All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Asian stocks were mostly higher Friday, perked by relief that the U.S. Federal Reserve held off on raising interest rates for the time being. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    US stocks fall sharply as investors mull Fed’s rate decision

    NEW YORK (AP) — Fears over slowing global growth hammered stocks in the U.S. and Europe on Friday and lifted prices of government bonds and other assets seen as safer bets. The selling pushed down major stock...

    • Posted September 18, 2015
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  • Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
    Trump condemned for not correcting statement Obama is Muslim

    ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump drew fire from Democrats and some Republicans on Friday after declining to rebuke a questioner at a town hall event who insulted Muslims and wrongly said President Barack...

    • Posted September 18, 2015
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  • Pittsburgh Pirates' Jung Ho Kang, center, is helped off the field by a team trainer, right, and his interpreter after injuring his left leg turning a double play in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. Kang left the game. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    Kang Jung-ho may not be ready for next season’s opener

    By Brian Han The news keeps getting worse for Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortstop Kang Jung-ho, but the 28-year-old is staying positive throughout the process. After undergoing knee surgery on Thursday, it was revealed by ESPN that he...

    • Posted September 18, 2015
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  • Director Ryoo Seung-wan (Tae Hong/Korea Times)
    Interview: South Korea’s action hero director talks about ‘Veteran’

    Ryoo Seung-wan’s latest hit arrives in North America, with screenings beginning this week in 33 locations By Tae Hong Fifteen years ago, Ryoo Seung-wan burst onto the scene and hammered his name into South Korea’s film industry heads...

    • Posted September 18, 2015
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  • John Chae Cerritos High School 11th grade
    Google Alphabet

    Google unveiled the Google Alphabet, which will be the parent holding company of Google and other companies it bought and its sub-companies. Larry Page, the co-founder of Google with Sergey Brin, posted a message regarding this update...

    • Posted September 18, 2015
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  • An employee of Samsung Electronics Co. watches a mobile phone near an advertisement of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphone at a Samsung Electronics shop in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 30, 2015. Samsung Electronics reported Thursday a fifth straight drop in quarterly earnings as the Galaxy S6 failed to reverse its declining fortunes in the smartphone industry. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Samsung loses ‘slide to unlock’ appeal suit against Apple

    By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL (Yonhap) — Samsung Electronics Co. has lost its lawsuit against Apple Inc. over the so-called “slide to unlock” feature on touch-screen smartphones, industry sources said Friday, a symbolic decision that will still have...

    • Posted September 18, 2015
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  • Insooni (Yonhap)
    Singer Insooni prepares to enter bodybuilding competition

    South Korean pop icon Insooni, 58, is preparing for a challenge that may be worlds away from topping music charts: bodybuilding. According to agency Humap Contents Friday, Insooni will enter the 2015 NABBA WWF Korea Championship at...

    • Posted September 18, 2015
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