All posts tagged "topstories"

  • A member of the Los Angeles Dodgers training staff talks to injured starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu (99) as catcher A.J. Ellis looks on at left, in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Atlanta. Ryu left the game under his own power. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
    Ryu suffers leg injury, 6th loss of the season

    By Lee Kyutae Los Angeles Dodgers’ Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin not only lost the game on Wednesday night in Atlanta, he got hurt. Ryu immediately turned toward the Dodgers’ dugout and motioned for assistance after delivering ball...

    • Posted August 13, 2014
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  • Longtime Kansas City Royals fan Sung Woo Lee, from South Korea, throws the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
    Royal Salute: Korean fan throws out first pitch

    By Lee Kyutae The Kansas City Royals fan from South Korea, Sung Woo Lee, has to be one of the best sports stories of the year. He has become such a folk hero in Kansas City that they may...

    • Posted August 12, 2014
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  • The body of an Army draftee is moved from his home in Seoul on Aug. 12, 2014. He was found dead the previous day along with his colleague in apparents suicides, according to authorities. (Yonhap)
    2 more soldiers die in apparent suicide

    (Yonhap) — Two Army draftees have been found dead together in apparent suicides in Seoul, police said Tuesday, the latest in a series of tragic incidents involving enlisted soldiers in recent weeks. The 23-year-old and 21-year-old corporals,...

    • Posted August 12, 2014
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  • The accident took place at 4:32 p.m. in waters about 1.5 kilometers off the southern Geoje Island. (Yonhap)
    6 killed, 5 injured on capsize of fishing boat

    A fishing boat capsized in waters off Dadae Port in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday, leaving six dead and five injured, the Coast Guard said. Eleven crewmembers, including a 50-year-old captain, were aboard the 59-ton boat which...

    • Posted August 12, 2014
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  • FILE - This Aug. 14, 2009 file photo shows actor Robin WIlliams from the film "World's Greatest Dad" in Los Angeles. Williams, whose free-form comedy and adept impressions dazzled audiences for decades, has died in an apparent suicide. He was 63. The Marin County Sheriff’s Office said Williams was pronounced dead at his home in California on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. The sheriff’s office said a preliminary investigation showed the cause of death to be a suicide due to asphyxia. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
    Robin Williams found dead in apparent suicide aged 63

    UPDATED (CNS) – Robin Williams was remembered today as a Hollywood and comedic luminary by colleagues and friends stunned by the actor’s death from an apparent suicide in Marin County. “Robin Williams was like no other,” said...

    • Posted August 11, 2014
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  • Lee Mi-rim of South Korea, left, is doused with water by other players and friends as Inbee Park, right, walks off the green after the second playoff hole of the final round during the Meijer LPGA Classic golf tournament at Blythefield Country Club, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, in Belmont, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
    Rookie Lee Mi-rim wins first LPGA title

    (Yonhap) — Rookie Lee Mi-rim claimed her maiden LPGA Tour victory in a playoff at the inaugural Meijer LPGA Classic on Sunday. Lee defeated Park Inbee on the second playoff hole with a birdie at the par-71 Blythefield...

    • Posted August 11, 2014
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    Korean Cool Is The Ultimate National Marketing Ploy [NEWSWEEK]

        In 1992, a man named Chung Injoon, director of what was then called the Korean Overseas Information Service – a government organisation currently known as the Korean Tourism Culture and Tourism Institute – sent a...

    • Posted August 9, 2014
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