All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    Choi Min-sik’s American debut movie No.1 at box office

    Scarlett Johansson-starring “Lucy” rakes in $44 M to top “Hercules”  (CNS) – “Lucy” won the herculean battle of the Hollywood box office this weekend, decisively acing out “Hercules.” “Lucy” debuted with a $44 million gate this weekend, edging...

    • Posted July 28, 2014
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    Korean parents arrested for leaving 3-year-old in hot car

    BREA (CNS) – The parents of a 3-year-old girl were arrested after police found the child alone in a hot minivan at the Brea Mall while her parents were inside shopping, authorities said today. Officers were called to the...

    • Posted July 28, 2014
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  • (AP Photo/Steve Christensen)
    Venice Beach lightning strike kills 1, injures at least 9

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Lightning strikes in Los Angeles County killed a 20-year-old man in Venice Beach on Sunday and injured nine other people, one of them critically, authorities said. Eight people — seven adults and a 15-year-old...

    • Posted July 28, 2014
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  • Families seeking foster home licenses through the Korean Foster Family Initiative attend a completion ceremony with KFAM Executive Director Connie Chung, front left. (Jung Goo-hoon/The Korea Times)
    16 Koreans complete foster home education in L.A.

    Sixteen people from nine families attended a completion ceremony Saturday for foster home education classes under the Korean Foster Family Initiative. Held jointly by Korean American Family Services and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and...

    • Posted July 28, 2014
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  • Dodgers starter Ryu Hyun-jin signed a six year $36 million contract in 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
    Ryu wins No. 12

    (Yonhap) — Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers picked up his 12th win of the Major League Baseball (MLB) season on Sunday against the San Francisco Giants, holding the National League (NL) West rivals to three...

    • Posted July 28, 2014
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    Park Ji-sung got married

    Recently retired Korea’s football icon Park Ji-sung, 33, and television announcer Kim Min-ji, 28, got married on July 27, 2014 at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul. Former South Korean men’s football team head coach Guus Hiddink, left, former...

    • Posted July 28, 2014
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  • Choi Min-sik, center, in "Lucy."
    Choi Min-sik makes U.S. debut in ‘Lucy’

    Choi Min-sik will be making his American debut through “Lucy,” due in theaters July 25. The film, also starring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman, is directed by Luc Besson and follows the story of a woman named...

    • Posted July 26, 2014
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