All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    Korean gov’t to buy 157,000 tons of rice to stabilize prices

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The government said Tuesday that it will purchase an additional 157,000 tons of locally produced rice last year, as part of its effort to stabilize market prices. Under the measure approved at a Cabinet...

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  • Sportscaster and television host Erin Andrews wipes tears as the verdict is read Monday, March 7, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. A jury has awarded Andrews $55 million in her lawsuit against a stalker who bought a hotel room next to her and secretly recorded a nude video, finding that the hotel companies and the stalker shared in the blame. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, Pool)
    Jury awards Erin Andrews $55M in lawsuit over nude video

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million on Monday in her lawsuit against a stalker who bought a hotel room next to her and secretly recorded a nude video, finding that the hotel...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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    Mariners’ Lee Dae-ho belts first home run in US

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Lee Dae-ho of the Seattle Mariners belted his first home run in the United States in preseason action Monday. Lee hit a solo shot off Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Matt Reynolds in the bottom eighth...

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  • South Korean marine LVT-7 landing craft sail to shores through smoke screens during the U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises called Ssangyong, part of the Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. South Korea said North Korea has announced plans to conduct live-fire drills near the rivals' disputed western sea boundary. The planned drills Monday come after an increase in threatening rhetoric from Pyongyang and a series of rocket and ballistic missile launches in an apparent protest against the annual military exercises by Seoul and Washington.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Tensions grow as joint drills begin

    By Jun Ji-hye Tension is escalating after North Korea threatened to launch an all-out offensive in response to the largest-ever joint exercises by South Korea and the U.S., which started Monday. The largely computer-simulated Key Resolve drill...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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    [tvN] Chloe Moretz tackles Korean drama on SNL

    American actress Chloe Moretz appeared as a guest on late-night live TV sketch comedy show “SNL Korea 7″ on tvN Saturday. She played a soon-to-be daughter-in-law who learned about Korea through Korean dramas. Check out the “kimchi slap.”...

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    Hugh Jackman in Seoul to promote ‘Eddie the Eagle’

    By Yun Suh-young “The nature of pursuing a dream accompanies 90 percent of rejection and 10 percent of acceptance,” said Dexter Fletcher, director of the upcoming film “Eddie the Eagle,” during a press conference Monday in downtown...

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  • Korean Air Lines planes are visible outside a window at a departure gate of Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Feb. 19, 2016. Unionized pilots of South Korea's No. 1 carrier voted for a strike on the day which, if carried out, would be the first in 11 years. The pilots demanded a 37 percent wage hike, while the management offered a 1.9 percent increase. The union said it is not planning on an immediate walkout, but will gradually raise the strike participation level depending on how talks proceed with the management. (Yonhap)
    Korean Air fires pilot for hampering flight by joining work-to-rule action

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s top flag carrier, decided to fire a pilot on Monday for rejecting the company flight order and hampering normal business operations to follow the work-to-rule campaign underway since...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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