All posts tagged "topstories"

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    Arrest warrant issued for former Korean Air VP

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for a former vice president of South Korea’s top airline, Korea Air Lines Co., who came under flak over a controversial air-rage incident early this month....

    • Posted December 30, 2014
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  • (Courtesy of Christopher Larkin)
    ‘The 100′ reasons to watch Christopher Larkin

    Korean American actor also continues to work in theater productions and on his music. His band d’Artagnan released their first studio EP entitled, A-Side, this month and one of their songs, Confession, was recently on an episode of CW’s...

    • Posted December 29, 2014
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  • Bae Sang-moon (AP)
    PGA Tour pro Bae Sang-moon denied extension, faces conscription

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean PGA Tour golfer Bae Sang-moon faces military conscription in his home country after being denied extension on his overseas travel, his family said Monday. The news came just under three months after...

    • Posted December 29, 2014
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  • An AirAsia plane taxis, while another is parked on the tarmac at the Changi International Airport on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014 in Singapore. Search planes and ships from several countries on Monday were scouring Indonesian waters over which an AirAsia jet disappeared, more than a day into the region's latest aviation mystery. AirAsia Flight 8501 vanished Sunday in airspace thick with storm clouds on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    Missing flight is 3rd Malaysia-linked incident

    (AP) — The disappearance Sunday of AirAsia Flight 8501 was the third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based. Here’s a look at the two other disasters, as well as the latest...

    • Posted December 28, 2014
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  • Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James covers his face while sitting on the bench before an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
    Cleveland reaches 50 years of sports futility

    Browns, Indians and Cavaliers have gone a combined 141 seasons without winning it all. Cleveland’s title drought is the longest for any North American city with three pro franchises. San Diego has gone 51 years since the...

    • Posted December 28, 2014
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  • Relatives of the passengers of AirAsia flight QZ8501 comfort each other at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. The AirAsia plane with 161 people on board lost contact with ground control on Sunday while flying over the Java Sea after taking off from a provincial city in Indonesia for Singapore, and search and rescue operations were underway. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)
    AirAsia plane with 162 missing in Indonesia; 3 Koreans aboard

    The Korea Times Seoul staff An AirAsia plane lost contact with air traffic control Sunday while flying from Indonesia to Singapore. The Associated Press (AP) reported that the plane was carrying 162 people including three South Koreans....

    • Posted December 27, 2014
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  • A banner for "The Interview"is posted outside Arclight Cinemas, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A U.S. official says North Korea perpetrated the unprecedented act of cyberwarfare against Sony Pictures that exposed tens of thousands of sensitive documents and escalated to threats of terrorist attacks that ultimately drove the studio to cancel all release plans for the film at the heart of the attack, "The Interview." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    ‘Unbroken’ tops Christmas Day box office, ‘The Interview’ earns over $1 million

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The Angelina Jolie-directed biopic “Unbroken” topped the North American box office on Christmas Day, just ahead of the musical “Into the Woods,” according to final figures released today. “Unbroken,” the biography of Torrance High School...

    • Posted December 26, 2014
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