All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Patrons wait in line to see "The Interview" at the the at the Valley Art theater in Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday Dec. 25, 2014. The film's Christmas Day release was canceled by Sony after threats of violence by hackers linked to North Korea, but the release was reinstated in some independent theaters and through a variety of digital platforms. (AP Photo/Alina Hartounian)
    Capacity crowds pack screenings of ‘The Interview’

    NEW YORK (AP) — Critics and early viewers agree that “The Interview” is less than a masterpiece. But thanks to threats from hackers that nearly derailed its release, it has become an event. Hundreds of theaters Thursday,...

    • Posted December 26, 2014
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    For Korean Americans around the US, Christmas is a time of giving

    With Christmas Day on the horizon, Korean American organizations around the country are working to share the holiday spirit of giving to locals and far-away needy alike. Sometimes, those who give the most are faceless — in...

    • Posted December 24, 2014
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  • Cho Hyun-ah, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho and former vice president of the airline company, appears at Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board in western Seoul on Dec. 12, 2014, to be questioned for ordering a crew member to leave a plane over an alleged breach of snack-serving protocol. (Yonhap)
    Arrest warrant sought for former Korean Air VP

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Wednesday for the former vice president of South Korea’s top airline, Korean Air Lines Co., at the center of a controversial air-rage incident. Cho Hyun-ah, the eldest daughter of...

    • Posted December 24, 2014
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    Jimmy Rhee to be appointed to Maryland governor’s Cabinet

    Jimmy Rhee, 58, will be appointed to the post of secretary of the governor’s office of minority affairs this week by Maryland Governor-elect Larry Hogan. The appointment marks Rhee as the first-ever Korean American to hold the...

    • Posted December 23, 2014
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    ‘Super Doctor’ brings his surgical specialty to UCLA

    Dr. Jeffrey Suh specializes in complex sinus disease, endoscopic sinus surgery By Brian Han When Dr. Jeffrey Suh, M.D., played video games growing up, neither he nor his parents could have imagined that it would help him perform...

    • Posted December 23, 2014
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  • President Park Geun-hye presides over a meeting of economy-related ministers and economic policy advisers at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Dec. 22, 2014. (Yonhap)
    Korean government plans to overhaul visa system to tap foreign talent

    By Yoon Ja-young The government plans to open the doors wider for skilled foreigners by overhauling the current visa system, while selected service industries will be given help in their efforts to advance overseas. Reform of the...

    • Posted December 23, 2014
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  • North Korean students use computers in a classroom with portraits of the country's later leaders Kim Il-sung, left, and his son Kim Jong-il hanging on the wall at the Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang, North Korea. Key North Korean websites were back online Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 after an hours-long shutdown that followed a U.S. vow to respond to a cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washington blames on Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
    N. Korean websites back online after shutdown

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Key North Korean websites were back online Tuesday after a nearly 10-hour shutdown that followed a U.S. vow to respond to a crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washington blames on Pyongyang....

    • Posted December 23, 2014
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