature and acidity, according to the Institute for Basic Science in Daejeon, some 160 kilometers south of Seoul. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea develops ‘nanotechnology patch’ for diabetes therapy

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A team of South Korean scientists announced Tuesday that they have developed a wearable device, based on nanotechnology, for more convenient diabetes monitoring and therapy. The graphene-using “smart patch” has improved the accuracy of...

    • Posted March 21, 2016
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  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign stop at the Pinkerton Academy Stockbridge Theatre, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
    Sanders wins Democrats Abroad global primary

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders scored a big win Monday in the Democrats Abroad global primary. The party said 34,570 U.S. citizens living abroad in more than 170 countries cast votes by Internet, mail and in person...

    • Posted March 21, 2016
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