All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Kakao Talk has apologized to its users and offered to introduce privacy mode. (Yohnhap)
    Kakao to offer ‘privacy mode’ amid gov’t monitoring fears

    By Yoon Sung-won Daum Kakao said Wednesday it will introduce a stronger privacy protection feature in its app by the end of the year. The move comes as a countermeasure to prevent more subscribers from leaving KakaoTalk...

    • Posted October 8, 2014
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  • The two appear to be wearing identical bracelets, hinting at a relationship.
    Is G-Dragon dating Mizuhara Kiko?

    Recently-released photographs suggest that rapper G-Dragon is dating Japanese-based model-actress Mizuhara Kiko. The photos, which have gone viral, allegedly show the 27-year-old Big Bang singer and Mizuhara, two years his junior, in the front seat of a...

    • Posted October 8, 2014
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  • Kakao Talk
    Threat of government surveillance has KakaoTalk losing users to German-based app

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff When President Park Geun-hye announced two weeks ago that the South Korean government planned to monitor private messages, including those occurring via KakaoTalk, South Korean users reconsidered their stance on...

    • Posted October 8, 2014
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  • Young Kim meets with community members.
    150,000 Korean American voters in California poised to make difference

    By Kim Hyung-jae, Tae Hong More Korean Americans than ever are registered to vote in the upcoming Nov. 4 general elections, according to Political Data statistics. As of October, 145,682 Korean Americans are registered to vote in...

    • Posted October 7, 2014
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  • field hockey
    Most memorable moments of Incheon Asian Games

    1. Whew! Winning the gold medal can be dangerous for coaches  2. Never mind the medal 3. Son Yon-jae finally gets the monkey off her back 4. North Korea’s highest-ranking officers’ surprise visit 5.  Football final brings...

    • Posted October 7, 2014
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  • "Digital Laundry" services are on the rise in South Korea in order to remove unwanted personal data from the internet (Yonhap)
    Samsung profit plunges

    Forecasts 60 percent drop from last year in 3rd quarter By Kim Yoo-chul Samsung Electronics estimated its operating profit at 4.1 trillion won for the July-September quarter, a 60-percent drop from 10.2 trillion won a year earlier,...

    • Posted October 7, 2014
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  • ryu12
    R-Y-U-S-P-E-C-T !

    By Lee Kyutae No doubt about it. Los Angeles Dodgers’ Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin is a bonafide big-game performer. It didn’t matter that he had not pitched in 23 days due to shoulder inflammation. He just went...

    • Posted October 6, 2014
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