All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • (Yonhap)
    Study backs more aggressive treatment of high blood pressure

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming lower saves more lives when it comes to controlling high blood pressure, says a major new study that could spur doctors to more aggressively treat patients over 50. Patients who got their blood...

    • Posted September 12, 2015
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  • Rick Perry
    Rick Perry first to exit 2016 Republican presidential race

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — Out of money and relegated once again to the back-of-the-pack debate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday dropped out of the race for president, ending his second bid for the Republican presidential...

    • Posted September 12, 2015
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  • KAF, festival, korean festival
    LA Korean Festival is less than 3 weeks away!

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Seoul International Park in Koreatown, Los Angeles, will buzz again this year with culture, food and music for the Los Angeles Korean Festival, coming Oct. 1 to 4. According to...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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  • South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo, left, and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se stand alongside of Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, second from right, and Defense Minister Kevin Andrews, right, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Korean War Memorial in Sydney, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Bilateral meetings between the nations are taking place later in the day. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
    S. Korea, Australia united against N. Korea’s provocation

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — In high-level security talks, South Korea and Australia reaffirmed their unity Friday in pressing North Korea to halt provocative acts and return to the nuclear negotiations. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and Defense Minister Han...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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  • A woman fills her car up with gas in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 2015. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    Good News: Dipping US gas prices projected to reach $2 mark

    By Brian Han Pump prices around the U.S. are dipping below three dollars in some states and analysts predict it might keep moving in that direction. Goldman Sachs slashed its forecasts from $57 a barrel to $47...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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  • Hank Conger, Choi Hyun
    Conger comes back to Anaheim red-hot

    By Brian Han Houston Astros catcher Hank Conger is coming back to Anaheim red-hot. The 27-year-old former Los Angeles Angel led his team with four RBIs on Thursday in an 11-4 road win against the Oakland Athletics....

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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  • A suspect, identified by police as 55-year-old Kim Ki-jong, is carried on a stretcher off an ambulance as he arrives at a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Lippert was in stable condition after a man screaming demands for a unified North and South Korea slashed him on the face and wrist with a knife, South Korean police and U.S. officials said Thursday.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Han Jong-chan)
    South Korean man gets 12 years for slashing US ambassador

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Seoul court on Friday handed a 12-year prison sentence to a South Korean man who slashed and seriously injured the U.S. ambassador during a March forum. Kim Ki-jong was convicted of...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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