All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Seung Hwan Oh, of South Korea, throws a bullpen session during spring training baseball practice Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
    Cardinals newcomer Oh impresses in first appearance

    JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals wanted to get a quick look at the newest addition to their bullpen, Seung-Hwan Oh. That’s exactly what they got. The 33-year-old Korean-born reliever needed only 12 pitches to...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • Minnesota Twins' Byung Ho Park, of South Korea, walks off the field after striking out swinging in the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers, Fla., Wednesday, March 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
    Twins’ Park Byung-ho gets rude awakening, suffers 3-strikeout debut

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Korean slugger Park Byung-ho’s Minnesota Twins debut did not go as planned, to put it mildly. He struck out all three times on just 11 pitches Wednesday in Florida. The 29-year-old power...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • Kim Hyun-soo remained hitless after six at-bats. (Yonhap)
    Orioles OF Kim Hyun-soo 0 for 6 after two games

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Baltimore Orioles’ $7 million Korean import Kim Hyun-soo went 0 for 3 for the second straight day. The 28-year-old outfielder remained hitless after his team’s 11-4 exhibition game loss against the...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • . The Skyslide is forty-six feet long, 4 feet wide and made entirely with one and one quarter inches thick glass. Visitors will experience Skyslide’s unparalleled views in a whole new way as they glide from the 70th to the 69th floor of the U.S. Bank Tower. (Courtesy of OUE)
    Ride the sky on a 70-story glass slide coming to Los Angeles

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s one thing to look out over Los Angeles from the tallest building in the western United States. Soon, the view will take on new intensity as risk takers careen down a clear...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, accompanied by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, takes questions from members of the media during a news conference on Super Tuesday primary election night in the White and Gold Ballroom at The Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
    Christie’s shell-shocked look stirs mockery, befuddlement

    TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Was that really Chris Christie, the brusque, take-a-back-seat-to-nobody governor of New Jersey? Christie’s seemingly shell-shocked gaze as he stood behind Donald Trump on Super Tuesday generated morning-after befuddlement and mockery in his home...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • (AP)
    Pentagon looking for a few good computer hackers to test security

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is looking for a few good computer hackers. Screened high-tech specialists will be brought in to try to breach the Defense Department’s public Internet pages in a pilot program aimed at finding...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • Electronic cigarette (Korea Times file)
    US bans use of e-cigarettes on airline flights

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Transportation says it has issued final regulations prohibiting the use of electronic cigarettes on any domestic or foreign airline flying to, from or within the United States. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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