All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Yu ho-jin is fast becoming one of the magicians in the world.
    Yu Ho-jin wins “Magician of the Year”

    Presented with the honor at Hollywood Magic Castle on Sunday By Ha Eun-sun A Korean magician has been selected Magician of the Year by the world magic community. Yu Ho-jin, 23, surprised the magic world two years...

    • Posted April 14, 2014
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  • Yim Kyu-ok
    Korean woman botanist to head a UN agency

    Yim Kyu-ok becomes the first Asian chair of the IPPC By Lee Hyo-sik Yim Kyu-ok, a researcher at the state-run Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, has been elected to lead a UN agency overseeing guidelines on the...

    • Posted April 14, 2014
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  • stars charity
    These Korean stars give back

    Kim Soo-hyun, Park Hae-jin, Song Hye-gyo, Jang Keun-suk tops recent list By Chung Ah-young Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, known as one of the most philanthropic celebrities, once said that she “opened her eyes” when she saw people from...

    • Posted April 14, 2014
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  • coffee
    GOOD 4 U

    Four cups of coffee reduces risk of liver cancer by 42 percent  A new study shows that daily consumption of four cups of coffee reduces risk of liver cancer by 42 percent. Conducted by the American Association...

    • Posted April 11, 2014
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  • Girls’ Generation
    Is Girls’ Generation coming to an end?

    Members are now women in mid-20s and the average lifespan of K-pop girl group is 5-years By Park Si-soo Is Girls’ Generation in crisis? Will it disband in the near future? Eight years have passed since the...

    • Posted April 10, 2014
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  • chilantro
    Chi’Lantro truck has a Texas-sized hit in Kimchi fries

    Just last month, 6,000 pounds of the vastly popular menu offering were sold This is the second in a series featuring some of today’s most popular Korean food trucks in the U.S. By Jane Han AUSTIN —...

    • Posted April 10, 2014
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  • South Korean figure skating icon Kim Yuna paints portraits of South Korean World Cup players on a wall of a gas station in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, on June 16, 2014, to wish for the squad's great performance in the ongoing World Cup in Brazil. (Newsis)
    Watch Kim Yuna sing “Let It Go”

    “Figure Queen” Kim Yuna has joined the ranks of the dozens of Korean stars who have covered “Let It Go,” the addictive track from Disney’s “Frozen.” The cover, released by Samsung Electronics on its YouTube channel Sunday,...

    • Posted April 9, 2014
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