All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Chris Park, Major League Baseball's senior vice president of growth, strategy and international, gives a presentation during the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) Winter Meeting in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2015. (Photo courtesy of the KBO) (Yonhap)
    MLB exec hopes to see big league games in S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea has been one of the more successful countries in the young history of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), an international tournament jointly operated by Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League...

    • Posted December 9, 2015
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  • (KCNA/Yonhap)
    Kim Jong-un’s uncle defected to US amid N. Korean power struggle

    By Brian Han In North Korea, being part of the leadership’s family by no means excludes you from danger. The uncle of current leader Kim Jong-un, Lee Kang, decided to come out of the woodwork Wednesday. He...

    • Posted December 9, 2015
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  • Koreans in UN, UN
    Korea bolsters UN presence

    By Yi Whan-woo Seoul is bolstering its presence at the United Nations with Koreans being named to head agencies there. With Ban Ki-moon, Korea’s former foreign minister, working as the U.N. chief since January 2007, five more...

    • Posted December 9, 2015
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  • "The Himalayas" (CJ Entertainment)
    S. Korean film ‘The Himalayas’ opening in LA this month, wide North American release Jan. 1

    By Tae Hong The latest film by South Korean Director Lee Suk-hoon (“The Pirates”), “The Himalayas,” is coming to Los Angeles’ CGV Cinemas Dec. 18. A wider North American release in a handful of cities — including...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at the University of South Carolina Aiken, S.C. (Chris Thelen/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)
    Most popular candidate among Asian Americans? Bernie Sanders

    By Brian Han Times are a changin’ as Bob Dylan so eloquently put it. Not long ago, Asian Americans more times than not strongly identified with the Republican Party. But that trend is rapidly changing, most recently...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • Lee Ann Kim
    Lee Ann Kim awarded Person of the Year by KOCCA DARI Awards

    Lee Ann Kim, 45, was awarded Person of the Year by the Korea Creative Content Agency’s DARI Awards Monday. According to KOCCA, the award is given to those who contribute to the introduction of Korean cultural contents...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • Hyerim, dicaprio
    Wonder Girl Meets DiCaprio

    Hyerim to interview the American star in Los Angeles as a guest reporter for KBS2 program Hyerim, a member of K-pop band Wonder Girls, will interview star American actor Leonardo DiCaprio in Los Angeles later this month....

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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