All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • (Yonhap)
    Korea music industry association welcomes SM, YG, JYP

    The Korea Music Content Industry Association has a powerful new set of incoming members. According to Yonhap, 14 agencies, including SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment, were formally approved as association members Wednesday. Others include FNC,...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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    King Kang hits home runs in back-to-back at-bats

    By Brian Han Pittsburgh Pirates’ Korean infielder Kang Jung-ho is starting to generate some serious power. He blasted a game-winning home run off the facing of the second deck Tuesday night and then another in his next at-bat early...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • The Women's British Open has the world's top players vying for a major win, but Donald Trump, who owns the Turnberry golf course, is in many ways a bigger media fixture than the event.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall
    Attention for Women’s British Open ‘Trump’ed by owner of golf course

    TURNBERRY, Scotland (AP) — Inbee Park resuming her quest for the career Grand Slam. Teenage prodigy Lydia Ko seeking that elusive first major. Michelle Wie going for victory with an injured left foot. The story lines at...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • Denis Ten, from Kazakhstan, Sochi 2014 Bronze medalist in the men's singles figure skating, speaks at a news conference during the 2022 Winter Olympics Candidate City Briefing for IOC Members at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. With the vote less than two months away, leaders of the Almaty and Beijing bids made presentations at a "technical briefing" at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. The meeting was attended by 85 of the International Olympic Committee's 101 members. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
    Kazakh-Korean figure skater dreams of Olympics at home

    KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Yonhap) — Denis Ten has been the most accomplished figure skater to come out of Kazakhstan, having bagged an Olympic bronze and a world championships silver. Now the 22-year-old is trying to duplicate...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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    President Park to visit US in September

    President Park Geun-hye will pay a visit to the U.S. at the end of September, according to the Korean Consulate General Tuesday. Park will participate in a U.S.-South Korea summit in Washington, D.C., before arriving in New...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • (Choi Kyung-geun/Korea Times)
    S. Korean Special Olympics team enjoys a home meal

    The South Korean Special Olympics team enjoyed a home meal Tuesday night courtesy of the Korean Consulate General. Dinner, consisting of comfort foods like kimbap and soondae, was handed out to athletes by Consul General Kim Hyun-myung....

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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    N. Korea completes upgrade of rocket site

    WASHINGTON, July 28 (Yonhap) — North Korea has completed construction to upgrade its main rocket launch facility, but is still showing no signs of preparations to launch a long-range rocket or missile from the facility, a U.S....

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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