All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Pittsburgh Pirates' Kang Jung-ho, of South Korea, watches his three-run double off Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Jason Motte in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    Pirates’ Kang enjoys second-half power surge

    By Yoo Jee-ho (Yonhap) — With an impressive power surge in the second half of his rookie season, Kang Jung-ho of the Pittsburgh Pirates has gone from a question mark on the bench to an exclamation point...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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  • Mi Hyang Lee, of South Korea, gestures after playing on the 16th hole during the second round of the Evian Championship women's golf tournament in Evian, eastern France, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
    Mi Hyang Lee takes sole lead at 9-under in Evian Championship

    EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — What she lacks in experience, the 22-year-old Mi Hyang Lee makes up for with advice from her 69-year-old caddie. The South Korean took the sole lead at the Evian Championship after a 4-under...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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  • Dimitris Psillakis, chief of Mercedes-Benz Korea, speaks at a training center in the city of Yongin, just south of Seoul, on Sept. 11, 2015, in this photo released by the South Korean unit of the German carmaker. Mercedes-Benz has opened the training center to nurture quality technicians in order to provide improved customer service. (Yonhap)
    Mercedes-Benz opens Asia’s 1st training center in Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Mercedes-Benz has opened a training center in South Korea to nurture quality technicians in order to provide improved customer service, its local unit said Friday. Built on a combined floor space of 5,274 square...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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  • South Korean boy band EXO-K at the 2014 Asia Song Festival. (Yonhap)
    Asian pop stars to gather at Busan music fest

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Pop stars from all over Asia will gather in Busan for a music festival next month, organizers said Friday. The 2015 Asia Song Festival will feature EXO, GOT7 and Red Velvet, among other prominent...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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    Black, Korean American teams unite for ‘Seoul to Soul’ in Baltimore

    A collaborative performance by black and Korean Americans in Baltimore, titled “Bmore Seoul to Soul,” will fill the Ynot Lot this Sunday. The event is an attempt to relieve tensions between the two communities. According to Baltimore...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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    US stock market shakes off an early loss and turns higher

    NEW YORK (AP) — Major stock indexes shook off an early loss and turned slightly higher in afternoon trading Friday as traders turned their attention to a long-awaited meeting of the Federal Reserve next week. Oil and...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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  • FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2015 file photo, Donald Trump, host of the television series "The Celebrity Apprentice," mugs for photographers at the NBC 2015 Winter TCA Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. NBC on Monday, June 29, 2015 said that it is ending its business relationship with Trump, now a Republican presidential candidate, because of comments he made about immigrants during the announcement of his campaign. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
    Donald Trump says he’s bought 100 percent of Miss Universe

    NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump spokesman Michael Cohen confirmed the Republican presidential hopeful has purchased NBC’s half of the Miss Universe Organization and settled all lawsuits against the media company. The move, which Trump announced via...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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