All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Jeffrey Fowle, an American detained in North Korea, has been released. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    North Korea releases one American

    (AP) — Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans being held in North Korea, has been released, the State Department said Tuesday. State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said Fowle was on his way home Tuesday after negotiators...

    • Posted October 21, 2014
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  • Sung Woo Lee, center, speaks to the local media after arriving at Kansas City International Airport Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Lee is a Kanas City Royals fan from South Korea and came to Kansas City to see his first Royals game. He will see five games and throw out the first pitch on Monday (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Brian Davidson)
    Royal Return: Sung Woo Lee back in KC for the World Series

    (Yonhap) — South Korean superfan Sung Woo Lee is returning to Missouri to cheer on his favorite baseball club in the World Series in person. Lee will arrive in Kansas City Tuesday. The upstart Royals, currently riding...

    • Posted October 20, 2014
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  • From left: Leverkusen's Stefan Reinartz, Son Heung-min,, Hakan Calhanoglu and Stefan Kiessling celebrate a goal during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between VfB Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen in Stuttgart, southern Germany, Saturday Oct. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Weissbrod)
    Proud Son: South Korean adds 2 more goals and an assist

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff South Korean soccer player Son Heung-min exploded for two goals and an assist for Bayer Leverkusen in a 3-3 draw during its Saturday Bundesliga match against VfB Stuttgart. The 22-year-old...

    • Posted October 20, 2014
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  • Kyu Jung Baek of South Korea poses with the trophy for the media after winning the KEB Hana Bank Championship golf tournament at Sky72 Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Baek Kyu-jung is the latest S. Korean to win LPGA event

    INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Baek Kyu-jung of South Korea won a three-way playoff Sunday to claim the LPGA’s KEB-HanaBank Championship. Baek, making the first LPGA start of her career, shot a final-round 67 to finish tied...

    • Posted October 20, 2014
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  • The moment of ventilation grate collapse was captured by one fan's cell phone camera. (Yonhap)
    Has Korea become ‘Republic of Accidents’?

    People react with anger, grief and bafflement to concert mishap By Lee Kyung-min “Are we living in the Republic of Disasters (참사 공화국)?” This internet headline captures the fear, anger and frustration felt by a nation that...

    • Posted October 20, 2014
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  • NLCS Cardinals Giants Baseball
    A wild-card ride to the 2014 World Series

    (AP) – Lorenzo Cain gearing up to run on Buster Posey. Pablo Sandoval trying to launch long balls, Alex Gordon banging into walls chasing them. Madison Bumgarner and James Shields starting big games, with lights-out bullpens poised to...

    • Posted October 17, 2014
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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with a cane sits on a couch during a visit to a faculty flat at the Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang. (KCNA-Yonhap)
    Kim Jong-un still using cane in second public appearance

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made his second public appearance this week, still leaning on a walking stick, according to the country’s state media on Friday. He made an inspection tour of a new...

    • Posted October 17, 2014
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