All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Actor Lee Byung-hun, right, arrives at Incheon International Airport with his wife, actress Lee Min-jung, Thursday. (Yonhap)
    Lee Byung-hun returns to Korea, apologizes for blackmail scandal

    Actor Lee Byung-hun, who faced a flurry of public scrutiny during a blackmail scandal last year, apologized upon landing in South Korea Thursday. The 44-year-old star and his pregnant wife, actress Lee Min-jung, arrived at Incheon International...

    • Posted February 26, 2015
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    S. Korean court abolishes adultery law, condom stocks soar

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court on Thursday abolished a 62-year-old law that bans extramarital affairs, and the stock price of a prominent condom maker immediately shot up 15 percent. The ruling by the...

    • Posted February 26, 2015
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    How Kang sisters’ ride to success attracted millions with Coffee Meets Bagel

    By Brian Han In the trendy yet overpopulated world of dating apps, the three Kang sisters managed to set themselves apart with Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB). Their vision revolved around creating a dating app catered solely to...

    • Posted February 25, 2015
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  • Shown is a screen capture from the Twitter account of a South Korean teenager believed to have sneaked into Syria from Turkey recently to join the militant Muslim group Islamic State. (Yonhap file photo)
    Missing S. Korean training with IS: spy agency

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A South Korean teenager who vanished in Turkey last month has joined the Islamic State (IS) militant group and has been receiving training, lawmakers quoted South Korea’s national spy agency as saying Tuesday. The...

    • Posted February 24, 2015
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  • Hyundai Motors quickly moved to be the title sponsor for the PGA Tour's LA event that was won by Korean American James Hahn last year.
    James Hahn finds no substitute for desire and hard work

    “Came from a small town. Didn’t do well in college. Was never an All-American. Sold shoes for a living… And then just one day, the putts started going in and I started playing a little better. Won...

    • Posted February 23, 2015
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  • A man watches the city skyline covered with a thick haze caused by yellow dust at Seoul Tower's observation deck in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. The Seoul metropolitan government issued a dust warning, urging people to stay indoors. ( AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Korea hit by worst winter yellow dust in 5 years

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The worst winter seasonal yellow dust in five years blanketed the Korean Peninsula on Monday, prompting the authorities to issue health warnings against the sandy, chemical-laden wind from China. According to the Korea Meteorological...

    • Posted February 23, 2015
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  • James Hahn holds the winner's trophy after his one-stroke victory on the third playoff hole against two other players in the final round of the Northern Trust Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
    James Hahn captures first PGA title in LA

    Sinks 25-foot putt in 3rd playoff to win Northern Trust Open LOS ANGELES (AP) — Too nervous to look, too stunned to dance, James Hahn won the Northern Trust Open for his first PGA Tour title Sunday...

    • Posted February 22, 2015
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