All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • art, buddhist, painting
    Buddhist scroll painting breaks S. Korean auction record

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A Buddhist scroll painting has become the most expensive South Korean ancient artwork to be sold in an auction on Wednesday. “Cheongnyangsan Gwaebultaeng,” designated as South Korea’s National Treasure No. 1210, was sold at...

    • Posted December 16, 2015
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  • Los Angeles-area students head back to school at the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Students are heading back to class a day after an emailed threat triggered a shutdown of the vast Los Angeles Unified School District. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    Los Angeles schools reopen after threat

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest on schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District reopening after a threat (all times local): 10:05 a.m. A former chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism says threatening emails sent...

    • Posted December 16, 2015
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  • Los Angeles' Koreatown is a popular destination for those visiting from South Korea. (Korea Times file)
    28-year-old Korean American man fatally shot in Koreatown

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The killer of a Korean American man shot in a possibly gang-related attack in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles remained at large, police said. The shooting occurred about 9:40 p.m. Sunday near the intersection...

    • Posted December 15, 2015
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  • Kang Du-ri (Screen capture from Twitter)
    Actress Kang Doo-ri found dead in apparent suicide

    (Yonhap) A young actress has been found dead in her home in an apparent suicide, police said Tuesday. Kang Doo-ri, 22, was found dead by rescue crew members around 4 p.m. on Monday as an acquaintance, who...

    • Posted December 15, 2015
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    S. Korean govt passes bill simplifying overseas voter registration

    Overseas voter registration for South Korean elections just got easier thanks to a revised bill passed by the National Assembly last week. Under the bill, the South Korean government will work to install polling stations overseas and...

    • Posted December 15, 2015
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  • Lee Jae-hyun, the chairman of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group, in a wheelchair, is moved into a courtroom at the Seoul High Court, southern Seoul, on Dec. 15, 2015. (Yonhap)
    CJ chairman’s prison term upheld

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A Seoul appellate court on Tuesday sentenced the chairman of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group to two years and six months in prison for embezzlement, breach of trust and tax evasion. Chairman Lee...

    • Posted December 15, 2015
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  • North Korea's Moranbong Band had been scheduled to perform in Beijing last Saturday, but abruptly headed home hours before the concert began. (Yonhap)
    China still mum on N. Korean band’s abrupt cancellation

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China’s foreign ministry on Tuesday remained tightlipped on the reason for the sudden cancellation of a concert in Beijing by an all-female band formed by the North’s leader Kim Jong-un. North Korea’s Moranbong Band...

    • Posted December 15, 2015
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