All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks on Super Tuesday primary election night at the White and Gold Ballroom at The Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
    How to stop Trump? GOP leaders search for a way

    MIAMI (AP) — Gripped by chaos and dismay, Republican leaders searched on Wednesday for a last-chance option to derail Donald Trump’s momentum fueled by seven commanding Super Tuesday victories. Overshadowed by Trump’s wins, Ted Cruz came in...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • Moodys
    Moody’s cuts China’s rating outlook to ‘negative’

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday downgraded the credit-rating outlook of China to “negative” from “stable,” citing rising government debts, declining foreign-currency reserves and uncertainty about Beijing’s reform drive. Weakening trade and manufacturing have fueled...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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    Four N. Korean officials blacklisted by UN council

    By Yi Whan-woo The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) has blacklisted four senior North Korean officials in charge of nuclear and ballistic missile programs as the council is set to pass a new resolution on sanctions against the...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • Park Bo-gum (Yonhap)
    ‘Reply 1988′ actor Park Bo-gum overcame bankruptcy in September: Sources

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Actor Park Bo-gum, who recently gained nationwide popularity through the tvN hit drama “Reply 1988,” bounced back from bankruptcy last year, legal sources said Wednesday. The 22-year-old actor was declared bankrupt in March 2015,...

    • Posted March 1, 2016
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  • Baltimore Orioles' Hyun Soo Kim swings at a pitch in the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
    Kim Hyun-soo goes 0 for 3 in Orioles debut

    KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Hyun Soo Kim felt good about being recognized so far away from home. “It was very comfortable. Everything was OK,” the Baltimore Orioles left fielder said through an interpreter after going 0 for...

    • Posted March 1, 2016
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  • Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes photos with supporters after speaking at a campaign rally in Norfolk, Va., Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
    Clinton, Trump claim big Super Tuesday victories

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton were sweeping through the South on Super Tuesday, with the front-runners claiming victory in their parties’ primaries in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. Clinton also picked up a...

    • Posted March 1, 2016
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  • This Tuesday, July 15, 2014 photo shows the tobacco in cigarettes in Philadelphia. A study ties a host of new diseases to smoking, and says an additional 60,000 to 120,000 deaths each year in the United States are probably due to tobacco use. The study by the American Cancer Society and several universities is published in the Thursday, Feb 12, 2015 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. It looks beyond lung cancer, heart disease and other conditions already tied to smoking and adds breast cancer, prostate cancer and even routine infections to the list. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
    San Francisco raises age to buy tobacco to 21

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to boost the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21, despite arguments from opponents that cities and counties cannot trump California law. San Francisco...

    • Posted March 1, 2016
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