All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Shoppers crowded the Galleria market in Koreatown Thursday. (Park Sang-hyuk/The Korea Times)
    Holiday shopping season starts

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Thousands of Southern Californians headed to malls to continue the tradition of searching for Black Friday bargains on the customary start of the Christmas shopping season. The Thanksgiving Weekend Expectations survey conducted for the...

    • Posted November 28, 2014
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    Lin, Korean Laker Girl Sujan Pang show Thanksgiving spirit

    By Brian Han The Los Angeles Lakers cosponsored the Miracle on Manchester Thanksgiving Distribution event at The Salvation Army in Inglewood, Los Angeles on Tuesday to provide food for 300 families in need. Present at the outreach...

    • Posted November 26, 2014
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  • Smoke fills the streets as some buildings are on fire after the announcement of the grand jury decision Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. A grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting sparked sometimes violent protests. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
    Ferguson businesses torched in overnight protests; 14 injured

    FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Smoke billowed from burned-out buildings and sidewalks were strewn with broken glass Tuesday after Ferguson erupted over a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer in the killing of unarmed...

    • Posted November 25, 2014
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    Taylor Swift ‘Blank Space’ director Joseph Kahn digs deep into Korean roots

    By Brian Han When you think about a wildly successful music video director who has worked with the likes of Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga — artists that continue to define American pop culture —...

    • Posted November 24, 2014
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  • (Yonhap)
    First complete dinosaur skeleton found in S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A complete skeleton of a small carnivorous dinosaur has been found in southern South Korea, the first such discovery in the country, a state think tank said Monday. The National Research Institute of Cultural...

    • Posted November 24, 2014
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  • Lydia Ko poses with the Race to the CME Globe on the left, and CME Group Tour Championship trophy, right, while sitting on the one million prize money from the Globe trophy win, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014 at the Tiburon Golf Club at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Fla. Today marked the final round of the LPGA's CME Group Tour Championship. Lydia Ko of New Zealand defeated Carlota Ciganda of Spain in a four-hole playoff. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Corey Perrine)
    Million Dollar Baby: Lydia Ko takes the biggest payoff in women’s golf

    Korean-born New Zealander wins the $1 million bonus from the inaugural ‘Race to CME Globe’ on Sunday by getting into a three-way playoff. Then, adds an extra $500,000 by defeating Carlota Ciganda of Spain on the fourth...

    • Posted November 23, 2014
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    Women to outnumber men in South Korea next year

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Women will outnumber men in South Korea next year, while the country’s working age population will reach its peak in 2016 before falling, a government forecast showed Sunday. The future population estimate by Statistics...

    • Posted November 22, 2014
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