All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • kimchi
    [HOT LINKS] The Kimchi Crisis in Korea

    Once valued as a source of vitamin C before the arrival of refrigerators, kimchi now crops up on menus far from its birthplace on the Korean peninsula. The spicy, garlicky cabbage dish is to be...

    • Posted March 24, 2014
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  • Poster for “The Avengers”
    Unseen cost of Avengers sequel

    By Kim Young-jin The announcement last week that Marvel Studios would film parts of its upcoming “The Avengers: Age of Ultra” in Seoul generated plenty of excitement in the capital. But government officials, more than film buffs,...

    • Posted March 24, 2014
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  • The 7,700-ton Aegis destroyer, King Sejong the Great, appears in waters off the Yellow Sea, Wednesday, during a naval drill held ahead of the fourth anniversary of the sinking of the Cheonan which falls on March 26.  (Yonhap)
    N. Korea launches rockets for 2nd straight day

      By Chung Min-uck North Korea fired 16 more short-range rockets from its east coast early on Sunday, for a second straight day, in an apparent protest against the ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint military drill, the Joint...

    • Posted March 23, 2014
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  • sm
    SMTOWN Museum building purchased for $4 million cash

    L.A. County Registrar records shows By Kim Sang-mok In the midst of S.M. Entertainment’s ongoing tax evasion investigation, more questions have come to light, this time concerning the entertainment giant’s 2013 purchase of a building for what...

    • Posted March 23, 2014
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  • three-s
    Park to hold summit with Obama, Abe next week

    South Korean President Park Geun-hye will hold three-way talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of an international nuclear conference in The Hague next week, an official said Friday....

    • Posted March 21, 2014
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  • Kim Yuna has handled the controversy with nothing but class. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea to file judging complaint over skating star

    (Yonhap) — South Korea will file an official complaint with the international governing body for figure skating over the controversial composition of the judging panel for the ladies’ singles competition at this year’s Winter Olympics, officials said...

    • Posted March 21, 2014
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  • K-pop group Crayon Pop will be going straight from the Korea Times Music Festival to Lady Gaga's tour.
    Crayon Pop to open for Lady Gaga

    Viral K-Pop “Bar Bar Bar” sensation Crayon Pop will be one of the opening acts for Lady Gaga’s upcoming “artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball” tour. The quintet will join Gaga through her itinerary in cities across the U.S....

    • Posted March 21, 2014
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