All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • (YG Entertainment)
    PSY’s new album coming Dec. 1

    K-pop’s horse-dance genius PSY will drop his new album on Dec. 1, YG Entertainment announced via its Twitter Monday. PSY’s last album, “Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1,” spawned the global hit that was “Gangnam Style.” The...

    • Posted November 2, 2015
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  • South Korean middle school students use their smartphones at a bus station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korea pulls plug on child monitoring app

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The most widely used child surveillance app in South Korea has been pulled from the market after security specialists raised serious concerns about the program’s safety. Moon Hyun-seok, a senior official at...

    • Posted November 2, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrive at a Seoul hotel on Nov. 1, 2015, to attend a business summit, which brought together about 400 business leaders from South Korea, Japan and China. The summit was jointly organized by the Federation of Korean Industries, the Japan Business Federation and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. (Yonhap)
    Long, complicated history behind S. Korea-Japan relations

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of years of deeply complicated history bubbled beneath the surface images of handshakes and flashing cameras Monday at the first formal meeting of Japanese and South Korean leaders in 3½ years....

    • Posted November 2, 2015
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  • (Yonhap)
    The richest 10 percent control two-thirds of wealth in S. Korea: report

    In comparison, the lower half only accounted for 2 percent of the country’s assets SEOUL/SEJONG (Yonhap) – The top 10 percent of South Koreans control 66 percent of the country’s wealth, with the inequality gap becoming more...

    • Posted November 2, 2015
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  • The jacket of Girls' Generation's upcoming fifth album, "Lion Heart" (Yonhap)
    Most-viewed K-pop music videos of 2015 (so far)

    Bang, bang, bang! …is what K-pop fans were singing this year, as far as the numbers are concerned. Big Bang, which came back in May after a three-year hiatus, dominates this list by taking up half of...

    • Posted November 2, 2015
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  • Kim Sei-young of South Korea holds her trophy after winning the Blue Bay LPGA in Hainan Island, China on Nov. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
    Kim Sei-young closes out Blue Bay LPGA for 3rd victory

    By Brian Han Four players. Of the 80 golfers competing at the Blue Bay LPGA in China, that’s how many were able to post an under-par total. A rare occurrence considering that last week’s winner Lydia Ko...

    • Posted November 2, 2015
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  • New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno third from right, visits District 27 candidate Wonkyu Rim to support his campaign. (Photo courtesy of Rim campaign)
    Korean candidates ready for NJ general election tomorrow

    With New Jersey general assembly elections coming up Tuesday, seven Korean American candidates are working to secure last-minute votes. In the running are Wonkyu Rim (R), for the District 27 seat in the state assembly; Park Myung-geun...

    • Posted November 2, 2015
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