All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    ABC picks up 9 more episodes for ‘Dr. Ken’

    By Brian Han Television network ABC must be pleased with the ratings of its new sitcom “Dr. Ken” because the studio just signed the show to an additional nine episodes according to Variety.com. In its first season,...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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  • Oh Se-hun of South Korea celebrates his winning goal against Guinea at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile on Oct. 20, 2015. (photo courtesy of the Korea Football Association / Yonhap)
    S. Korea clinch knockout berth at U-17 World Cup soccer

    (Yonhap) — South Korea booked a knockout stage spot at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile on Tuesday. South Korea defeated Guinea 1-0 for their second straight victory in Group B at Estadio La Portada in...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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  • In this June 3, 2015 file photo Chung Mong-joon arrives to hold a press conference in Seoul, South Korea. On Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 FIFA banned VP Chung Mong-joon for 6 years. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, file)
    Court denies Chung Mong-joon’s request to lift ban: FIFA

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A Swiss court has rejected a request by South Korean FIFA presidential hopeful Chung Mong-joon to lift a recent ban on him, the world’s football governing body said Tuesday, all but ruling out Chung’s...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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  • Pittsburgh Pirates' Kang Jung-ho, of South Korea, watches his three-run double off Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Jason Motte in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    KBO says teams can’t post multiple players simultaneously

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Responding to a team’s query on the rule book, the top South Korean baseball league said Tuesday clubs won’t be allowed to put more than one player up for posting at a time in...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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  • The top of a Toyota Tacoma was sheered off by an airborne car in Hacienda Heights killing two 18-year-olds. (Courtesy of KTLA/Korea Times file)
    2 teens dead, Korean couple injured in Hacienda Heights crash

    By Brian Han A fatal car crash took the lives of two 18-year-old recent high school graduates at around 7 p.m. Sunday in Hacienda Heights. George Steward and Sabrina Castillo, who were known to be a couple at...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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    Seong-Jin Cho becomes the first Korean to win Chopin Piano Competition

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Seong-Jin Cho of South Korea has won the career-paving 17th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. In the jury’s verdict announced early Wednesday, the second prize went to Charles Richard-Hamelin of Canada...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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  • Gu Ha-ra
    KARA singer ‘kung fu prodigy’

    What can’t Gu Ha-ra do? The 24-year-old girl band member of KARA mesmerized competitors and viewers with her tremendous martial art skills on a reality TV show. She showed off her athletic ability in the traditional Chinese martial art of...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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