All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • South Korean moviegoers buy tickets for "Spirits' Homecoming" at a local cinema in Seoul on Feb. 24, 2016. (Yonhap)
    Film about ‘comfort women’ tops daily box office

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A local movie that depicts the difficult life of Koreans forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II snatched the top spot at the box office on Wednesday, data...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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  • Park Byung-ho puts on the Minnesota Twins uniform at a press conference in the Grand Hilton Seoul Hotel, Thursday. (Yonhap)
    Twins hope to hit it out of the Park this year

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When the Minnesota Twins take their annual winter caravan around the region, each stop is met with positive energy, even in a year with modest or low expectations for success. A glimpse of the...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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  • Protesters struggle with police officers as they march toward the Defense Ministry during a rally against the visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 10, 2015. Protesters opposed a possible deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on Korea Peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    US calls proposed sanctions on N. Korea a ‘major upgrade’

    WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Yonhap) — A proposed package of new U.N. sanctions would require mandatory inspection of all cargo going in and out of North Korea and ban its exports of mineral resources, a key source of hard...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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  • It’s tax time, so you’d better think twice before clicking on that link in your email inbox. What may look like a legitimate communication from your bank, human resources department or email provider may actually be part of a scheme designed to steal the confidential information stored in your computer, or to gain access to the network it’s attached to. (Korea Times file)
    Watch out for phishy emails during tax season

    NEW YORK (AP) — It’s tax time, so you’d better think twice before clicking on that link in your email inbox. What may look like a legitimate communication from your bank, human resources department or email provider...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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  • fish
    Catch of the day!

    (PHOTO NEWS) – An angler poses for a photo with a giant fat bass measuring 175 centimeters in length on Yeoseo Island off South Korea’s southwestern coast, in this undated photo released by the Wan Island municipality on...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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  • (Courtesy of KBS-TV)
    ‘Descendants of the Sun’ debuts with strong viewership

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — KBS 2TV’s “Descendants of the Sun” is off to a strong start with double-digit viewership, Nielsen Korea data showed Thursday, offering a measure of redemption to the network whose shows have consistently lost out...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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  • Choi So-ra
    Choi So-ra named Asia’s top model in New York

    By Kim Jae-heun Korean fashion model Choi So-ra was named the top Asian model to grace the runway at the 2016 Fall/Winter New York Fashion Week held Feb. 11-18. According to Models.com, one of the most influential...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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