All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Son Yeon-jae (Yonhap)
    Chuseok gift: Son Yeon-jae dazzles the crowd in hanbok

    South Korea’s immensely popular rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae, 22, performs while wearing a traditional Korean outfit, hanbok,  during a gala show over Chuseok, or Korean Thanksgiving, in Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul.  

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • Jason Day, of Australia, smiles as he heads to the first hole during the final round of the BMW Championship golf tournament at Conway Farms Golf Club, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
    Pro golf’s future in good hands with big 3

    ATLANTA (AP) — As Tiger Woods recovers from another operation on his increasingly creaky body, the Tour Championships goes on without him at soggy East Lake. No big deal. Tiger’s era is over. It’s time for everyone...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, talks with South Korea president Park Geun-hye during a conference on A New Rural Development Paradigm and the Inclusive Sustainable New Communities Model, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
    S. Korea to donate US$200 million in aid to poor countries

    By Kim Kwang-tae NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye announced Saturday that South Korea will donate US$200 million in aid to poor countries as part of Seoul’s efforts to boost contributions to sustainable development....

    • Posted September 26, 2015
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  • 20 S. Koreans injured in Thailand boat collision

    BANGKOK/SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) — Twenty South Korean tourists were injured when their boat collided with another one in a floating market near Bangkok, officials said Saturday. The accident occurred at the Amphawa Floating Market around 7:30...

    • Posted September 26, 2015
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  • Pope Francis passes the crowd and kisses a baby in his pope mobile in Philadelphia on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. The pope spoke at Independence Hall on his first visit to the United States. (Jim Bourg/Pool Photo via AP)
    Nonstop pope makes big impression on New Yorkers

    NEW YORK (AP) — From the United Nations to the Sept. 11 memorial to Central Park to Madison Square Garden — and everywhere in between — there was no escaping Pope Francis this week in New York...

    • Posted September 26, 2015
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  • Kevin Na walks off the second green after putting during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament , Thursday, Mar. 19, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)
    S. Korean court orders golfer Kevin Na to pay ex-fiancée $170,000

    A South Korean court in Seoul ordered PGA Tour golfer Kevin Na to pay his ex-fiancée 200 million won (about US$170,000) after the athlete broke off the engagement. The two met through a dating agency back in...

    • Posted September 26, 2015
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  • Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama toast during a State Dinner, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
    China’s Xi calls state visit ‘unforgettable’

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest developments from the state visit that President Barack Obama is hosting for Chinese President Xi Jinping. All times local: 8:30 p.m. It’s time for the dinner toasts at Friday’s lavish state dinner...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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