All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Chou Tzuyu, left, and Park Jin-young
    Multicultural group to lodge complaint over Tzuyu’s apology

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A private multicultural organization said Monday it will file a complaint later this week with the national human rights watchdog against an entertainment agency chief who reportedly forced a 16-year-old Taiwanese K-pop singer to...

    • Posted January 18, 2016
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  • Orange County Fire Authority firefighters work to pump out flood waters from a home in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. El Nino storms lined up in the Pacific, promising to drench parts of the West for more than two weeks and increasing fears of mudslides and flash floods in regions stripped bare by wildfires. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
    Strongest El Nino storm so far this winter hits California

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The hillside above the California home of Wayne Socha had held firm against thunderstorms over the past three decades. But after a wildfire two years ago stripped away vegetation and loosened soil, he...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • The sun rises over a sculpture of baby monkeys on Ganjeol Cape, a coastal point where a sunrise can be viewed earliest on the Korean Peninsula, on the coast of Ulsan in southeastern South Korea on Jan. 1, 2016, as visitors gather around the monument to view the New Year's first sunrise and make their New Year's wishes. The monument was set up to celebrate the new year, which falls on the year of the monkey in the Oriental zodiac. (Yonhap)
    Talent, wits and success represent Year of Red Monkey

    By Jhoo Dong-chan 2016 is the Year of the Monkey based on the 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle. According to the 60-year counting system, combining the 10 celestial stems and the 12 earthly branches, 2016 is the Year...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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    Korea world’s biggest arms importer

    By Rachel Lee South Korea was the world’s biggest arms importer last year, according to a U.S. congressional study on the global arms trade. The Congressional Research Service annual report shows that the government bought arms and...

    • Posted December 30, 2015
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  • Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-Min, centre left, celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game with teammate Kieran Trippier, during the English Premier League match between Watford and Tottenham Hotspur, at Vicarage Road, in Watford, England, Monday Dec. 28, 2015. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)
    Son of a gun! Last-minute goal lifts Tottenham to 2-1 win over Watford

    WATFORD, ENGLAND (AP) — Son Heung-min scored a last-minute goal as Tottenham provisionally moved up to third in the English Premier League on Monday with a 2-1 win at Watford. It was Son’s second league goal this...

    • Posted December 28, 2015
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    ‘Abe ordered sex slavery settlement by end of year’

    By Kim Se-jeong Korea and Japan are likely to hold a meeting of foreign ministers next week to discuss the issue of sex slavery of Korean women by Japan before and during World War II. The expectations...

    • Posted December 24, 2015
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  • Philippines
    S. Korea to dispatch police to Philippines over murder of Korean

    HANOI/SEOUL (Yonhap) — Police said Monday they will send four officials to the Philippines to investigate a recent shooting death of a South Korean man, the first move to probe into overseas crimes targeting Korean nationals. A...

    • Posted December 21, 2015
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