All posts tagged "topstories"

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    BTS targets Billboard Hot 100 entry with new album

    SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) — K-pop band BTS said Monday it hopes to enter the highly coveted Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States with its latest record “Love Yourself: Her.” “Whenever we’re asked about our...

    • Posted September 18, 2017
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  • Sang Yup Lee, a head of Genesis Styling, left, and Luc Donckerwolke, a head of Genesis Design Center, second from right, unveil the new sedan Genesis G70 during its an unveiling ceremony in Hwaseong, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Hyundai Motor will launch its first midsize sports sedan under the Genesis brand in South Korea next week and in the U.S. early next year, the latest attempt by the emerging Korean luxury brand to challenge BMW's 3 series and other European premium cars. (Photo: Lee Jin-man, AP)
    Hyundai’s Genesis takes on BMW, Mercedes with new compact sedan

    Chris Woodyard https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/09/15/hyundai-bringing-genesis-midsize-sedan-u-s-2018/669268001/   Having shown that it can compete with midsize and large luxury cars in the U.S., Hyundai’s Genesis division is about to try to make a dent with smaller cars against some tough rivals. The...

    • Posted September 17, 2017
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  • North Korean defector Kim Seung Chul at the North Korea Reform Radio studio in Seoul, where he broadcasts information, entertainment and news back to his homeland. (Photo: Thomas Maresca)
    ‘We would never think of eating for pleasure,’ North Korea defector admits

    Thomas Maresca https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/09/05/north-korea-defectors-provide-rare-glimpse-isolated-life/625916001/   SEOUL — When Kim Hak Min lived in North Korea, every home prominently displayed a photo of the isolated nation’s founder, Kim Il Sung, as well as his son and successor, Kim Jong Il....

    • Posted September 17, 2017
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  • Visitors watch the North side from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, on Sept. 13, 2017. (Lee Jin-man / AP)
    North Korea launches another long-range ballistic missile over Japan

    http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-north-korea-launch-20170914-story.html   North Korea on Friday test launched yet another long-range ballistic missile over Japan, South Korean officials said, the latest provocation in an escalating standoff with the international community over its illicit nuclear program. The apparent...

    • Posted September 14, 2017
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    BTS’ ‘Fire’ music video tops 200 mln YouTube views

    SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) — K-pop band BTS’ music video for “Fire” surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, its agency said Wednesday. Released on May 1, 2016, the video reached the milestone at around 1 a.m., becoming...

    • Posted September 13, 2017
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  • In this file photo, Lee Chan-hyuk (L) and Lee Su-hyun of the K-pop duo Akdong Musician pose for photos at a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 28, 2016. (Yonhap)
    Lee Chan-hyuk of K-pop duo AKMU to join military next week

    SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) — Lee Chan-hyuk of the K-pop sibling duo Akdong Musician will begin his military duty next week, the group’s agency said Wednesday. The 21-year-old singer-songwriter will enlist in the Marine Corps next Monday...

    • Posted September 13, 2017
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  • Adam Maida
    Time to Restrict the President’s Power to Wage Nuclear War

    By JEFFREY BADER and JONATHAN D. POLLACK 184 Photo CreditAdam Maida For the first time in a generation, there is widespread anxiety about the possibility of nuclear war, stimulated by the extreme tensions between North Korea and the United States....

    • Posted September 12, 2017
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