All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • FILE - In this April 30, 2015, file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook responds to a question during a news conference at IBM Watson headquarters, in New York. Apple has confirmed that it’s expecting an uncharacteristic decline in sales in the spring of 2016, amid signs of global economic weakness and overall slowing demand for new smartphones. So anticipation is building around Apple’s next iPhones, as investors and tech enthusiasts speculate over what might get the iconic Silicon Valley company back on the path to growth. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
    Apple’s iPhone is slumping. What’s next?

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The bloom may be off Apple’s iPhone, at least for now. So now the pressure is on the iconic Silicon Valley company to come up with its next big thing. On Tuesday, Apple...

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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  • Los Angeles-area students head back to school at the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Students are heading back to class a day after an emailed threat triggered a shutdown of the vast Los Angeles Unified School District. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    Few US neighborhoods affordable, walkable with good schools

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Few neighborhoods can match the perks of Adams Morgan in Washington, D.C. — a reality that reflects a broader problem for the U.S. housing market. Residents of Adams Morgan enjoy a bevy of bars,...

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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  • Donald Trump (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
    Debate feud injects fresh chaos into GOP primary

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An explosive feud between Donald Trump and Fox News Channel is overshadowing the final sprint to Iowa’s presidential caucuses, injecting a new sense of chaos into the 2016 Republican contest. On the...

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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  • misaeng, webtoon
    Webtoons emerge as hot source for Korean dramas, films

    By Baek Byung-yeul After the huge success of “Misaeng,” a 2014 TV drama based on cartoonist Yoon Tae-ho’s comic of the same title, “webtoons” or online comics, have emerged as a major source for films and dramas....

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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  • Activist for Kopino faces defamation charges

    By Kim Se-jeong Koo Bon-chang, an activist who runs a website tracking Korean men who fathered babies with Filipina women out of wedlock is facing a defamation charge. One of the fathers whose face was disclosed on...

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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  • corrupt
    S. Korea edges up to 37th in global corruption index

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea climbed 6 notches in an international corruption awareness ranking to 37th out of 168 countries in 2015, a report by a global anti-corruption watchdog showed Wednesday. South Korea scored 56 out of...

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi approach to shake hands after attending a news conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Kerry is on the final leg in his latest round-the-world diplomatic mission. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
    US, China spar over North Korea, South China Sea

    BEIJING (AP) — Top U.S. and Chinese officials sparred Wednesday over how to deal with North Korea’s latest nuclear weapons test and ease tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. U.S. Secretary of State John...

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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