All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Jihyun Woo
Whitney High School
11th Grade
    The role of aesthetics

    Design is one of the fastest-growing fields in the modern world. The huge role of appearances in our everyday lives may not seem obvious, but studies show that they greatly affect the way we view people and...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • KIm Jong-un
    US: North Korea offered peace talks with US, bailed over nukes

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday that North Korea sought to discuss a peace treaty but bailed after the U.S. insisted denuclearization be part of the discussions. Spokesman Josh Earnest said the U.S. considered a...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • Students wait to take the annual College Scholastic Ability Test at a high school in Seoul on Nov. 13, 2014. (Yonhap)
    ‘Hell Joseon’ through the eyes of Korean Americans

    By Jane Han DALLAS ― More and more young men and women of Korea find life in their motherland so painfully tough that they literally call it hell, some even plotting to pick up and leave to...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • S. Korean man stabbed to death in Philippines

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A South Korean man in his 60s was stabbed to death at his house in the Philippines, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. His body was found in his house in the Cavite province...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • Journalists raise hands and posters and papers to attract attention, as Russian President Vladimir Putin, background, listens to a question, during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. The Russian economy will rebound and the ruble will stabilize, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at his annual press conference, he also said Ukraine must remain one political entity, voicing hope that the crisis could be solved through peace talks. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
    Russia wants to fly over US with advanced digital camera

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia will ask permission on Monday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from U.S. intelligence and military officials that such overflights help Moscow collect intelligence on the United...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • The new album containing pianist Cho Seong-jin's award-winning performance at last year's Chopin Competition has sold out before its official release, the album's distributor said Monday.
    Pianist Cho Seong-jin’s new Chopin album sells out before release

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The new album containing pianist Cho Seong-jin’s award-winning performance at last year’s Chopin Competition has sold out before its official release, the album’s distributor said Monday. The 21-year-old prodigy became the first South Korean...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • Yamaico Navarro played for the Samsung Lions for the past two years. (Yonhap faile)
    Ex-MLB, KBO player Navarro arrested in Japan for carrying bullet

    Former Major League Baseball player Yamaico Navarro, who put up superstar numbers for the Samsung Lions in South Korea for the past two years, has been arrested in Japan for concealing a bullet in his luggage. Navarro was...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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