All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Kim Sei-young, of South Korea, poses with the trophy after winning the JTBC Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, March 20, 2016, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
    Sei Young Kim ties Sorenstam’s record, wins 1st LPGA title of year

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Last year’s rookie of the year Sei Young Kim captured her first LPGA Tour win of 2016 in Phoenix on Sunday. Kim cruised to a five-shot victory at the JTBC Founders Cup at Wildfire...

    • Posted March 21, 2016
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  • Fans wait outside the venue of K-pop's Night Out at the South by Southwest music festival on March 17, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Yonhap)
    South by Southwest’s K-pop event draws a crowd

    (Yonhap) — The K-pop event of South by Southwest (SXSW), the world’s largest music festival, drew hundreds of people, the South Korean content agency said Friday. More than 1,300 people gathered for K-pop’s Night Out, which featured...

    • Posted March 18, 2016
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  • baduk
    Human vs. Artificial Intelligence

    World Go champion will face Google supercomputer on March 9 By Lee Han-soo, Park Si-soo D-day is upon us. For one week from March 9, top-ranked Go (baduk) player Lee Se-dol of Korea will engage in a...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • Donald Trump (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
    Rattled Republicans seek a last-ditch strategy to stop Trump

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Staring down the prospect of nominating Donald Trump for president, Republicans spiraled into a chaotic, last-ditch search Wednesday for a way to save the GOP from hitching its fortunes to an unpredictable celebrity candidate...

    • Posted March 3, 2016
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  • South Korean National Assembly Speaker Chung Ui-hwa bangs the gavel as he announces passing an anti-terror legislation during the plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Outnumbered South Korean opposition lawmakers on Wednesday ended more than a week of nonstop speeches in the National Assembly aimed at delaying a vote on the country's first anti-terror legislation. (Kim Hyun-tai/Yonhap via AP)
    Opposition party gives up filibuster, counter-terrorism bill passes

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lawmakers approved South Korea’s first anti-terror legislation Wednesday after outnumbered opposition members ended more than a week of nonstop speeches in the National Assembly aimed at delaying the vote. Nearly 160 parliament...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • No Brain, Barberettes, KTMF
    KTMF bringing No Brain, Barberettes

    The Korea Times Los Angeles staff The 14th Korea Times Music Festival is bringing No Brain and Barberettes to the Hollywood Bowl on May 7. The annual event attracts a crowd of 20,000 each year in a...

    • Posted March 1, 2016
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  • Protesters yell as they are escorted out of a rally for Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump at Radford University in Radford, Va., Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
    GOP badly split as Trump, Clinton seek Super Tuesday wins

    VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — On the eve of Super Tuesday’s crucial primaries, a sharp new divide erupted between Republicans who pledge to fall in line behind Donald Trump if he wins their party’s nomination and others who...

    • Posted February 29, 2016
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