All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Kim Bum-soo
    Canceled Korean concerts anger LA fans

    By Kim Hyung-jae A string of canceled and postponed Los Angeles concerts by South Korean musical acts have angered fans. Fans who bought tickets priced upwards of $100 to $200 to see famous ballader Kim Bum-soo live...

    • Posted October 14, 2015
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  • big-bang-1
    Big Bang draws 87,000 fans on N. American tour

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Tens of thousands of K-pop fans flocked to watch South Korean boy band Big Bang on their North American tour earlier this month, the group’s management agency said Wednesday. The North American leg of...

    • Posted October 14, 2015
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  • Lamar Odom, middle, helped the Los Angeles Lakers to two NBA titles.
    Former NBA star Lamar Odom found unconscious at Nevada brothel

    AHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say former NBA and reality TV star Lamar Odom has been hospitalized after he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel. Nye County Sheriff Sharon A. Wehrly says the department got a...

    • Posted October 13, 2015
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  • President Park Geun-hye (L) is greeted by U.S. chief of protocol Peter Selfridge after arriving at Andrews Air Base in Washington on Oct. 13, 2015, to hold summit talks with U.S. President Barack Obama. During the talks on Oct. 16, Park and Obama are expected to discuss ways on how to further boost their countries' bilateral alliance and deal with North Korea's possible provocations. (Yonhap)
    Park arrives in US for talks with Obama on alliance, North Korea

    By Kim Kwang-tae WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye arrived in Washington on Tuesday for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama on how to further boost their countries’ bilateral alliance and deal with North Korea’s possible provocations....

    • Posted October 13, 2015
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  • Four Duksung Women's University students pose with award certificates at the Sejong Hotel in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, Oct. 2, after being selected as an excellent team for the UNESCO Climate Change Youth Frontier Initiative. They include Hwang Nam-hee in the first row. Others are, from left in the second row, Park Si-hyun, Lee Han-nah, and Han Ji-hye. The team, named Limited Edition, launched an environmental campaign to promote using environment-friendly materials as cosmetic containers. (Courtesy of Duksung Women's University)
    Duksung University students lauded for climate change campaign

    By Chung Hyun-chae Four students from Duksung Women’s University were chosen as an excellent team for the UNESCO Climate Change Youth Frontier Initiative, a university spokeswoman said Monday. The initiative was a program organized by the Korean...

    • Posted October 13, 2015
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  • A video show the impact of a missile on Malaysia Airline Flight 17, while a part of the reconstructed forward section of the fuselage is displayed behind, as Tjibbe Joustra, left, head of the Dutch Safety Board presents the board’s final report into what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to break up high over Eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board, during a press conference in Gilze-Rijen, central Netherlands, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
    Dutch probe: Buk missile downed Malaysian jet in Ukraine

    GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands (AP) — The missile shot skyward from war-ravaged eastern Ukraine. With deadly accuracy more than six miles up, it detonated just in front of the Malaysia Airlines jetliner, sending hundreds of jagged steel...

    • Posted October 13, 2015
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  • An audience member is seen questioning U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump Monday at during a campaign speech in New Hampshire. (Yonhap)
    Korean American Harvard student challenges Trump on S. Korea criticism

    NEW YORK (Yonhap) — A Korean American Harvard University student said Tuesday he challenged Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump because he wanted to make it known that Trump has made inaccurate accusations about defense relations between South...

    • Posted October 13, 2015
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