All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • From left -- Miss Universe Korea Kim Seo-yeon, China Yun Fang Xue, Japan Ariana Miyamoto (Newsis)
    Miss Universe Korea vs. China vs. Japan: Who gets your vote?

    The 64th edition of the pageant will air live on Fox from Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas on Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. ET.  

    • Posted December 18, 2015
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  • Specialist Michael O'Mara works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. U.S. stocks jumped at the open after China's central bank cut interest rates to support its economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Moody’s upgrades S. Korea’s rating to all-time high of Aa2

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — Global rating agency Moody’s upgraded South Korea’s sovereign credit rating to Aa2 from Aa3, the highest-ever rating the fourth largest Asian economy has received from an international credit rating agency. Moody’s also changed the...

    • Posted December 18, 2015
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  • Ryu Hyun-jin posted on Instagram a photo and video of himself doing a long-toss at Dodger Stadium Thursday. He said he felt good after being stretched out to about 30 yards for the first time since the surgery. (Instagram photo)
    [LA TIMES] Dodgers can hope, but can’t completely count on Hyun-Jin Ryu for 2016

       – Hyun-jin Ryu had his labrum repaired in May, and at one time that would be near a death knell for a pitcher. Los Angeles Dodgers physician Neal ElAttrache once described shoulder problems like...

    • Posted December 18, 2015
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  • A representative from the management company of the apartment inspects the premises after the fire was extinguished. (Korea Times photo by Park Sang-hyuk)
    65-year old Korean man dies in LA Koreatown apartment fire

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Arson investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that killed one Korean American man and injured another in a Koreatown apartment. The blaze at the three-story apartment building at 433...

    • Posted December 18, 2015
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  • Hisashi Iwakuma (Korea Times file)
    Iwakuma happily back in Seattle after failed Dodgers deal

    SEATTLE (AP) — Throughout Hisashi Iwakuma’s free agency, the Seattle Mariners remained in contact and the team as quick to react when the pitcher unexpectedly became available again. Iawkuma was back in Seattle on Friday after agreeing...

    • Posted December 18, 2015
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  • A part of Tumen river borders three countries -- North Korea, China and Russia. (Yonhap)
    North Koreans pay over $8,000 to escape

    By Rachel Lee North Koreans pay up to 10 million won ($8,440) to brokers or border guards to escape from their country, according to activists helping defectors. Most North Korean defectors cross the Tumen River to China’s...

    • Posted December 18, 2015
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  • Tesla Model S is seen in this file photo, Friday. (Courtesy of Tesla Motors)
    Tesla prepares to open Korean office

    By Park Jin-hai Tesla Motors, a leading American electric vehicle manufacturer, is starting to make inroads into the Korean market. The company registered itself in Korea as Tesla Korea Limited on Nov.13 and is gearing up to...

    • Posted December 18, 2015
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