All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • DPRK Chosun Central TV news screen capture. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea fires two short-range missiles into East Sea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea in the latest saber-rattling move amid the ongoing South Korea-U.S. military drills, South Korea’s military said Thursday. According to the Joint Chief of...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • (Korea Times file)
    [Shanghaiist] Chinese woman nearly goes blind after 18-hour-long Korean drama marathon

        —  A 20-year-old woman in Nanjing went to the hospital on Monday with her eyes feeling like they were ready to burst out from her skull, following a weekend spent watching 18 episodes of...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • (Courtesy of Korean Football Association)
    Too little, too late: S. Korea rout Vietnam to end women’s Olympic soccer qualifying tourney

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea defeated Vietnam 4-0 to close out the Asian women’s Olympic football qualifying tournament in Japan on Wednesday. Defensive back Lim Seon-joo scored twice in the first half, while Lee Geum-min and Jeon...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • Kim Hyun-soo is still looking for his first hit in America. (Yonhap)
    Orioles’ Kim Hyun-soo now 0 for 21

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff The Baltimore Orioles gave him a day off to clear his head, but it didn’t help. Kim Hyun-soo is now 0 for 21 and he still hasn’t been on base. Kim’s...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • (AP, file)
    US sending B-2 bombers to Asia amid N. Korea tension

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. says it has dispatched three B-2 stealth bombers on a training mission to the Asia-Pacific region amid growing tensions with North Korea. The deployment was announced Wednesday by U.S. Strategic Command, which...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • LeeSeDol
    Lee Se-dol ‘surprised’ after losing to computer

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol admitted to being “surprised” after losing the first match of the five-game showdown against computer on Wednesday. “I didn’t think I’d lose. I was quite surprised,” Lee told...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • Tampon tax: Does being female in the US carry unfair costs?

    NEW YORK (AP) — Margo Seibert and Natalie Brasington don’t think women should have to pay a “period tax,” and like a growing number of other women, they are publicly questioning whether being female in the U.S....

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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