All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • FILE - In this May 13, 2013, file photo, O.J. Simpson appears at an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court, in Las Vegas. Los Angeles police are investigating a knife purportedly found some time ago at the former home of Simpson, who was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbing deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, Pool, File)
    LAPD investigates knife purportedly found at OJ Simpson home

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Detectives are investigating a knife purportedly found some time ago at the former home of O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson...

    • Posted March 4, 2016
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  • FILE - This May 11, 2007 file photo shows a Wall Street sign in front of the flag-draped facade of the New York Stock Exchange. Bond prices fell slightly Friday, March 4, 2016 sending yields higher, after the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added more jobs last month than economists had expected. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
    US stocks head for a 4th straight gain; energy, metals surge

    NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising Friday for a fourth day straight after the U.S. government said employers added more jobs than expected in February. Energy and metals prices are gaining ground on the latest sign...

    • Posted March 4, 2016
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  • A scene from KBS's "Descendants of the Sun" (Courtesy of KBS)
    Actor Song Joong-ki in post-injury rehab

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Actor Song Joong-ki was injured on the set of “Descendants of the Sun,” is in rehabilitation, his management agency said Friday. Song, who appears as Army Capt. Yoo Si-jin in the KBS 2TV drama,...

    • Posted March 4, 2016
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  • temple stay
    Temple stay participants increased last year despite outbreak of MERS

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The number of locals and foreigners who participated in Buddhist temple stay programs increased noticeably last year despite the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a local culture promotion team said Friday. According...

    • Posted March 4, 2016
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  • Korean food and beverage products are displayed in SUM Market in S.M. Communication Center in Samsung-dong, Souteastern Seoul, on March 3, 2016. (Photocourtesy of S.M. Entertainment)
    Get your Exo gim, Super (Junior) jam and SHINee sparkling water at SUM Market

    S.M. Entertainment opens ‘SUM Market,’ a store that offers Korean manufactured food products with names, patterns, photos and other intellectual properties of its K-pop artists. By Chung Joo-won SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean brands and freelance designers...

    • Posted March 4, 2016
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  • Wendy of Red Velvet (left) and television persona Eric Nam (Photo courtesy of S.M. Entertainment)
    Red Velvet’s Wendy duets with Eric Nam

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Wendy of K-pop girl group Red Velvet released a duet with Korean-American show host Eric Nam, the female singer’s star label said on Friday. Dubbed “Spring Love,” the love song was released on STATION,...

    • Posted March 4, 2016
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  • North Koreans watch a news broadcast on a video screen outside Pyongyang Railway Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Pyongyang has long claimed it has the right to develop nuclear weapons to defend itself against the U.S., an established nuclear power with whom it has been in a state of war for more than 65 years. But to build a credible nuclear threat, the North must explode new nuclear devices — including miniaturized ones — so its scientists can improve their designs and technology. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
    N. Korea warns of ‘stern’ responses against UN sanctions

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea warned Friday that it will take “stern” actions in response to the United Nations Security Council’s imposition of tougher sanctions over the North’s nuclear and missile programs. “We will mobilize various means...

    • Posted March 4, 2016
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