All posts tagged "topstories"

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    Kang Jung-ho, Pirates agree on four-year deal worth $16 million

    South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho, 27, has reached an agreement with the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday. The deal is reportedly worth about$16 million over four years, according to ESPN.  The Pirates won the silent auction with a bid of...

    • Posted January 12, 2015
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  • Shin Eun-mi, who was deported by Korean Immigration Services for holding an allegedly pro-North Korea lecture series, arrived in LAX Saturday. (Park Sang-hyuk/The Korea Times)
    Korean American woman deported for allegedly pro-N. Korean comments arrives at LAX to chaos

    By James Goo Shin Eun-mi, the Korean American woman who was accused of holding a pro-North Korea lecture in South Korea, was deported from the country and returned to Los Angeles Saturday. Shin’s arrival at Tom Bradley...

    • Posted January 12, 2015
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  • Analysts attribute high consumer prices on food to a complex South Korean distribution system. (Yonhap)
    Seoul’s food prices among highest in the world

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The prices of food and beverages like beef and coffee in Seoul are among the highest in the world despite the number of free trade agreements (FTAs) South Korea has signed with other countries,...

    • Posted January 12, 2015
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  • Four people were killed and 100 others were injured in a fire that swept through a 10-story apartment building in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, on Saturday. (Yonhap)
    4 dead, 100 injured in apartment building fire in Uijeongbu

    Four people were killed and 100 others injured in a fire that swept through a 10-story apartment building in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, on Saturday, police and firefighters said. Nearly 80 percent of those injured were in...

    • Posted January 11, 2015
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  • Cho Young-cheol celebrates after scoring his first international goal. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea defeats Oman in Asian Cup opener 1-0

    Forward Cho Young-cheol comes through with his first international goal CANBERRA (Yonhap) — South Korea defeated Oman 1-0 to open its AFC Asian Cup campaign in Australia on Saturday, an encouraging start to its quest to end...

    • Posted January 10, 2015
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  • President Barack Obama speaks at Pellissippi State Community College, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, in Knoxville, Tenn., about new initiatives to help more Americans go to college and get the skills they need to succeed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    Obama proposes free community colleges for all

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday proposed to bring the cost of two years of community college “down to zero” for all Americans, an ambitious nationwide plan based on a popular Tennessee program signed...

    • Posted January 9, 2015
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    S. Korea, US to work together against outer space waste

    By Kim Hyo-jin Korea and the United States have agreed to jointly take measures against space debris in response to the rising risk of possible collisions with satellites. Officials from both governments held their first annual talks...

    • Posted January 9, 2015
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