All posts tagged "topstories"

  • animation cew
    S. Korean dance crew make ‘America’s Got Talent’ round three

    Animation Crew, a South Korean popping dance performance group that recently made the third round of “America’s Got Talent,” will perform at Radio City Music Hall on Aug. 18. The crew’s appearance will be as a part...

    • Posted August 5, 2015
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  • Korean immigrants who worked at an orange farm, including Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, second from left in front row, got together to pose for a photo. It is believe to be taken at Alta Cresta Grove Farm in Riverside, California. (Korea Times file)
    Korea Times Project, part 1A: Riverside, US’ first-ever Koreatown

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff The Korea Times recently teamed up with Bright Futures Foundation to explore and celebrate the diaspora of Korean immigrants by visiting 13 culturally significant regions in four different countries. The first...

    • Posted August 3, 2015
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  • a01-SAGO
    Korea Times Project to explore history of Korean immigration in 13 regions over 4 countries

    In partnership with Bright Future Foundation to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Korean independence  The Korea Times, in partnership with Bright Future Foundation, will visit 13 regions in four countries to explore the diaspora of Korean immigrants in time...

    • Posted August 3, 2015
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  • A group of Super Junior fans gathered to support the band at KCON 2015 Saturday outside the Los Angeles Convention Center. (Angelina Widener/Korea Times)
    K-pop proves itself a gateway to South Korea at KCON

    By Tae Hong Drowned in the enthusiasm of tens of thousands of K-pop fans, KCON 2015 boomed as a center of South Korean culture this weekend as it welcomed convention goers to Downtown Los Angeles. The three-day...

    • Posted August 3, 2015
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  • Ban Ki-moon
    UN sets goal to end poverty, hunger in next 15 years

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The 193 member states of the United Nations have reached agreement on a new development agenda for the next 15 years that calls for eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving gender equality, improving living...

    • Posted August 3, 2015
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  • Tears of joy -- Inbee Park of South Korea wipes away tears holding the trophy after winning the Women's British Open golf championship at the Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
    Park Inbee wins Women’s British Open, completes career grand slam

    TURNBERRY, Scotland (Yonhap) — South Korean golfer Park Inbee completed the career grand slam on the LPGA Tour by capturing the Ricoh Women’s British Open Sunday. Park rallied to capture her seventh career major at 12-under 276,...

    • Posted August 2, 2015
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  • Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate, is mired in a family feud between the corporate founder's two sons who want to take over the leadership from their 93-year-old father, Shin Kyuk-ho. The retail and food giant has been building the Lotte World Tower in the southern Seoul to realize the founder's lifelong ambition, which is set to be the country's tallest structure upon completion. (Yonhap)
    Lotte loses 1 tln won in China over past 4 years

    SEOUL (YONHAP) –South Korea’s fifth-largest conglomerate Lotte Group lost more than 1 trillion won (nearly $1 billion) from its operations in China and Hong Kong, data showed Sunday, lending weight to allegations by the owner family’s eldest...

    • Posted August 1, 2015
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