All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • 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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    Ali will knock you out at KMF

    By Tae Hong Soulful power vocalist Ali is the latest star added to the 12th The Korea Times’ Korean Music Festival lineup. The singer, whose voice graces countless K-drama O.S.T.s and whose songs have topped charts since...

    • Posted April 9, 2014
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    The Game Changer: Xbox’s Andrew Kim

    He first created an internet tsunami with re-imagining of Microsoft The 22-year-old is now one of the minds behind the technology giant’s as-of-yet unannounced and unseen successor to Xbox One By Tae Hong It took a school project, a blog and...

    • Posted April 8, 2014
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  • Sam Kim (left), Bernard Park (right)
    All-Korean American final set for “K-Pop Star 3″

    Sam Kim from Seattle vs. Atlanta’s Bernard Park this weekend  The finalists of SBS’s idol audition show, “K-Pop Star 3,” are two Korean Americans. Sam Kim, 16, and Bernard Park, 22, have both topped search engines in...

    • Posted April 8, 2014
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    USC says 2014 entering class is most accomplished it has ever seen

    Accepted about 18 percent of 51,800 applicants 26 percent were of Asian descent (CNS) – About 18 percent of the 51,800 high school seniors who applied to USC were admitted, and among the 9,225 who got in,...

    • Posted April 8, 2014
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  • Ha Ji-won, from left, Lee Byung-hun and Soo Hyun. Including them, a growing number of Korean actors have been given the opportunity to play with global movie stars in Hollywood films this year. (Korea Time files)
    Are Korean actors really getting popular in Hollywood?

    By Park Si-soo Are Korean actors increasingly getting popular in Hollywood, or is it a sheer coincidence that a record number of them will have the opportunity to feature in Hollywood films this year? So far five...

    • Posted April 7, 2014
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    Want to try a $20 cup of coffee in Koreatown?

    Haus Dessert Boutique offers The Cup of Excellence (COE)  By Park Ji-hye The next time you’re craving a $20 cup of coffee, head on over to Los Angeles’ Koreatown. Haus Dessert Boutique, located on 6th St. and Serrano...

    • Posted April 4, 2014
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