All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Donald Trump (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
    Trump says he’s against deal with N. Korea

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump said Wednesday he is against a deal with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program. Trump made the brief comment when asked what he thinks about Pyongyang’s nuclear...

    • Posted September 9, 2015
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  • Ben Henderson, a UFC fighter born to a Korean-American mother and an African-American father, speaks during a press conference in Seoul on Sept. 8, 2015. (Yonhap)
    Competing in mother’s native land “humbling” experience for UFC’s Ben Henderson

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — For Ben Henderson, an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter born between a Korean American mother and an African American father, competing in his mother’s native land will be a “humbling” experience. Henderson will take...

    • Posted September 9, 2015
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  • Cho Gap-soon, 82, cries after finding out that she was not included among 500 preliminary candidates for the reunion of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War, at a Korea Red Cross office in Seoul, Wednesday. The candidates were chosen through a computer draw. (Yonhap)
    663 to 1: Odds of being chosen for next month’s family reunion

    By Do Je-hae Five hundred preliminary candidates to attend family reunions of the two Koreas were selected Wednesday through a random computer draw. From these, the Korean Red Cross will choose 200 people after examining their health....

    • Posted September 9, 2015
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    No. of S. Korean cities with over 5 pct of foreign residents reaches 30

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The number of cities and towns where more than 5 percent of its residents are foreigners have reached 30 in the country, government data showed Wednesday. In the district of Yeongdeungpo in southwestern Seoul,...

    • Posted September 9, 2015
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  • A player from South Korea's Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency's baseball team high fives another policeman at the LAPD's Wild Wild West Invitational Tuesday. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    South Korean police join LAPD baseball invitational

    It’s the Wild, Wild West for a group of police and fire department baseball teams from around the world — including the Athletes, a team from the Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency in South Korea — gathered in...

    • Posted September 9, 2015
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  • inbee
    Inbee Park eyes career ‘Super Grand Slam’ at Evian Championship

    PARIS (AP) — Serena Williams isn’t the only woman in sight of a Grand Slam this weekend. Inbee Park can achieve a career Grand Slam in golf by winning the Evian Championship starting on Thursday near the...

    • Posted September 9, 2015
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  • jimmy lee
    Korean American tops Washington blues indie chart

    Jimmy Lee, a Korean American indie musician, was ranked No. 1 on ReverbNation’s Washington blues chart this week. His 2013 release “I Am A Blues Man” is a self-made effort. ReverbNation is an indie music community that...

    • Posted September 9, 2015
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