All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    Benefit concerts for disabled to bring singer Bada to SoCal

    By Christine Ha This year’s Milal Night in Southern California will see South Korean power vocalist Bada perform in three locations Sept. 18 to 20. Milal Mission said the concerts will benefit scholarships for those with physical...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • BTS performs "The Red Bullet III" inside Club Nokia in Los Angeles Sunday. (Angelina Widener/Korea Times)
    BTS brings K-pop energy to LA in last leg of tour

    By Tae Hong A sold-out “The Red Bullet III” concert starring BTS, the red-hot K-pop act of the moment, seemed to begin even before the doors opened, with hundreds of fans chanting, “BTS! BTS! BTS!” outside Club...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • Nia Sanchez (Yonhap)
    American beauty queen named world taekwondo ambassador

    (PHOTO NEWS) — American beauty queen Nia Sanchez, 25, shows off a high kick posture after being named a global taekwondo ambassador by the Seoul-based World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) on July 27, 2015. The 2014 Miss USA...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • Choi (7-2, 352) was nearly a foot taller and over 160 pounds heavier than Toyota (6-3, 185), but it did not matter. (Yonhap)
    Choi Hong-man gets knocked out in 1st round

    Choi Hong-man’s comeback fight did not last very long. Choi, 34, was knocked out by Brazil’s Carlos Toyota, 43, just 79 seconds into an open-weight mixed martial art match at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday. Choi (7-2, 352)...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • South Korea's President Park Geun-hye looks observes a minute of silence during a state funeral of the late Lee Kuan Yew, held at the University Cultural Center, Sunday, March 29, 2015, in Singapore. During a week of national mourning that began Monday after Lee's death at age 91, some 450,000 people queued for hours for a glimpse of Lee's coffin at Parliament House. A million people visited tribute sites at community centers across the island and leaders and dignitaries from more than two dozen countries attended the state funeral. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    S. Korea urges N. Korea to stop insulting its president after latest row

    North Korea has called South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye a myriad of unflattering names including a “venomous snake” and a “malignant tumor” and the latest verbal attack seems to have warranted a public statement to defend the...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • A field of panels at a solar farm (Yonhap)
    Good news: Japan modifies abandoned golf courses into solar farms

    By Brian Han When Tiger Woods broke out onto the scene at the turn of the century, golf’s global popularity began to reach new heights. As such, golf courses got busier and to keep up with demand, developers...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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    Cyber Security: Important or Not?

    United Airlines, the New York Stock Exchange, and The Wall Street Journal were shut down for several hours for technological reasons recently. Hackers weren’t the cause for these glitches, fortunately, but cyber attacks are increasing and people should...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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