All posts tagged "topstories"

  • nodame
    Nodame meets Nodame: Ueno Juri says hello to Shim Eun-kyung

    Nodame met Nodame in Seoul. Japanese actress Ueno Juri, who played Noda Megumi in the original Japanese drama “Nodame Cantabile,” met with Korean actress Shim Eun-kyung, who was cast in the same role for the Korean remake...

    • Posted September 18, 2014
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  • seoul3
    Jubilee Project’s ‘Save My Seoul’ looks into the Korean sex trade industry

    By Tae Hong Two Korean American brothers traveled to Seoul and threw themselves into its prostitution and sex trafficking scene with hidden cameras and undercover access. They were baffled. The Jubilee Project’s Jason Y. Lee and Eddie...

    • Posted September 17, 2014
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  • Members of the Los Angeles Korean Festival Foundation prepare for the kickoff of the 41st Los Angeles Korean Festival. (Kim Young-jae/The Korea Times)
    L.A. Korean Festival all set to kick off

    Begins with an opening ceremony at 6:50 p.m. Thursday at Seoul International Park  By Tae Hong Los Angeles’ largest annual celebration of Korean culture and tradition kicks off tomorrow. The 41st Los Angeles Korean Festival, held at Seoul...

    • Posted September 17, 2014
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  • Councilman Kim Seong-il throws an egg to Changwon mayor Ahn Sang-soo. (Yonhap)
    Changwon Style: City councilman throws eggs at mayor

    A city councilman on Tuesday pelted Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province mayor Ahn Sang-soo with two eggs to protest the location of a new baseball stadium. Kim Seong-il, a councilman with the ruling Saenuri Party, walked up to...

    • Posted September 17, 2014
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  • Actor and singer Kim Hyun-joong, 28,  appears at the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul on Sept. 2, 2014, to be questioned about the allegations that he assaulted and injured his girlfriend, who requires six weeks of medical treatment. (Yonhap)
    Kim Hyun-joong’s former girlfriend drops all charges

    By Tae Hong Charges were dropped Wednesday against K-pop star Kim Hyun-joong, 28, who was accused of multiple instances of abusing his girlfriend since May, Yonhap reported. The woman, identified as Choi, cancelled charges against the singer-slash-actor...

    • Posted September 17, 2014
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  • Han river
    U.S. man caught trying to swim to N. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A young American man has been caught trying to swim across a river border into North Korea, a government source said Wednesday (KST). The man was arrested by Marine sentries at around 11:55 p.m....

    • Posted September 17, 2014
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  • North Korea
    North Korea’s main Asiad delegation arrives in South Korea

    By Kim Han-joo INCHEON (Yonhap) — The main North Korean delegation to the Asian Games, composed of 87 athletes and officials, arrived in South Korea by plane Tuesday. The main group that took a rare direct flight...

    • Posted September 16, 2014
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