All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • BTS (Yonhap)
    Billboard charts welcome BTS as band continues hot streak

    More good news for BTS: The seven-member act has now become the first non-SM or YG Entertainment K-pop artist to break the Billboard 200, at No. 171. According to Billboard Monday, the band — which released their...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • uli
    S. Korea soccer coach Uli Stielike ‘satisfied’ with 2015

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — By all accounts, the South Korean men’s national football team enjoyed a successful 2015, winning 16 out of 20 matches against only one loss and three draws. In 17 of those matches, South Korea...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • Washington D.C.-area Korean American community leaders and members of the Korean Community Center Organizing Committee launched a membership campaign Sunday to raise funds to build a community hub.
    DC-area Koreans launch campaign for new community hub

    By The Korea Times Washington DC staff The Washington D.C.-area Korean American community has set out to launch a campaign to build a community hub. On Sunday, members of the community center preparation committee, the Korean American...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • Eric Thames of the NC Dinos watches his solo home run against the Lotte Giants in Changwon, South Korea, on July 1, 2015. (Yonhap file photo)
    KBO MVP Thames adds another league-first with Golden Glove

    By Brian Han Eric Thames continued his run at Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) history with his latest award — a Golden Glove as a first baseman. The former Major League Baseball (MLB) player not only found success...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • Hwang Jung-eum (Yonhap)
    Top actress Hwang Jung-eum in relationship with pro golfer

    Hwang Jung-eum, one of South Korea’s top television actresses, is reportedly in a relationship with professional golfer and businessman Lee Young-don. The actress, 30, and Lee, 34, were photographed together in Seoul earlier this month, Yonhap reported....

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • (Screenshot of a New York Times opinion piece critiquing the South Korean government's efforts to rewrite history textbooks)
    S. Korean gov’t draws criticism for pressuring foreign press

    By Yi Whan-woo South Korea’s government is drawing international concern for allegedly putting pressure on foreign journalists who have published articles that are critical of President Park Geun-hye and her style of governance. The Ministry of Foreign...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
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  • United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, and actor Leonardo DiCaprio. (Instagram screen capture)
    DiCaprio interviews UN chief for environmental documentary

    Star American actor Leonardo DiCaprio has interviewed United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as part of an environmental documentary, according to the international body’s webpage report. The U.N. Instagram webpage on Saturday posted a video and a photo...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
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