All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Do Ji-won from "My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol" on MBC (Courtesy of MBC)
    Actress Do Ji-won collapses while filming

    By The Korea Times Seoul staff Actress Do Ji-won from the popular MBC TV drama “My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol” was rushed to hospital unconscious in last weekend. Do, 50, showed symptoms of cerebral infarction and collapsed unconscious...

    • Posted February 16, 2016
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  • Barack Obama
    Obama faces political puzzle in naming Scalia successor

    WASHINGTON (AP) — For most presidents, choosing a Supreme Court nominee is a puzzle. For President Barack Obama, the chance to pick a successor to Justice Antonin Scalia is more like a Gordian Knot. As the White...

    • Posted February 16, 2016
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  • CI Entertainment said the three -- Heo Young-sang, Kim Kyu-jong and Kim Hyung-joon -- are presently working as the new sub-unit, releasing their teaser images.
    Three SS501 members to return as SS301

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Three members of former five-member boy band SS501 have made a comeback recently by regrouping as “SS301,” their agency said Tuesday. CI Entertainment said the three — Heo Young-sang, Kim Kyu-jong and Kim Hyung-joon...

    • Posted February 16, 2016
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  • South Korean army soldiers pass by a TV screen showing the live broadcast of South Korean President Park Geun-hye's speech, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. President Park warns of North Korean collapse if it doesn't abandon its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    South Korea’s leader warns of North Korea collapse

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president warned Tuesday that rival North Korea faces collapse if it doesn’t abandon its nuclear bomb program, an unusually strong broadside that will likely infuriate Pyongyang. President Park Geun-hye, in...

    • Posted February 15, 2016
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  • A pug dog rests under the shade of her owner's bench. (AP)
    More records fall as California heat wave continues

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is still in the grip of a record-setting heat wave. The National Weather Service says cities up and down the state had record high temperatures for the date Monday. It was 89...

    • Posted February 15, 2016
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  • Vietnam suspends 4 guards after inmate on death row becomes pregnant

    HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Four prison guards in northern Vietnam have been suspended for alleged negligence after a female inmate, on death row for drug trafficking, became pregnant, which means her death sentence will be commuted to...

    • Posted February 15, 2016
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  • A photo shared by Conan O'Brien on Instagram on Feb. 15, 2016 with the comment "Went to the fish market today and bought a pet octopus. I named him Samuel. #ConanKorea #southkorea #travel." (Yonhap)
    Conan O’Brien gets boisterous welcome in Seoul

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — American talk show host Conan O’Brien attracted hundreds of fans at a cafe in Seoul on Monday after receiving a boisterous welcome usually reserved for K-pop idols at Incheon International Airport the previous day....

    • Posted February 15, 2016
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