All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    Seoul court upholds censure of unethical TV drama

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The Seoul Administrative Court on Monday upheld the broadcasting watchdog’s censure of a TV drama embroiled with immorality and violent language. The court ruled as “fair and legitimate” the Korea Communications Commission (KCC)’s punitive...

    • Posted January 25, 2016
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  • FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2015, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt pats LeBron James on the chest at the end of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia. James’ calculating image wasn’t helped when the Cavaliers stunningly fired Blatt on Friday, Jan. 22, despite Blatt leading the team to the NBA Finals last season and an Eastern Conference-best 30-11 record this season. James has played for three coaches during his two stints in Cleveland, (AP Photo/Michael Perez, File)
    Israeli NBA fans turn on Cavs after favorite son Blatt fired

    TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers suddenly have far fewer fans in Israel after the firing of David Blatt. The shock announcement on Friday, despite the second-year coach leading the Cavs to the NBA Finals...

    • Posted January 25, 2016
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  • A thermal camera monitor shows the body temperature of visitors during the Job Fairs in Seoul, South Korea Friday, June 5, 2015. Sales of surgical masks surge amid fears of the deadly, poorly understood virus. Airlines announce "intensified sanitizing operations." More than 1,100 schools close and 1,600 people - and 17 camels in zoos - are quarantined. The current frenzy in South Korea over MERS brings to mind the other menacing diseases to hit Asia over the last decade - SARS, which killed hundreds, and bird flu. (Yonhap)
    Thailand reports 2nd MERS case in a man from Oman

    BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has reported its second confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, detected in a 71-year-old man from Oman who arrived in Bangkok on Friday. Thailand’s Public Health Ministry announced Sunday that...

    • Posted January 25, 2016
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  • Ladies Code
    Ladies’ Code set to comeback next month after deadly crash

    K-pop band Ladies’ Code, who lost two members in a deadly car accident in 2014, will release a new album next month. Koh Eun-bi, who went by the stage name EunB, and Kwon Ri-se, died in the...

    • Posted January 24, 2016
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  • If the mercury drops to below minus 18 degrees, it will be the coldest weather since Jan. 15, 2001, when the temperature reached minus 18.6 degrees, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea sees coldest weather this winter

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea on Sunday experienced the coldest weather this winter with temperatures dropping to near record lows. As of 5 a.m., the temperature in Seoul was minus 17 degrees Celsius (1.4 Farenheit), while the...

    • Posted January 23, 2016
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  • Kwon Chang-hoon of South Korea attempts to score with a header in the quarterfinals of the Asian Under-23 Championship against Jordan in Doha on Jan. 23, 2016. South Korea defeated Jordan 1-0 to move within one win of a berth at this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea gets past Jordan to move within one win of Olympic soccer berth

    DOHA (Yonhap) — South Korea defeated Jordan 1-0 on Saturday to move within one win of a spot in the Olympic men’s soccer tournament. Midfielder Moon Chang-jin’s 23rd-minute score stood as the winner at Suhaim Bin Hamad...

    • Posted January 23, 2016
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  • Won, left, and Seo dedicated their historic victory to late national team coach Malcolm Lloyd, who passed away earlier this month. (Photo released by the Korea Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation / Yonhap)
    S. Korean bobsled tandem takes first-ever WC gold

    (Yonhap) — The South Korean bobsleigh team of Won Yun-jong and Seo Young-woo captured the country’s first-ever gold medal at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup on Friday in Canada, rising to the top...

    • Posted January 23, 2016
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