All posts tagged "topstories"

  • South Korean National Assembly Speaker Chung Ui-hwa bangs the gavel as he announces passing an anti-terror legislation during the plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Outnumbered South Korean opposition lawmakers on Wednesday ended more than a week of nonstop speeches in the National Assembly aimed at delaying a vote on the country's first anti-terror legislation. (Kim Hyun-tai/Yonhap via AP)
    Opposition party gives up filibuster, counter-terrorism bill passes

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lawmakers approved South Korea’s first anti-terror legislation Wednesday after outnumbered opposition members ended more than a week of nonstop speeches in the National Assembly aimed at delaying the vote. Nearly 160 parliament...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • No Brain, Barberettes, KTMF
    KTMF bringing No Brain, Barberettes

    The Korea Times Los Angeles staff The 14th Korea Times Music Festival is bringing No Brain and Barberettes to the Hollywood Bowl on May 7. The annual event attracts a crowd of 20,000 each year in a...

    • Posted March 1, 2016
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  • Protesters yell as they are escorted out of a rally for Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump at Radford University in Radford, Va., Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
    GOP badly split as Trump, Clinton seek Super Tuesday wins

    VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — On the eve of Super Tuesday’s crucial primaries, a sharp new divide erupted between Republicans who pledge to fall in line behind Donald Trump if he wins their party’s nomination and others who...

    • Posted February 29, 2016
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  • South Korean forward Jung Seol-bin (C) celebrates after scoring a goal against North Korea during the Asian women's Olympic football qualifying match at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, Japan on Feb. 29, 2016. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea holds N. Korea to 1-1 draw in women’s Olympic soccer qualifier

    OSAKA/SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea held favored North Korea to a 1-1 draw at the final Asian women’s Olympic football qualifying tournament Monday in Japan, a decent start to the quest for their maiden Summer Games appearance....

    • Posted February 29, 2016
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  • meat, drinking, cancer
    It’s drink for success in South Korea!

    By Choi Sung-jin “If you are a good drinker, your work life will become much easier,” said 70 percent of salaried people in a recent survey by Saramin, a job portal. In the multiple-response opinion poll, 74.6...

    • Posted February 26, 2016
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  • Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a South Carolina Republican primary night event, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 in Spartanburg, S.C. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
    For some turned-off GOP voters, grudging acceptance of Trump

    MIDLOTHIAN, Va. (AP) — Sheila Covert is worried about Donald Trump. A loyal Republican voter from swing state Virginia, Covert calls the businessman “bombastic” and says there’s “just no substance” in his boastful campaign rhetoric. But if...

    • Posted February 24, 2016
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  • (Korea Times illustration)
    Nearly 8 out of 10 Koreans wish to emigrate

    47.9 percent of those who said they wished to emigrate were already preparing to leave. By The Korea Times Seoul staff Eight out of 10 Koreans wish to emigrate, leaving “Hell Joseon,” a newly coined term referring...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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