All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Hwang Jae-gyun
    S. Korean infielder Hwang Jae-gyun to test MLB market

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean infielder Hwang Jae-gyun on Thursday declared his intention to test the market in Major League Baseball (MLB), saying he’d been preparing for the move for a long time. Hwang, a third baseman...

    • Posted October 15, 2015
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  • Bae Sang-Moon of South Korea, right, is greeted by his caddy and spray from sparkling wine on the 18th green of the Silverado Resort North Course after winning the Frys.com PGA Tour golf tournament Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, in Napa, Calif. Bae Sang-Moon won the tournament after shooting a 1-over-par 73 to finish at total 15-under-par. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
    PGA’s Frys.com Open begins without its reigning champ Bae Sang-moon

    By Brian Han The PGA Tour kicked off its season Thursday even though it just ended less than a month ago in Georgia where 22-year-old phenom Jordan Spieth took hom golf’s ultimate $15 million dollar prize. For...

    • Posted October 15, 2015
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  • Oh Seung-hwan, Yuri (Yonhap)
    Girls’ Generation Yuri ends relationship with baseball player

    Girls’ Generation’s Yuri, 26, has reportedly ended her relationship with Hanshin Tigers pitcher Oh Seung-hwan, 33. SM Entertainment confirmed the news Thursday. The pair began dating last November, and their relationship became public in April.  

    • Posted October 15, 2015
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  • Park Sung-hyun of South Korea acknowledges spectators after sinking a birdie putt on the 18th green during the first round of the KEB Hana Bank Championship golf tournament at Sky72 Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Korean tour star goes from gallery to top of LPGA leader board

    INCHEON (Yonhap) — In 12 months, Park Sung-hyun, a Korea LPGA (KLPGA) Tour hotshot, has gone from the gallery to the top of the leader board at the lone LPGA Tour event on home soil. Park shot...

    • Posted October 15, 2015
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    Watch Ki Hong Lee and Lena Ahn together in noodle CF

    Ki Hong Lee, a Korean American actor famous for his turn in “The Maze Runner” franchise, and Lena Ahn, a former K-pop trainee-turned-actress, are Nongshim America’s newest Zha Wang promoters. The pair appear together in a new...

    • Posted October 15, 2015
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  • fresh-off-the-boat-new
    ‘Fresh Off The Boat’ picked up for nine more episodes

    By Brian Han Fans of ABC’s “Fresh Off The Boat” can rejoice after the studio announced the show would be picked up for nine more episodes during its second season run. That pushes the total from 13...

    • Posted October 15, 2015
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  • NYFF
    NY Korean film fest announces full program, guests

    By Tae Hong South Korean film specialties — crime thrillers, romantic fantasies, eroticas — will rule this year at the New York Korean Film Festival, which will run Nov. 6 to 11 at the Museum of the...

    • Posted October 15, 2015
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