All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Clockwise, top to right: Won Bin ("Man From Nowhere"), Kim Hye-soo ("Tazza"), Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Yoon-seok ("Tazza"), Park Bo-young and Song Joong-ki ("Werewolf Boy")
    Who are Korea’s picks for best male and female film characters?

    It seems Won Bin’s Cha Tae-sik in “Man From Nowhere” and Kim Hye-soo’s Madam Jeong in “Tazza” had a lasting impact on moviegoers — the two were chosen in a poll as the best South Korean movie...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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  • Girl group TWICE. (Photo courtesy of JYP Entertainment) (Yonhap)
    JYP launches TWICE, first girl group in 5 years

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — JYP Entertainment, one of South Korea’s three largest entertainment agencies, on Tuesday showcased TWICE, its first girl group in five years. The nine-member act performed tracks from its first album “The Story Begins” at...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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  • Englewood Cliffs Town Council candidate Park Myung-geun speaks to voters during a door-to-door campaign.
    12 NJ Korean Americans vying for general election seats

    By The Korea Times New York staff Twelve Korean Americans are vying for seats in the upcoming New Jersey general assembly election on Nov. 3. Of them, three are Republicans running in predominantly Democratic regions. They have...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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  • A group of Korean merchants in Flushing's food alley neighborhood are filing a class-action lawsuit as a result of damages suffered following the closing of a bridge in 2010. (Photo courtesy of Korean American Association of Queens)
    Flushing Korean business owners affected by closed bridge to file lawsuit

    A two-lane Flushing bridge that has been blocked off for five years has spurred Korean business owners in the area to file a class-action lawsuit. The site, located at 149th Street in New York City’s Koreatown, lies...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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  • restoration
    102 years later, Korea takes back former empire legation for restoration

    One hundred and two years after having the Korean Empire’s legation in the U.S. taken away by the Japanese colonial empire, the Korean community began restoration of the historic mission Monday. The four-story building, located about 1...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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  • In this image made from video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during the ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the country's ruling party in Pyongyang, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared Saturday that his country was ready to stand up to any threat posed by the United States as he spoke at a lavish military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the North's ruling party and trumpet his third-generation leadership. (KRT via AP Video)
    N. Korea asks US for peace treaty, US has ‘no interest’

    By Brian Han North Korea expressed a desire to pursue a peace treaty with the U.S. It also wants to be able to freely pursue its nuclear weapons development program simultaneously. For the U.S., the two primary...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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  • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, right, listens to Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., center, speak to reporters. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    Key Republican calls US policy on N. Korea ‘abject failure’

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says U.S. policy on North Korea for the past several decades has been an “abject failure.” Republican Sen. Bob Corker told a hearing Tuesday that North...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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