All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Seolhyeon (Newsis)
    AOA’s Seolhyun is the latest to throw out the first pitch

    The latest Korean female celebrity to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before a Korean professional baseball game was Seolhyun of popular girl group AOA. The 20-year-old bounced a strike to signal the start of a home game...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • justin yoon game
    Justin Yoon ‘kicks off’ 4-0 start with Notre Dame

    By Brian Han Notre Dame freshman Justin Yoon established himself as the No. 1 kicker in the country before joining the Fighting Irish who are enjoying a 4-0 record so far in the 2015 NCAA college football...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • The Korean American Scholarship Foundation awarded 50 college students $2,000 each inside Oxford Palace Hotel in Koreatown, Los Angeles, Sunday.
    Korean American scholarship foundation awards $100,000

    By Park Ji-hye Fifty college students received a total of $100,000 in scholarship from the Korean American Scholarship Foundation Sunday. Held inside the Oxford Palace Hotel in Koreatown, Los Angeles, the scholarship ceremony saw students each receiving...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • chp
    Park Chan Ho receives an award from KHEIR

    Korean Health, Education, Information & Research (KHEIR) Center held a fundraising dinner for its 29th foundation anniversary Thursday inside the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. In attendance were about 500 Korean Americans, including former Dodgers...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • Teddy Choi opens his campaign headquarters Thursday in Koreatown, Los Angeles. (Choi Kyung-geun/Korea Times)
    LA Korean American runs for state senator, opens campaign office

    Teddy Choi, who has thrown in his name in the running for the 25th District seat in the California Senate, opened his campaign headquarters in Koreatown, Los Angeles, last Thursday. Choi, whose Korean name is Choi Tae-ho,...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • Danny Lee chips to the green on the 17th hole in the final round of the Tour Championship golf tournament at East Lake Golf Club, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Atlanta. Lee finished a three-way tie for second place with at 5 under par. (AP Photo/John Amis)
    Danny Lee caps off career-best season with T-2nd at Tour Championship

    By Brian Han 2015 will be a year to remember for Danny Lee. After starting off his career as the top-ranked amateur in the world, the Korean New Zealander almost quit golfing back in 2012 when he...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • Kim Min-young, a former mobile engineer at a large conglomerate in Seoul, waters his blackcurrants in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. (Courtesy of Park Chang-hee)
    Thousands of young S. Koreans leaving cities for rural idyll

    By Chung Ah-young Park Chang-hee, 31, and her husband Kim Min-young, 36, moved to a small rural village in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, in April. To start a new life there, the couple quit their jobs which...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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