All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • At the end, Yuna couldn't hold back her tears. (Yonhap)
    Kim Yuna officially retires

    By Jung Min-ho Few remember Kim Yuna’s slip-ups on the ice. Her 18-year figure skating career, it turned out, was that close to perfect. At Olympic Park in Seoul, Monday, the 2010 Olympic champion and the most...

    • Posted May 7, 2014
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  • Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington (38) congratulates Shin-Soo Choo for hitting a solo home run against the Los Angeles Angels in the sixth inning of a baseball game on Friday, May 2, 2014, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
    Choo sits atop AL in both BA and OBP

    By Lee Kyutae and Tae Hong Choo Shin-soo had himself quite a weekend in his first trip to Southern California as a Texas Ranger. After three games against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, he emerged as...

    • Posted May 7, 2014
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  • (Korea Times file)
    Southland gasoline prices are coming down

    The average price per gallon drops for seven consecutive days 3.4 cents less than a week ago, but still 37 cents higher than one year ago  LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The average price of a gallon of...

    • Posted May 6, 2014
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  • Sewol, a 6,835-ton ferry boat, has left 284 unaccounted for and four dead. / Yonhap
    272 dead, 32 missing

    Updates on developments in the ferry boat sinking. 5/8 - It has been 23 days since the sinking. The body count has risen to 272. 5/7 - The search continues Thursday in Korea as the number confirmed...

    • Posted May 6, 2014
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  • How the rich get richer in South Korea

    Chaebol families giving stocks to kids amid bearish market By Yoon Ja-young While investors are unhappy in the bearish stock market in Korea, chaebol families are using it as an opportunity to hand over stocks to their...

    • Posted May 5, 2014
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    If you liked “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” you’ll love My Korean Husband

    By Julie Carlson Take one tablespoon Korean man and one tablespoon Australian woman, add a cup of marriage and something funny is bound to get cooked up.  Meet Sunhong and Nichola Gwon. They are the husband-and-wife team...

    • Posted April 30, 2014
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  • Seoul National University (Newsis)
    Seoul Natl University to hold admissions event in L.A.

    2 p.m. Sunday at Oxford Palace Hotel  Admissions officers from Seoul University will hold a presentation for at Oxford Palace Hotel at 2 p.m. Sunday. Designed for non-Korean citizens, the session will introduce the admission process to...

    • Posted April 30, 2014
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