All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Journalists raise hands and posters and papers to attract attention, as Russian President Vladimir Putin, background, listens to a question, during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. The Russian economy will rebound and the ruble will stabilize, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at his annual press conference, he also said Ukraine must remain one political entity, voicing hope that the crisis could be solved through peace talks. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
    Russian crisis worries Korea

    By Choi Kyong-ae Moscow’s possible default on its foreign debt or a moratorium on its repayment could deal a severe blow to the Korean economy, analysts said Wednesday. Any major currency-related risks in Russia could pose a...

    • Posted December 18, 2014
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  • BTS member Jungkook winks at the crowd during performance. (NEWSis)
    K-pop fans pick BTS, Taeyang, VIXX as 2014 favorites: KOCCA survey

    By Tae Hong K-pop idol group BTS, Big Bang vocalist Taeyang’s song “Eyes, Nose, Lips” and VIXX’s “Error” music video were U.S. fan favorites this year, according to a Korea Creative Content Agency survey released Thursday. KOCCA,...

    • Posted December 18, 2014
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  • Greta Lee
    ‘Too American’ no more: Greta Lee just may be Hollywood’s new comedy ‘It’ girl

    By Tae Hong For Greta Lee, a Korean American actress well on her way to one day join the roster of Hollywood’s funniest, smartest women, 4,000 miles and Lena Dunham was what started it all. It was...

    • Posted December 17, 2014
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  • sports
    Poll: Which is 2014′s biggest S. Korean sports controversy?

    By Brian Han The 2014 Winter Olympics judging controversy that arguably robbed South Korean figure skater Kim Yuna of her second gold medal topped Yonhap News Agency’s list of most notable South Korean sports stories for the...

    • Posted December 17, 2014
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  • Diana
    ‘The Interview’ with a Bang

    Scheduled to make her big-screen debut this Christmas, actress Diana Bang says, “for an Asian female character to be a lead in a big film, it was really important to me that she was both strong and...

    • Posted December 16, 2014
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  • Pakistani parents escort their children outside a school attacked by the Taliban in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing and wounding scores, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
    Taliban assault on Pakistan school leaves 141 dead

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 141 people, mostly children, before Pakistani officials declared a military operation to clear the school...

    • Posted December 16, 2014
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  • Plastic containers of Macadamia nuts for sale are displayed at a store in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. Nut rage imploded the career of a Korean Air Lines executive and embarrassed her family and country. Now South Korean retailers are experiencing the unexpected upside: a boom in sales of macadamias.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-oon)
    Sales of macadamia nuts soar in Korea after ‘nut rage’

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nut rage imploded the career of a Korean Air Lines executive and embarrassed her family and country. Now South Korean retailers are experiencing the unexpected upside: a boom in sales of macadamias....

    • Posted December 15, 2014
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