All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Seoul Central District Court. (Yonhap)
    Top court orders retrial for Lone Star

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top court Sunday ruled in favor of a U.S. buyout fund in a lawsuit involving the expenses for the liquidation of a joint firm between Lone Star and the state-run Korea Deposit...

    • Posted November 17, 2015
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  • Jihyun Woo
Whitney High School
11th Grade
    How the CIA turned art into a weapon

    For years, the claim that the U.S. government’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had used art as a weapon during the 1950s and 1960s was ambiguous, considered by most a joke or a rumor. However, relatively recent interviews...

    • Posted November 17, 2015
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  • Scott Hong
Fairmont Prep Academy
9th Grade
    Is the SAT truly a fair assessment?

    When we hear the words, “College Board,” we think of several things—test taking, stress and our futures. From the SAT to AP exams, College Board holds a significant stake in the futures of high school students, as...

    • Posted November 17, 2015
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  • Son Heung-min celebrates after scoring S.Korea's third goal. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea defeats Laos 5-0 for 6th straight win in World Cup qualification

    VIENTIANE, Laos (Yonhap) — South Korea defeated Laos 5-0 on the road Tuesday for their sixth straight win in the regional World Cup qualification round. Big guns came through for South Korea at New Laos National Stadium,...

    • Posted November 17, 2015
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  • kang jung-ho batting
    Kang Jung-ho finishes 3rd in NL Rookie of the Year race

    By Brian Han Despite an abbreviated season due to injury, Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Kang Jung-ho crafted together an impressive enough season to finish third in the 2015 National League Rookie of the Year race. The South Korean...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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  • A large tree lies across a street after being blown over by high winds near downtown Los Angeles on Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. The winds followed a front that moved through California during the weekend, dropping rain and snow while lowering temperatures.  (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    Over 10,000 lose power due to LA’s windy weather, 722 in K-town

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – About 10,000 customers were without electrical service in various areas of wind-buffeted Los Angeles County this afternoon, including about 5,500 in the city of Los Angeles, authorities said. Affected areas in Los Angeles included Mid-Wilshire,...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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  • Ryu, Choo
    Ryu, Choo return to S. Korea, offer advice to Park Byung-ho, Lee Dae-ho

    By Nam Hyun-woo Texas Rangers’ Choo Shin-soo and Los Angeles Dodgers’ Ryu Hyun-jin, two Korean stars of Major League Baseball returned home during the weekend, to recall their past season and pledged to achieve better performances after...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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