All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Park In-bee, the world's top-ranked female golfer, speaks to reporters at a press conference ahead of a Korean LPGA Tour event on Jeju Island on Aug. 6, 2015. (Yonhap)
    Park Inbee pulls race card on grand slam murmuring

    JEJU (Yonhap) — Since capturing the Ricoh Women’s British Open for her fourth different LPGA major title, South Korean star Park Inbee has had to defend her belief that her accomplishment qualifies as a career grand slam....

    • Posted August 6, 2015
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  • In this Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, file photo, a hotel staff member stands at a reception desk of a hotel, decorated with a map of the world on the wall, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Fresh off a drastic, half-year ban that closed North Korea’s doors to virtually all foreigners over fears they would spread the Ebola virus - despite the fact that there were no cases of Ebola reported anywhere in Asia - the country is once again determined to show off its "socialist fairyland" to tourists. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
    N. Korea to push back its standard time by 30 minutes

    North Korea announced that it plans to push back its standard time by 30 minutes as a celebratory move after the 70th anniversary of Korean independence on Aug. 15. “The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes...

    • Posted August 6, 2015
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  • Danny Lee, from New Zealand, hits from the fairway on the 10th hole during the first round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament at Firestone Country Club, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Akron, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
    Danny Lee continues strong play, leads WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

    By Brian Han A week before the final major of the season, Danny Lee is continuing his hot streak. The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio is the 25-year-old’s 30th tournament of the year...

    • Posted August 6, 2015
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    Chicago adopts comfort women resolution

    The city of Chicago adopted a resolution to recognize the need to spread awareness about human rights issues concerning the comfort women from World War II. City Councilman Alderman Margaret Laurino, who presented the resolution, plans to...

    • Posted August 6, 2015
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  • kt
    Queens Koreatown plaza project faces opposition

    A proposed project in Queens for a Koreatown Plaza has hit a roadblock. The project, slated to be located at Leonard Square on Northern Boulevard and 156th Street, has been met with resistance from the local Broadway-Flushing...

    • Posted August 6, 2015
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  • North Korean spokesman Ri Tong-il fields questions at a United Nations press conference back in 2014. (Yonhap/AP Photo)
    N. Korea’s nuclear weapons testing depends on ‘US attitude’

    North Korea stated on Thursday that its future nuclear weapons development is dependent on the “attitude” of the U.S. “It depends on the attitude of the United States and the U.S. is hell-bent on increased level of...

    • Posted August 6, 2015
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    Where should I go to college? Student stories, INALCO of France

    By Angelina Widener, Korea Times Los Angeles intern reporter In France, students have to choose what they want to study as early as high school. After the Baccalauréat, France’s equivalent of the United States’ SATs, students can...

    • Posted August 6, 2015
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