All posts tagged "topstories"

  • UCLA
    Enrollment of non-residents to be capped at UCLA, UC Berkeley

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — University of California President Janet Napolitano says she is capping nonresident enrollment at UC Berkeley and UCLA to address concerns that California students are being displaced. Napolitano told lawmakers during a budget hearing...

    • Posted March 4, 2015
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  • EXID2
    EXID is coming to KTMF 2015!

    The 13th Korea Times Music Festival is bringing EXID, K-pop girl group breakout of last year, to Los Angeles for the first time. KTMF annually attracts a crowd of 20,000 to the Hollywood Bowl for a variety...

    • Posted March 3, 2015
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  • (Korea Times file)
    Koreans own more than 192,000 businesses in US, with $78 billion in sales

    Koreans own and operate more than 192,000 businesses in the U.S., with about $78 billion in sales, according to a report compiled by Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Asian American Federation and released Friday. Korean businesses employ...

    • Posted March 3, 2015
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  • kj
    KJ Choi foundation grants scholarships for 100 students

    By Nam Hyun-woo The KJ Choi Foundation, run by PGA Tour golfer Choi Kyung-joo, said Monday it has granted scholarships to 100 students. Fifty of those students won SKT-KJ Hope Scholarships ― which are co-funded by SK...

    • Posted March 2, 2015
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  • Rocket launch test in North Korea (KCNA/Yonhap)
    ROK-US joint exercises begin, with NK firing 2 missiles

    By Kang Seung-woo Seoul and Washington kicked off their annual joint Key Resolve and Foal Eagle military exercises Monday as part of efforts to improve the combined forces’ military capabilities to deter threats from North Korea. In...

    • Posted March 2, 2015
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  • Amy Yang answers questions after winning the LPGA Thailand. (Yonhap)
    Amy Yang makes it four in a row for Korea

    Wins LPGA Thailand by two strokes for her second career win on the tour Choi Na-yeon, Kim Sei-young, Lydia Ko and now Amy Yang. Only the golfers born in South Korea have won on the LPGA Tour this...

    • Posted March 1, 2015
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  • Students and local residents celebrate the opening of "Yunho Education Center," a school named after K-pop singer U-Know Yunho, in Bongo, northern Ghana, on Feb. 20. (Courtesy of Food for the Hungry)
    You Know Yunho Education Center in Ghana?

    A school named after U-Know Yunho of the K-pop duo TVXQ opened in a small town in Ghana. The singer and his fans donated money to help build the school.   By Jhoo Dong-chan A school named after...

    • Posted February 28, 2015
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