All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Ki Sung-yeung (from left) and Lee Keun-ho celebrate after Lee Jeong-hyeop (18) scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal. (Yonhap)
    The Wizard of Oz: S. Korea stuns Australia 1-0

    BRISBANE (Yonhap) — South Korea defeated Australia 1-0 to claim the top seed in Group A at the AFC Asian Cup here on Saturday. Forward Lee Jeong-hyeop, in his first international start, scored the winner in the...

    • Posted January 17, 2015
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  • prize
    And the winner is…

    Cho Hyun-suk, of Torrance, wins the grand prize of the Korea Times US opening anniversary event The grand prize winner of The Korea Times US opening anniversary event was chosen Thursday in a random name drawing. Cho Hyun-suk,...

    • Posted January 16, 2015
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  • $1.99 gas can be found at the Mam Oil Station located at Slauson and Mayflower avenues.
    Gas under $2 per gallon at last!

    “Drivers should be aggressively shopping for the lowest gas prices to encourage further quick drops at their local stations,” according to the Automobile Club of Southern California.  At one gas station in the downtown Los Angeles area, a...

    • Posted January 16, 2015
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  • Brian Tee as Chinese American hitman Chaoz in the Korean film "No Tears for the Dead" (Courtesy of CJ Entertainment)
    ‘Jurassic World’ actor Brian Tee feels ‘career starting to hit stride’

    By Brian Han Actor Brian Tee is on his way back to the silver screen in Universal Pictures’ “Jurassic World” as Katashi Hamada, “a greying Japanese badass” according to a snapshot of the script from JurassicWorld.org. As...

    • Posted January 15, 2015
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  • Kang Jung-ho (Yonhap)
    Kang Jung-ho confident he can win starting job with Pirates

    INCHEON (Yonhap) — On the verge of joining the Pittsburgh Pirates with his first Major League Baseball (MLB) contract, South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho said Wednesday he is confident he can outplay the Bucs’ incumbent shortstop if...

    • Posted January 14, 2015
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  • Assemblywoman Young Kim and Korean American organization members celebrate a unanimous committee vote for the Korean American Day bill Monday.
    Official Korean American Day well on its way to designation in California

    A bill, ACR3, calling for the day to be celebrated Jan. 13 and introduced by District 65 Assemblywoman Young Kim passes unanimously. An official Korean American Day is well on its way to designation in California. A bill,...

    • Posted January 13, 2015
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  • nam
    Not much to love

    South Korea advances to the knockout stage of the Asian Cup, but impresses no one. Coach Stielike says “We can’t be considered to be one of the strong contenders for the title after this game.” CANBERRA — Somehow,...

    • Posted January 13, 2015
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