All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • The 2015 Korean Parade marched down Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, New York, Saturday. (Korea Times)
    NYC Korean Parade draws a crowd

    Manhattan’s Avenue of the Americas was transformed into a Korean cultural celebration Saturday for the 2015 Korean Parade. The event was organized by the Korea Times New York and gathered 120 Korean organizations and businesses in a...

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  • This photo, taken on June 3, 2015, shows a classroom at an elementary school in Yeongdong, North Chungcheong Province, central South Korea, where no students are seen, as more than 500 schools have canceled classes due to increasing cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The health ministry confirmed that five more people have been infected with the potentially deadly virus in the country, bringing the tally to 30 with two confirmed deaths. (Yonhap)
    Over 120 historical errors regarding S. Korea found in Japan’s textbooks

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A total of 126 mistakes about Korea have been found in Japan’s textbooks over the past five years, a lawmaker said Monday, showing another example of Japan’s continued attempts to distort history. “Japan distorted...

    • Posted October 5, 2015
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  • Joo Won-moon, a New York University student, is preparing to leave North Korea. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea sends detained S. Korean NYU student back home

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea on Monday repatriated a 21-year-old South Korean student who has been detained there since April, the Unification Ministry said, in what could be a conciliatory gesture by the North to South Korea....

    • Posted October 5, 2015
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  • eSNa performed Saturday at the 42nd Los Angeles Korean Festival. (Tae Hong/Korea Times)
    Interview: K-pop songwriter/singer eSNa

    By Tae Hong Even if you’ve never heard of eSNa, a talented singer-songwriter active in South Korea, you could probably sing a few notes of the songs she’s had a hand in bringing to life, from Soyou...

    • Posted October 5, 2015
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  • A tour bus, right, and a chartered passenger bus, left, remain on the Aurora Ave. Bridge following a fatal crash earlier in the day, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
    S. Korean student injured in Seattle bus crash sues duck boat operator

    SEATTLE (AP) — A 21-year-old South Korean college student injured in a deadly bus crash is suing the operator of an amphibious vehicle and the company that refurbished the so-called duck boat. Na Ra Yoon sued Monday...

    • Posted October 5, 2015
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  • Texas Rangers Adrian Beltre (29) celebrates his two run home run with teammate Shin-Soo Choo, of South Korea, during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Choo also scored on the play. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
    Choo Shin-soo and the Rangers win AL West, meet Blue Jays in ALDS

    ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) — Choo Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers enjoyed his first division crown Sunday, as the Rangers defeated the Los Angeles Angels 9-2 at home on the final day of the Major League...

    • Posted October 5, 2015
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  • A car is submerged in floodwaters in Florence, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015 after steady rain left many roads impassable, while flooding continues in many parts of the state. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
    11 dead as Hurricane Joaquin brings ‘historic’ flooding to US

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Another day of heavy rain drenched an already inundated South Carolina on Monday as rescue teams went door-to-door to check on people in swamped neighborhoods and authorities surveyed a statewide road system torn...

    • Posted October 5, 2015
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