All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Rain (Newsis)
    Rain returns to small screen

    Singer Rain will return to TV in new drama “Comeback, Mister” after a 15-month break. The drama is based on Japanese novel “Mr. Tsubakiyama’s Seven Days,” published in 2002. It is about manager Kazuaki Tsubakiyama who dies...

    • Posted December 23, 2015
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    Two soldiers who lost their legs in DMZ land-mine explosion receive medals

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Two South Korean soldiers severely injured in North Korea’s land-mine attack in August were awarded national orders Wednesday for their “bravery and contributions” to national security, the Army said. Army Staff Sgt. Kim Jung-won,...

    • Posted December 23, 2015
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  • (AP Photo)
    Technology leads to disappearance of Korean American small businesses

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff Technology provides conveniences to most consumers, but for some Korean Americans who own small businesses, it can be quite the opposite. In the technology capital of California and arguably the...

    • Posted December 23, 2015
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  • New Los Angeles Angels infielder Choi Ji-man wears his jersey in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Dec. 23, 2015. Choi was selected by the Major League Baseball club at the annual Rule 5 Draft in Nashville, Tennessee, on Dec. 10, the final day of the MLB Winter Meetings. (Yonhap)
    Choi Ji-man shows up wearing his new Angels uniform in S. Korea

    Choi Ji-man, a recent acquisition of the Los Angeles Angels, met with the South Korean press Wednesday in his hometown of Incheon, a metropolitan city lying west of Seoul. He is grateful for this chance for redemption, and...

    • Posted December 23, 2015
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  • Leicester City's Shanji Okazaki of Japan, right, celebrates after scoring a goal during the English Premier League soccer match at Goodison Park, Liverpool, England, Saturday Dec.19, 2015. (Peter Byrnev / PA via AP)
    Leicester: The team that feared relegation now tops EPL

    LONDON (AP) — Leicester had little to celebrate last Christmas. Languishing in last place in the Premier League, the team was facing instant relegation back to the second tier. Now Leicester is looking down on everyone. From...

    • Posted December 23, 2015
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  • (Newsis)
    S. Korean civic fund for unification surpasses 1 mln donors in just 169 days

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A South Korean civic fund raising money for possible unification with North Korea has surpassed 1 million donors, the fund’s operator said Wednesday. Tongil and Nanum Foundation said a little more than 1 million...

    • Posted December 23, 2015
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  • court
    Court rules chemical ‘castration’ constitutional

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The Constitutional Court ruled in a 6-3 vote Wednesday that hormonal treatment to suppress sexual impulses in sex offenders is constitutional. In 2013, a district court had challenged the law that allows chemical castration...

    • Posted December 23, 2015
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