All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Director Joseph Kahn, left, and Taylor Swift appear on stage after Swift accepts the award for female video of the year for “Blank Space” at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
    Joseph Kahn takes home 8th VMA for Video of the Year

    By Brian Han Grammy Award-winning Korean American music video director Joseph Kahn took home his eighth MTV Video Music Award (VMA) for Video of the Year. Most recently it was for his work on Taylor Swift’s “Bad...

    • Posted August 31, 2015
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    Samsung unveils circular smartwatch, but are apps available?

    NEW YORK (AP) — Samsung is juicing up its smartwatch with a circular face and more battery life than the Apple Watch, but it’s unknown how many apps will be available for it. The limited selection of...

    • Posted August 31, 2015
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  • The September issue of North Korea's state publication named "Chosun." (Yonhap)
    Spiffy N. Korean flight attendants grace magazine cover

    Flight attendants  of North Korea’s flag carrier Air Koryo grace the cover of the state’s monthly publication. Yonhap News Agency reported Tuesday that the cover of the September issue of “Chosun” shows five flight attendants, dressed in...

    • Posted August 31, 2015
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  • Young North Korean women wearing high heels and holding designer bags in Pyongyang. The photo, published in "Dazed & Confused" was taken by freelancer Lu-Hai Liang, who visited the North this year. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea is slowly, but surely adopting capitalism

    By Kim Hyo-jin North Korea is changing, at least in terms of what people wear and consume. In terms of political rhetoric and military activity, the isolated country is still a repressive Stalinist state, but its economy...

    • Posted August 31, 2015
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    Legendary S. Korean comedian Nam Sung-nam dies aged 84

    Legendary South Korean comedian Nam Sung-nam, 84, died Monday in his home, local media reported. A representative told Yonhap that he died in his sleep of old age, having long suffered from chronic illnesses. Nam, whose real...

    • Posted August 31, 2015
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  • A North Korean army soldier, left, looks at the south side as a South Korean army soldier stands guard at the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, South Korea Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Both Koreas’ militaries return to peacetime mode

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Militaries on both sides of the Korean border have relaxed their defense postures to peacetime levels following a landmark deal that defused tensions between the sides, military officials said Sunday. South and North Korea...

    • Posted August 31, 2015
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    Daniel Dae Kim joins new film based on North Korea memoir

    Daniel Dae Kim, of “Hawaii Five-O” and “Lost” fame, is aboard to star in and co-develop a film adapted from Mike Kim’s hit memoir, “Escaping North Korea.” According to Deadline.com, Daniel Dae Kim’s production company 3AD and...

    • Posted August 29, 2015
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