All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • lydia park
    Lydia Ko shoots for 3rd straight win as Inbee Park defends world No. 1

    By Brian Han The PGA Tour may have finished its season in dramatic style, but the LPGA still has seven events to go. The ladies will kick off the Asia swing on Thursday at the Sime Darby...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • In this Sept. 15, 2015, photo, people walk past a sign board marking the upcoming 70th anniversary of the founding of North Korea's Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. While North Korea prepares a big show to mark the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party, the daily struggles of life outside the capital - such as finding clean running water and putting nutritious food on the table year-round - pose a harsh, but largely unseen, contrast to the grand celebrations the world will see Oct. 10. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    As N. Korea readies grand parade, hunger and clean water still issues

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — While North Korea prepares a big show to mark the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party, the daily struggles of life outside the capital – such as finding clean running water...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • Trash litters the area near Da Wool Jung in Koreatown, Los Angeles, Tuesday morning. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    LA Korean festival leaves behind trash

    This year’s Los Angeles Korean Festival may be over, but its remnants — namely trash, especially in and near Seoul International Park on Normandie Avenue — remain. The festival foundation said it postponed cleaning efforts to Wednesday...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • sonny kim
    Cincinnati may rename park after fallen officer

    The city of Cincinnati, Ohio, looks to rename a local park after a Korean American police officer who was killed on duty in June. A proposal to rename Hyde Park to Police Officer Sonny Kim Memorial Park...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • Won Moon Joo, a South Korean student at New York University, is interviewed at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Joo, who is being detained in North Korea says he hopes to be released soon and has told his family not to worry too much about him. Joo was presented to the media in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
    Returned NYU student from N. Korea released after two days of questioning

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A South Korean college student repatriated by North Korea after months of detention in the communist state was released Wednesday after two days of questioning over his possible collaboration with Pyongyang, prosecution officials said....

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • G-Dragon (Korea Times file)
    G-Dragon leads the way on Instagram

    Big Bang’s G-Dragon has the most Instagram followers among Korean celebrities. And the photo of Big Bang’s leader as a child earned the most likes this year among celebrity pictures on the social media platform. Instagram released...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • United States' Jordan Spieth, left, walks with teammate Dustin Johnson during their final practice round ahead of the Presidents Cup golf tournament at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, in Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Jordan Spieth appreciates Rangers’ Choo Shin-soo’s heroics, calls him ‘beast’

    INCHEON (Yonhap) — In between playing his matches at this week’s Presidents Cup for the United States in South Korea, world No. 1 Jordan Spieth said Wednesday he will try to find time to follow some playoff...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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