All posts tagged "topstories"

  • protest, UN
    UN rapporteur urges SKorea to stop violent crackdown on protesters

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea should stop the excessive use of force by police at rallies, the U.N. special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association said Friday. Sharing the preliminary findings and...

    • Posted January 29, 2016
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  • turtle
    Join the fun at 2nd annual Turtle Marathon @Griffith Park

    Hosted by The Korea Times and Nongshim America On Jan. 30 at 8 a.m., in celebration of the new year and to promote good health By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff The Korea Times and Nongshim...

    • Posted January 28, 2016
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  • Moon Jae-in (Newsis)
    Opposition chief to step down soon

    Moon Jae-in, chairman of the main opposition party, said Tuesday that he will step down as soon as the issue of selecting new leaders for the party is resolved, amid factional feuding within it. “I believe it...

    • Posted January 19, 2016
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  • Chou Tzuyu, left, and Park Jin-young
    Multicultural group to lodge complaint over Tzuyu’s apology

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A private multicultural organization said Monday it will file a complaint later this week with the national human rights watchdog against an entertainment agency chief who reportedly forced a 16-year-old Taiwanese K-pop singer to...

    • Posted January 18, 2016
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  • Orange County Fire Authority firefighters work to pump out flood waters from a home in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. El Nino storms lined up in the Pacific, promising to drench parts of the West for more than two weeks and increasing fears of mudslides and flash floods in regions stripped bare by wildfires. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
    Strongest El Nino storm so far this winter hits California

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The hillside above the California home of Wayne Socha had held firm against thunderstorms over the past three decades. But after a wildfire two years ago stripped away vegetation and loosened soil, he...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • The sun rises over a sculpture of baby monkeys on Ganjeol Cape, a coastal point where a sunrise can be viewed earliest on the Korean Peninsula, on the coast of Ulsan in southeastern South Korea on Jan. 1, 2016, as visitors gather around the monument to view the New Year's first sunrise and make their New Year's wishes. The monument was set up to celebrate the new year, which falls on the year of the monkey in the Oriental zodiac. (Yonhap)
    Talent, wits and success represent Year of Red Monkey

    By Jhoo Dong-chan 2016 is the Year of the Monkey based on the 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle. According to the 60-year counting system, combining the 10 celestial stems and the 12 earthly branches, 2016 is the Year...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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    Korea world’s biggest arms importer

    By Rachel Lee South Korea was the world’s biggest arms importer last year, according to a U.S. congressional study on the global arms trade. The Congressional Research Service annual report shows that the government bought arms and...

    • Posted December 30, 2015
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