All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Lydia Ko
    No. 1 Lydia Ko tied for lead at Women’s Australian Open

    MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — No. 1-ranked Lydia Ko of New Zealand, helped by a chip-in eagle, took a share of the second-round lead Friday with South Korea’s Jang Ha-na and Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand at the Women’s...

    • Posted February 20, 2015
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    Korean children cash in on Seollal

    By Lee Ji-hye Lunar New Year can be lucrative for children. Many children visit their grandparents on this national holiday dressed in Hanboks, or Korean traditional dresses, and give a full bow, or “sebae,” where they sit...

    • Posted February 18, 2015
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  • seoul phil
    Seoul Philharmonic coming to Walt Disney Concert Hall on April 15

    The Seoul Philharmonic is coming to Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on April 15 at 8 p.m. The orchestra, conducted by Chung Myung-Whun, will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4...

    • Posted February 18, 2015
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  • World No. 1 Lydia Ko is one of Park Bo-hyun's role models. They sometimes play practice rounds together in New Zealand. (AP Photo/The Ocala Star-Banner, Bruce Ackerman)
    17-year-old golfer Lydia Ko already looking to retirement

    MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Only 17, top-ranked Lydia Ko says she’s already planning to retire from golf by the time she’s 30, and become a psychologist. Ko makes her second start at No. 1 in Thursday’s first...

    • Posted February 18, 2015
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    Will the Presidents Cup in Korea get ‘Korean vs. Korean American’ card?

    In L.A. to compete in the Northern Trust Open this week, K.J. Choi and Kevin Na talk about the Presidents Cup’s impact on S. Korea.   By Brian Han PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – The 2015 Presidents Cup will be...

    • Posted February 17, 2015
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  • nuts
    Working for peanuts adds up to $15 million for Thomas Lee

    By James Goo, Tae Hong Ready to meet Los Angeles’ King of Peanuts? D&C Distribution Co. Inc. CEO Thomas Lee, 66, is living the American Dream. When he took over the nut distribution business in 1996 for...

    • Posted February 17, 2015
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  • Heavy traffic congestion occurs on southbound lanes of the Seoul-Busan Expressway in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays on Feb. 17, 2015. (Yonhap)
    Mass exodus begins for Lunar New Year

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The annual migration of South Koreans for the Lunar New Year began Tuesday with millions heading to their hometowns ahead of the traditional holiday. Lunar New Year’s Day, which falls on Thursday this year,...

    • Posted February 17, 2015
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