All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Jeonju hanok village (Korea Times file)
    Jeonju, Guam top travel destinations for S. Koreans

    By The Korea Times Korea staff Koreans’ most-popular domestic travel destination is Jeonju, while Guam is the top overseas holiday spot. The findings are based on social commerce site Coupang’s sales of packages scheduled for June through...

    • Posted May 22, 2015
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  • Ki Sung-yeung (AP Photo/David Davies)
    Ki Sung-yeung proud of ‘most impressive season’ of career

    INCHEON, May 22 (Yonhap) — Fresh off what he called “the most impressive season” of his football career, Ki Sung-yueng of Swansea City made a triumphant return home Friday. Ki scored eight goals for Swansea City to...

    • Posted May 22, 2015
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  • Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-Jin (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    Dodgers’ Ryu undergoes successful surgery, will return in 2016

    By Brian Han Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin underwent a successful surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder according to the Los Angeles Times. Doctors were unsure about the extent of the...

    • Posted May 21, 2015
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  • phila
    Three Korean American candidates pass Philly primaries

    By The Korea Times Philadelphia staff Three Korean American candidates running for office in Philadelphia made it past the primaries Tuesday. City Councilman At-Large David Oh, a Republican who is running for re-election, received 18.01 percent of...

    • Posted May 21, 2015
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  • Gennady Golovkin, of Kazakhstan, poses after defeating Willie Monroe Jr. in a middleweight boxingbout, Saturday, May 16, 2015, in Inglewood, Calif. Golovkin won when the fight was stopped in the sixth round. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
    Boxing still alive in the age of GGG

    By Brian Han The idea that boxing may be on its decline was nowhere to be found at The Forum Saturday as WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin defended his title against contender Willie Monroe Jr. Amidst...

    • Posted May 21, 2015
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  • Lena Ahn, far right, at Miss Korea USA 2015 (Kim Hyung-jae/Korea Times)
    Miss Korea USA winners to go on to Seoul in July

    Four Korean Americans who saw victory at the 2015 Miss Korea USA will go on to Seoul to compete at Miss Korea in July. The pageant, held at Fantasy Springs Resort in Palm Springs, Calif., Tuesday, brought...

    • Posted May 20, 2015
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  • David Ryu
    David Ryu wins LA City Council race

    Defeats Ramsay to become the 1st Korean American and 2nd Asian American to serve on the Council  LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Health center public affairs director David Ryu defeated Carolyn Ramsay in Tuesday’s Fourth District City Council race. Ryu...

    • Posted May 20, 2015
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