All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Augsburg's Ji Dong-won, left, celebrates with teammate Caiuby after scoring his side's third goal during the Europa League Group L soccer match between FC Augsburg and AZ Alkmaar at the WWK Arena in Augsburg, southern Germany, Thursday Nov. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
    Korean footballers shine in Europa League

    By Nam Hyun-woo Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min returned to the pitch and had an assist in his side’s 2-1 Europa League win over Anderlecht, while FC Augsburg’s Ji Dong-won scored his second goal of this season, Friday....

    • Posted November 6, 2015
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  • Music fans wait in line to buy pianist Cho Seong-jin's Chopin Concours album at Pung Wol Dang in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday. (Yonhap)
    Koreans flock in to buy Chopin Piano Competition winner’s album

    Gangnam District in Seoul saw a peculiar sight Friday morning as more than 100 people lined up outside the doors of a small classical music record store. Eager music lovers had gathered to purchase the live recording...

    • Posted November 6, 2015
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  • FILE - This Oct. 30, 2015 file photo shows "The Nightclub Singer,” a 1901 painting by Picasso from his Blue Period, at Sotheby's in New York. The work features a second picture on the reverse side depicting Picasso’s art dealer, Pere Manach. The piece is estimated to fetch $60 million on Thursday night, Nov. 5, 2015 at Sotheby’s fall art auction. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
    Picasso nude portrait fetches over $67M at Sotheby’s

    NEW YORK (AP) — A nude portrait by Pablo Picasso brought in over $67 million at Sotheby’s on Thursday, a day after the auction house sold $377 million worth art from the estate of its late former...

    • Posted November 6, 2015
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    Seoul Natl University student body presidential candidate comes out as lesbian

    By Tae Hong The lone candidate for student body president at Seoul National University, South Korea’s top institution, came out as a lesbian during a campaign meeting on campus Thursday. Kim Bo-mi, 23, is a consumer and...

    • Posted November 5, 2015
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  • Kimchi makers form a heart shape at Seoul Plaza during the "Seoul Kimchi Festival" in 2014. (Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Government)
    Thousands to make 50 tons of kimchi at Seoul Plaza

    Some 6,000 people will fill the streets of Gwanghwamun, downtown Seoul, this weekend for a kimchi-making festival. The Seoul Kimchi Festival, in its second year, started last year to commemorate kimjang, the collective practice of making kimchi,...

    • Posted November 5, 2015
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    S. Koreans advised not to travel to Sinai Peninsula

    CAIRO (Yonhap) — The South Korean Embassy in Cairo has advised South Koreans in Egypt not to travel to the Sinai Peninsula where a recent plane crash killed all 224 people on board. The embassy sent an...

    • Posted November 5, 2015
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  • This photo provided by Derek Sciba shows Kenneth Bae, center, and his mother Myunghee Bae, in red coat, praying with other family members after his release from North Korea, Saturday Nov. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Derek Sciba)
    Kenneth Bae, detained 2 years in North Korea, releasing book

    SEATTLE (AP) — Kenneth Bae, a U.S. citizen who was detained in North Korea for two years before his release last November, plans to tell his story in a book. W Publishing Group, an imprint of the...

    • Posted November 5, 2015
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