All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Big Bang  at 2015 MAMA (Screen capture)
    Big Bang, EXO win big at 2015 MAMA

    Big Bang and EXO won top honors at 2015 MAMA, one of K-pop’s largest music award ceremonies, held this year in Hong Kong’s Asia World-Expo Arena Wednesday. While Big Bang picked up the grand prizes for Best...

    • Posted December 2, 2015
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  • South Korean baseball player Park Byung-ho smiles during his press conference at Incheon International Airport on Nov. 29, 2015. (Yonhap)
    It’s official: Minnesota Twins sign Park Byung-ho to 4-year, $12 million contract

    By Brian Han The wait is over. South Korean slugger Park Byung-ho officially became a Major League Baseball (MLB) player on Tuesday. The Minnesota Twins announced that they agreed to sign the 29-year-old to a four-year contract for...

    • Posted December 1, 2015
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  • birth, baby
    Birth rate for Korean women in the US among lowest of all immigrant groups

    By Kim Sang-mok Birth rate among Korean women in the United State is among the lowest of all immigrant groups, according to recent data from the Center for Immigration Studies. The data, based on American Community Survey...

    • Posted December 1, 2015
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  • Wang Hyun
    Former Miss Korea USA wins Miss World Korea 2015

    Wang Hyun, a California native who was crowned Miss Korea USA last year, won the top title once again at the Miss World Korea 2015 pageant Saturday in Gangwon, South Korea. Wang will go on to represent...

    • Posted December 1, 2015
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  • Kay Song, of the Korean American National Museum board of directors, third from left, celebrates the passing of the museum proposal by Los Angeles City Council with District 4 representative David Ryu. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    LA City Council passes Korean American National Museum proposal

    By Tae Hong The proposal to construct Los Angeles’s first Korean American National Museum was passed unanimously by the City Council Tuesday. The museum, which will take up the first three floors of a seven-story multiplex on...

    • Posted November 25, 2015
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  • Protesters wearing masks pull ropes to topple a police bus during a rally in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, on Nov. 14. The ruling Saenuri Party is moving to ban activists from wearing masks to hide their identity. (Yonhap)
    President Park compares masked protesters to ISIS

        On Nov. 14, over 70,000 people openly protested South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s policies on labor reform and rewritten history textbooks in Seoul. Violent clashes erupted, which included police firing tear gas and water cannons...

    • Posted November 25, 2015
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  • Lydia Ko
    At 18, Lydia Ko’s dominance may just be beginning

    NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Lydia Ko had just been handed a $1 million bonus for the second consecutive year, and the first thing she thought about buying with those newfound additional riches was a new phone. She’s...

    • Posted November 25, 2015
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