All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    Big Bang joins Billboard Hot Tours list w/ $1.7M in revenue from LA stop

    Big Bang may have made their first comeback in three years singing “Loser,” but numbers from their recent North American tour prove them as anything but — Billboard Hot Tours has ranked the band No. 10 in...

    • Posted October 29, 2015
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  • Kim Han-sik, president of Chonghaejin, is escorted by helpers to hold a press conference at Incheon Port International Passenger Terminal in Incheon, South Korea.
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    Sewol operator chief gets 7-year jail term

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s Supreme Court said Thursday it has upheld a seven-year jail sentence for the head of the sunken ferry Sewol operator for involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of more than 300 people. Kim...

    • Posted October 29, 2015
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    LG profit sinks as smartphone business suffers loss

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG Electronics said Thursday its mobile communications division suffered its first operating loss in more than a year, dragging down the company’s overall earnings for the third quarter. The mobile business lost...

    • Posted October 29, 2015
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  • Jimmy Choi at the Chicago Marathon 2015 (Michael J. Fox Foundation/Runner's World)
    The Running Man: Jimmy Choi continues to outrun Parkinson’s disease

    A Korean American marathon runner with Parkinson’s disease is out to give hope to others out there like him. Jimmy Choi, 39, a Chicago resident, has run nearly 2,000 miles this year despite the condition, and completed...

    • Posted October 29, 2015
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    China to end one-child policy, boon to couples, companies

    BEIJING (AP) — China’s decision to abolish its one-child policy is a boon not only to couples but to sellers of goods from formula to diapers to toys. And it might help to defuse economic stresses caused...

    • Posted October 29, 2015
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  • Lee Seung-woo, right, and Lee Sang-min walk off the field after a disappointing loss to Belgium. (Yonhap)
    Waffled by Belgium 2-0, South Korea eliminated from U17 World Cup

    By Brian Han South Korea got knocked out of the World Cup stage by Belgium again. South Korea seemed frustrated more than anything else during their 2-0 loss to Belgium in the FIFA U-17 World Cup Round...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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    N. Korea is gravest threat to US interests: US gov’t think tank

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea poses the greatest threat to the United States, an annual Heritage Foundation report said Wednesday, warning that the communist nation likely has already mastered the technology to put a nuclear warhead on...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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