All posts tagged "topstories"

  • kong5
    Former corpsman receives Silver Star for saving Marine

    By Tae Hong Jonathan “Doc” Kong, 25, received a Silver Star Friday for an act of heroism not oft heard of on the front lines in Afghanistan. Kong, a petty officer second-class, pulled a fallen Marine to...

    • Posted September 23, 2014
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  • park tae-hwan
    Park Tae-hwan settles for another bronze

    INCHEON (Yonhap) — South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan settled for another bronze medal in the men’s 400-meter freestyle race on Tuesday. Park finished the race in 3:48.33, falling behind Sun Yang of China and Kosuke Hagino of...

    • Posted September 23, 2014
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  • Sept.19, 2014 by the French Army's video and photo department ECPAD shows two Rafale jet fighters fly over Iraq Friday. Joining U.S. forces acting in Iraqi skies, France conducted its first airstrikes Friday against the militant Islamic State group, destroying a logistics depot that it controlled, Iraqi and French officials said. Rafale fighter jets accompanied by support planes struck the depot in northern Iraq on Friday morning, and the depot, which helped the extremist group launch operations, was “entirely destroyed,” President Francois Hollande said. (AP Photo/ECPAD)
    Pentagon: US, partners begin airstrikes in Syria

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and five Arab countries launched airstrikes Monday night on Islamic State group targets in Syria, expanding a military campaign into a country whose three-year civil war has given the brutal militant group...

    • Posted September 22, 2014
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  • Y.E. Yang
    Y.E. Yang, Charlie Wi lose PGA Tour card

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff It was a tough weekend for Y.E. Yang, Charlie Wi and several other South Korean golfers at the Web.com Tour Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Y.E. Yang, better known as Yang...

    • Posted September 22, 2014
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  • Radio Seoul's Youth Talent Show on Saturday was held inside Seoul International Park. (The Korea Times)
    41st L.A. Korean Festival attracts 400,000 to food, entertainment, culture

    By Tae Hong Hundreds of regional specialties from Korea and food vendors attracted bustling crowds to the 41st Los Angeles Korean Festival’s marketplace through the four-day event. About 400,000 enjoyed the 280 booths and performances set up...

    • Posted September 22, 2014
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  • The Korean Parade comes down Olympic Boulevard Saturday in Los Angeles' Koreatown. (Park Sang-hyuk/The Korea Times)
    L.A. Korean Parade brings community together

    By Tae Hong A two-hour parade of more than 2,000 marched down Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles’ Koreatown Saturday of the 41st annual Korean Festival. Before thousands of spectators lined up along the boulevard stretching from Catalina...

    • Posted September 22, 2014
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  • Hur Mi-jung celebrates after winning the LPGA Classic golf tournament on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, in Prattville, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
    Hur Mi-jung earns first LPGA win in 5 years

    Hur Mi-jung picked up her first LPGA Tour win in five years on Sunday in Alabama, taking the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic with a tournament record score. The 24-year old South Korean shot a final round of 6-under...

    • Posted September 21, 2014
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