All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • International team player Hedeki Matsuyama, right, of Japan and teammate Adam Scott of Australia prepare to putt during their foursome match at the Presidents Cup golf tournament at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015.(AP Photo/Woohae Cho)
    S. Korean Bae paired with Matsuyama, Lee sitting out

    INCHEON (Yonhap) — Bae Sang-moon, the only South Korean competing at this week’s Presidents Cup, will team up with Hideki Matsuyama of Japan in Saturday’s foursome match. The two International Team members will be up against Bill...

    • Posted October 9, 2015
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  • Kim Bum
    Korean actor Kim Bum scores role of Bruce Lee in Chinese TV series

    Korean actor Kim Bum will play the late Bruce Lee (1940-1973), the legendary martial artist, in a new Chinese TV show, according to various media reports. Kim is best known for his role as So Yi-jung, in...

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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  • Park-and-Abe
    Park receives letter from Abe

    By Jun Ji-hye President Park Geun-hye received a letter from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Thursday, in which he called for maintaining exchanges and cooperation between the two countries. The letter was delivered by Natsuo Yamaguchi, the...

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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  • In this Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 photo, men smoke cigarettes outside of an office building in Beijing. Research published in the medical journal The Lancet says one in three of all the young men in China are likely to die from tobacco, but that the number can fall if the men quit smoking. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
    Studies say 1/3 of young men in China to die from smoking

    BEIJING (AP) — Research published in the medical journal The Lancet says one in three of all the young men in China are likely to die from tobacco, but that the number can fall if the men...

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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  • Top to bottom: HEO, Sultan of the Disco, WYM
    Seoulsonic tour brings Korean indie acts to Los Angeles

    By Tae Hong Three Korean indie standouts are hitting Los Angeles this week as a part of a Seoulsonic tour also spanning San Francisco and New York. Bands WYM, HEO and Sultan of the Disco will each...

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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  • This image provided by the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies via 38 North and via a satellite image from Centre National d’Études Spatiales, taken Oct. 6 shows military vehicles and troops mobilized at the North Korean capital Pyongyang for a major military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the nation’s ruling party. The website 38 North, which is associated with the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, says about 700 trucks and 200 armored fighting and military vehicles have assembled at at a former air base in the east of the city, where military units have been practicing at a mock-up of the venue for the Oct. 10 parade and mass rally. (Centre National d’Études Spatiales/38 North/Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies via AP)
    Satellite images show scale of N. Korea’s massive anniversary parade

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Satellite imagery shows North Korea has erected a tented city and mobilized hundreds of trucks and armored vehicles in preparation for a massive military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the ruling party. The...

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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  • Fort Lee mayoral candidate Eric Fisher, City Council candidate Margaret Ahn (Korea Times)
    Korean American throws in name for city council in Fort Lee, NJ

    Fort Lee, New Jersey, has a Korean American city council candidate in the running for the November general election. Margaret Ahn, a Republican, has run a business and raised her children in the city for 15 years....

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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