All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Kay Song, of the Korean American National Museum board of directors, third from left, celebrates the passing of the museum proposal by Los Angeles City Council with District 4 representative David Ryu. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    LA City Council passes Korean American National Museum proposal

    By Tae Hong The proposal to construct Los Angeles’s first Korean American National Museum was passed unanimously by the City Council Tuesday. The museum, which will take up the first three floors of a seven-story multiplex on...

    • Posted November 25, 2015
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  • Protesters wearing masks pull ropes to topple a police bus during a rally in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, on Nov. 14. The ruling Saenuri Party is moving to ban activists from wearing masks to hide their identity. (Yonhap)
    President Park compares masked protesters to ISIS

        On Nov. 14, over 70,000 people openly protested South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s policies on labor reform and rewritten history textbooks in Seoul. Violent clashes erupted, which included police firing tear gas and water cannons...

    • Posted November 25, 2015
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  • Lydia Ko
    At 18, Lydia Ko’s dominance may just be beginning

    NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Lydia Ko had just been handed a $1 million bonus for the second consecutive year, and the first thing she thought about buying with those newfound additional riches was a new phone. She’s...

    • Posted November 25, 2015
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  • A traveler rests on the floor as American Airlines aircraft are lined up the the gates at Miami International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Miami. Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel holidays of the year, both in the air and on the roads. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
    Thanksgiving getaway 2015: Cheap gas but fears of terrorism

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — That other Thanksgiving tradition — congested highways and jammed airports — is getting underway with gas prices low and terrorism fears high. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car,...

    • Posted November 24, 2015
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  • APTOPIX Womens US Open Golf
    Michelle Wie finishes 2015 season filled with struggle

    NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Michelle Wie’s final stroke of the season was a long putt from just off the green, and when it dropped she couldn’t wait to retrieve the ball from the cup. Her season, mercifully,...

    • Posted November 24, 2015
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  • A nursing home near Chicago held a joint birthday party for eight elders over age 100. (Korea Times Chicago)
    Eight elders over age 100 gather for birthday celebration in Chicago

    By The Korea Times Chicago staff A nursing home near Chicago was perhaps host to the oldest birthday party around last Friday when it invited eight Korean elders 100 years and older for a joint celebration. Niles...

    • Posted November 23, 2015
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  • This 1993 file photo shows former President Kim Young-sam waving during a car parade after being sworn in as South Korea's 14th president. Kim, who has been hospitalized due to a high fever, died at Seoul National University Hospital on Nov. 22, 2015, the hospital said. He was 88. Kim formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis. (Yonhap)
    Former South Korean President Kim Young-sam dies at age 87

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, died Sunday. He was 87. The...

    • Posted November 21, 2015
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