All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    S. Korean shipyards’ new orders come to nil in Jan.

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean shipbuilders failed to secure any new orders in January, underscoring the protracted slump in the global shipbuilding segment, industry sources said Tuesday. It marks a sharp turnaround from a year earlier, when...

    • Posted February 1, 2016
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    K.J. Choi falls just short of ending PGA Tour drought

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean veteran golfer Choi Kyung-ju fell short of ending his PGA Tour title drought on Monday in California. Choi, better known by his initials K.J., finished alone in second at the weather-interrupted Farmers...

    • Posted February 1, 2016
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  • Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the group F World Cup soccer match between Argentina and Bosnia at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
    Coach says Lionel Messi will skip Rio de Janeiro Olympics

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lionel Messi will skip the Rio de Janeiro Olympics because his coach Gerardo Martino says he needs some rest. Martino spoke Monday on Argentina radio station La Red and says “Messi will...

    • Posted February 1, 2016
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  • Actors Ryan O'Neal, left, and Ali MacGraw walk on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Monday Feb. 1, 2016, more than 45 years after the release of their 1970 classic "Love Story." The duo, now in their 70s, currently are co-starring in a national tour of "Love Letters," which is about a man and a woman who maintain contact over 50 years through notes, cards and letters. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
    ‘Love Story’ actors return to Harvard 45 years later

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Actors Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal have come to the Harvard University campus to reminisce about their 1970 classic film “Love Story” as they prepare for a Boston stop on the national tour...

    • Posted February 1, 2016
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  • Saenuri Party Chairman Kim Moo-sung, right, listens to the commander of the 6th Infantry Division during his visit to a general post near the border in Cheorwon County, Monday. (Joint press corps)
    Ruling party chief backs THAAD

    By Kang Seung-woo Ruling Saenuri Party Chairman Kim Moo-sung said Monday that South Korea should positively consider accepting the deployment of the terminal high altitude are defense (THAAD) system on the Korean Peninsula, citing North Korea’s nuclear...

    • Posted February 1, 2016
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  • Girl group 4minute showcases their seventh mini album "Act.7" at a venue in Seoul on Feb. 1, 2016. (Yonhap)
    4minute out to be top ‘girl crush’ group

    By Park Sojung SEOUL (Yonhap) — Girl group 4minute is back with another “girl crush” album. On Monday, the four-member act released its seventh mini album “Act.7,” which is reminiscent of the preceding one, “Crazy,” in androgynous...

    • Posted February 1, 2016
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  • In this Jan. 19, 2016 photo, Chicago police investigate the scene where multiple people were shot on the city’s South Side. Chicago police said Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, the number of homicides in the city climbed dramatically in January to 51, in the bloodiest start to a year in at least 16 years. They said there were 22 more homicides this January than in January 2015 and that the number of shooting incidents during the same period more than doubled to 242. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune via AP)
    Police say Chicago homicides climbed dramatically in January

    CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police are reporting a dramatic spike in the number of homicides and shootings in the city’s bloodiest January for at least 16 years. It’s another blow to a department that has struggled to...

    • Posted February 1, 2016
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