All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • (NEWSis)
    US Korean banks offer free wire transfers to Korea for Chuseok

    A handful of Korean banks in the U.S. will offer free overseas wire transfers in time for Korean Chuseok, a harvest festival and one of the country’s biggest holidays. Among the banks joining in on waiving transfer...

    • Posted September 10, 2015
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  • college rankings, US news
    Princeton, UCs, Williams top US News & World Report 2016 college rankings

    This year’s US News & World Report’s college rankings are in: Princeton University topped the list at No. 1 for a third year, and the University of California system continued to see victories in public school rankings....

    • Posted September 10, 2015
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  • Sergeant Hagarty of the Chicago Police Department offered a meal to a homeless man and was unknowingly caught on tape. (Courtesy of the Chicago Police Department)
    Good News: Police sergeant unknowingly filmed buying food for homeless man

    By Brian Han Nowadays any headline that involves a police officer usually comes with controversy, but Chicago Police Department Sergeant B. Hagarty bucked that trend unknowingly when he decided to lend a helping hand to someone in...

    • Posted September 10, 2015
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  • ahnjaewook
    Actor Ahn Jae-wook joins big-money charity org

    Ahn Jae-wook, a South Korean actor known for his popular television dramas, is the latest celebrity to join the Community Chest of Korea’s Honor Society, a group of generous charity donators. The 45-year-old has reportedly given more...

    • Posted September 10, 2015
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  • Park Won-soon is receiving mixed reactions from South Korean citizens after openly supporting gay marriage. (Korea Times file)
    Seoul mayor sues online community netizens for libel

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Seoul mayor Park Won-soon filed a defamation suit Thursday against a number of netizens from a right-wing online community for raising draft-dodging rumors against his son, city officials said. In the complaint lodged with...

    • Posted September 10, 2015
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  • (AP Photo)
    Apple reveals new devices, stakes new claim to living room

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple staked a new claim to the living room on Wednesday, as the maker of iPhones and other hand-held gadgets unveiled an Internet TV system that’s designed as a beachhead for the tech...

    • Posted September 10, 2015
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  • lg projector
    LG Electronics rolls out space-efficient projector at $1,334

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s No. 2 tech giant, LG Electronics Inc., said Thursday it has rolled out a projector that sports improved space efficiency and can be used anywhere throughout the home. The latest projector requires...

    • Posted September 10, 2015
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