All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Park Ji-sung
    Park Ji-sung got married

    Recently retired Korea’s football icon Park Ji-sung, 33, and television announcer Kim Min-ji, 28, got married on July 27, 2014 at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul. Former South Korean men’s football team head coach Guus Hiddink, left, former...

    • Posted July 28, 2014
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  • d07-duo
    Curious about marriage agencies?

    By Tae Hong Resorting to dating services may seem like conceding defeat to many, but the fact of the matter is, matchmakers have been around forever in Asia. Elders would even point to today’s soaring divorce rate and...

    • Posted July 25, 2014
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  • (Korea Times file)
    644 plane fatalities this year, even before Air Algerie crash

    In case you’ve been counting, there have been three major plane-related accidents in the last week. According to the Aviation Safety Network, 644 people have died as a result of 11 plane incidents this year, a 71...

    • Posted July 25, 2014
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  • beef
    Holy Cow! Galbi now costs $45 per serving in L.A. Koreatown

      Galbi, the famous Korean crowd-pleasing dish, will cost meat lovers a pretty penny the next time they visit Koreatown joints in Los Angeles, where prices have skyrocketed to upwards of $45 per serving. At Choseon Galbee,...

    • Posted July 24, 2014
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  • UCLA
    U C Asians

    Asian Americans, with 39.4 percent, make up the largest group of incoming freshmen in the University of California system, according to an annual report of fall admissions. They were followed by Hispanics at 29.8 percent, whites at...

    • Posted July 23, 2014
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  • Rich Ting, right, with actor Jang Dong-gun for "No Tears for the Dead." (Courtesy of Rich Ting)
    No Tears for Rich Ting

    A definitive All-American of Chinese and Japanese descent, a former Yale quarterback and the holder of a J.D. and MBA takes the Korean route to make Asians look cool.  By Tae Hong Just what is Rich Ting,...

    • Posted July 22, 2014
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  • Police officers and medical staff move the body of Yoo Byung-eun, the de facto owner of the sunken ferry Sewol, into an ambulance at a funeral hall in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, Tuesday. Yoo's body was moved to a forensic sciences center in Seoul for an investigation into how he died. (Yonhap)
    Police confirm fugitive ferry owner found dead

    DNA, fingerprints match those of Yoo; Prosecution will step up Sewol probe By Jung Min-ho Police said Tuesday that they had found the body of Yoo Byung-eun, the owner of the sunken ferry Sewol who had been...

    • Posted July 22, 2014
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