All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    Instagram loved K-pop most of all music genres this year

    K-pop was the most-mentioned music genre worldwide on Instagram this year, according to the popular photo social networking app. Instagram announced the year’s hottest topics by country Thursday, Yonhap reported. K-pop was ahead of hip-hop and rap,...

    • Posted December 3, 2015
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  • Rescue crews tend to the injured in the intersection outside the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California in this still image taken from video December 2, 2015. At least 20 people were reported injured in an active shooter situation, according to news reports. (Reuters/NBCLA.com/Yonhap)
    Investigators search for motive in CA mass shooting that killed 14

    SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — One moment, Syed Rizwan Farook was sitting at a table with colleagues at a holiday gathering for county health employees. Then suddenly he disappeared, leaving his coat on his chair. The next...

    • Posted December 3, 2015
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  • The roofs of Beopbojeon and Sudarajang in Haeinsa Temple in Hapcheon, South Gyeongsang Province, photographed by Joo Myung-duck (Courtesy of Leeum)
    Korean architecture stands strong despite modernization

    By Kwon Mee-yoo Korean architecture captures the essence of the nation’s ancient heritage and traditions. However, its beauty and value have too often been neglected as Korea modernized at top speed and was overwhelmingly influenced by Western...

    • Posted December 2, 2015
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  • President Park Geun-hye delivers a speech at the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Monday. She vowed to create a 100 trillion won energy market that will hire 500,000 more by 2030. (Yonhap)
    Clean energy is Korea’s new growth engine

    Park calls for global citizenship education in 1st UNESCO speech by Korean President By Kang Seung-woo President Park Geun-hye has set her sights on investing in new energy businesses as a growth engine for Korea, turning the...

    • Posted December 2, 2015
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  • Volunteers wrap gifts for children at Korean American Family Services in 2014. (Kim Chul-soo/The Korea Times)
    LA Korean community prepares for December charity

    By Kim Chul-soo The Los Angeles Korean American community is beginning a month-long effort to share love and charity for the end of the year through its non-profit organizations. Volunteer group PAVA World will hand out a...

    • Posted December 2, 2015
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  • A swat team arrives at the scene of a shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Police responded to reports of an active shooter at a social services facility. (Doug Saunders/Los Angeles News Group via AP)
    Mass shooting breaks out in California, multiple casualties

    By Brian Han Three masked gunmen opened fire on a medical building in Southern California Wednesday resulting in multiple casualties. Authorities believed that at least 20 had been wounded with an undisclosed number of fatalities. “There are...

    • Posted December 2, 2015
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  • US expresses concern over N. Korea’s SLBM test

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States expressed concern Tuesday over North Korea’s recent failed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to refrain from violating U.N. Security Council resolutions. Yonhap News Agency reported that the...

    • Posted December 2, 2015
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