All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Bizzy, Tiger JK, Yoonmirae of MFBTY (Courtesy of MFBTY)
    MFBTY sets out to reinvent K-pop with ‘Wondaland’

    By Tae Hong When you’ve got three South Korean hip-hop giants coming together under a moniker like My Fans Better Than Yours, there is excitement and anticipation and expectation. All good things, especially to veterans of...

    • Posted May 18, 2015
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  • Minjee Lee, of Australia, right, hugs fellow golfer, Lexi Thompson, left, on the 18th hole of the rain delayed Kingsmill Championship LPGA golf tournament at the Kingsmill Golf Club in Williamsburg, Va., Monday, May 18, 2015. Lee won the tournament. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
    Lee Minjee wins LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship

    Ryu So Yeon finishes 2nd, Alison Lee 3rd Korean-Australian rookie Lee Minjee won her first LPGA Tour title on Monday at the Kingsmill Championship. Lee, 18, shot a four-round total of 15-under 269 to beat Ryu So...

    • Posted May 18, 2015
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  • Willie Monroe, Jr., right, is knocked down by Gennady Golovkin, of Kazakhstan, during the second round of a boxing bout, Saturday, May 16, 2015, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
    Golovkin extends KO streak to 20

    INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Gennady Golovkin’s latest big drama show had a few extra twists and turns. The middleweight champion still finished it with his usual show-stopping flourish. Golovkin stopped Willie Monroe Jr. 45 seconds into the...

    • Posted May 16, 2015
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  • Tabitha Yim_Ashley Morgan
    Tabitha Yim named gymnastics head coach at University of Arizona

    By Brian Han When Tabitha Yim graduated from Stanford University as one of the most decorated athletes in the school’s history, she felt the need distance herself from the world of gymnastics. After two years of giving...

    • Posted May 15, 2015
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  • Soldiers take position at an outpost near the North Korean border. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    2 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at Seoul military camp

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A reservist went on a shooting spree at a military training camp in Seoul on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding three others, before committing suicide, the army said. The 23-year-old reservist, identified only...

    • Posted May 13, 2015
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  • North Korean Defense Minister Hyon Yong-chol, shown in this photo provided on Jan. 27, 2015, by North Korea's state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper, has been executed on charges of treason, according to South Korea's main spy agency, the National Intelligence Service. The agency said Hyon was executed by firing squad at a military school in Pyongyang around April 30, 2015. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea’s defense chief executed: S. Korea intel

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea has executed its defense chief on charges of treason, South Korea’s spy agency said Wednesday, in the latest sign of a reign of terror by leader Kim Jong-un. Hyon Yong-chol, the chief...

    • Posted May 12, 2015
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    Half-Korean boxing champ Golovkin ready to rock LA

    Saturday at The Forum in Inglewood By Brian Han LOS ANGELES — The momentous excitement within the boxing world shifts from Las Vegas to Los Angeles Saturday as undefeated WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin will defend...

    • Posted May 12, 2015
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