All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Left to right: Im In-taek, Kim Jae-yool, Joo Kyung-kwang (Photo courtesy of Chonnam National University)
    Three S. Korean researchers take part in prize-winning physics team

    Three South Korean professors were a part of a Breakthrough Prize-winning team in fundamental physics, announced earlier this month. Kim Jae-yool, Lim In-taek and Joo Kyung-kwang, of Chonnam National University, worked as team members under Koichiro Nishikawa...

    • Posted November 24, 2015
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  • Los Angeles Korean American community leaders pay their respects to former President Kim Young-sam inside Los Angeles Korean Consulate. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    LA Koreans pay respects to Kim Young-sam

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Footsteps of Los Angeles Korean Americans never ceased yesterday at memorial altars for former South Korean President Kim Young-sam set up inside the local diplomatic office and the community association....

    • Posted November 24, 2015
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    Kim Jong-un sends top gov’t official to a farm as punishment

    By Brian Han Considering that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly executed some 70 government and military officials since coming into power back in 2011, his latest move comes off as merciful. Communist party secretary Choe...

    • Posted November 24, 2015
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    Psy to offer sneak preview of new album in live broadcast

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Rapper Psy will reveal part of his upcoming album in a live online broadcast this week, his agency said Tuesday. The man made popular with the music video of “Gangnam Style” in 2012 will...

    • Posted November 24, 2015
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  • Son Ah-seop (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
    No MLB club bids for Lotte Giants’ Son Ah-seop

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — No Major League Baseball (MLB) club has bid for South Korean outfielder Son Ah-seop, who was posted last week by the Lotte Giants, the top South Korean baseball league said Tuesday. The Korea Baseball...

    • Posted November 24, 2015
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  • APTOPIX Womens US Open Golf
    Michelle Wie finishes 2015 season filled with struggle

    NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Michelle Wie’s final stroke of the season was a long putt from just off the green, and when it dropped she couldn’t wait to retrieve the ball from the cup. Her season, mercifully,...

    • Posted November 24, 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)
    Ex-big leaguer Eric Thames voted MVP in S. Korean baseball

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Former major leaguer Eric Thames was voted the MVP of South Korean baseball on Tuesday. Thames, the slugging first baseman of the NC Dinos, became just the third foreign player to win the top...

    • Posted November 24, 2015
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