All posts tagged "topstories"

  • daniel
    Daniel Henney set on pushing open Hollywood’s doors

    By Tae Hong Before he led television shows and films, before he landed magazine covers, before he rose to stardom as a sex symbol in his mother’s home country of South Korea, Daniel Henney was a kid...

    • Posted March 11, 2015
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  • A pink
    A Pink, Bada, Im Tae-kyung coming to Hollywood Bowl for KTMF

    By Tae Hong Are you ready to be Pink-ified? The bubblegum lovelies of K-pop girl group A Pink will join the 13th Korea Times Music Festival at the Hollywood Bowl on May 2 alongside vocalists Bada and...

    • Posted March 10, 2015
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  • Actor Ken Jeong poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Jeong says that much of the inspiration for his memorably angry Mr. Chow character in "The Hangover" movie was a reaction to his wife's fight against breast cancer at the time. He explained in a short film to accompany the upcoming PBS documentary, "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies," that he was caring for his wife, Tran Ho, and their one-year-old twins as she was undergoing chemotherapy. "Tran encouraged me to do it," Jeong said in an interview. "She thought I was suffering from caregiver burnout." (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
    Ken Jeong says ‘Hangover’ role inspired by wife

    NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Ken Jeong says that much of the inspiration for his memorably angry Mr. Chow character in “The Hangover” movie was a reaction to his wife’s fight against breast cancer at the time....

    • Posted March 9, 2015
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  • Class at women's university in South Korea (NEWSis)
    Women’s universities in South Korea are fighting for survival

    By Lee Kyung-min Women’s universities in South Korea are losing their edge as gender-oriented ivory towers, with some of them considering recruiting male students. One of the biggest challenges for them is the employment rate of graduates,...

    • Posted March 9, 2015
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    Park makes surprise visit to hospitalized US envoy

    SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye on Monday made a surprise visit to the hospital where the top U.S. envoy has been recovering from wounds he sustained in a knife attack last week. The visit...

    • Posted March 9, 2015
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  • attack
    Attacker faces grave charges, including attempted murder

    SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) — A 55-year-old South Korean activist was taken into custody Friday on charges of attempting to murder the top U.S. diplomat in Seoul. Kim Ki-jong also faces charges of violence against a foreign...

    • Posted March 6, 2015
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  • Co-founders, Susie Wang and Rick Costick of 100% Pure in the middle of developing a new cosmetic product. (Courtesy of Susie Wang)
    Susie Wang of 100% Pure is an artist at heart

    By Brian Han 100% Pure is a cosmetics company you may or may not have heard of, but the bottom line is that the brand has developed a cult-like following among average consumers and celebrities alike. The...

    • Posted March 5, 2015
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