All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Trio con Brio Copenhagen
    Danish-Korean musical trio wins best artist award

    A Danish-Korean musical trio comprised of two Korean sisters Soo-jin Hong and Soo-kyung Hong, and Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer won the Kunstnerprisen, or best artist, at an awards ceremony by Danish national broadcaster DR. Trio con Brio...

    • Posted February 6, 2015
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  • According to Job Korea, the on fair on Thursday will result in about 1,000 jobs for seekers. (Park Sang-hyuk)
    ‘The 4th Hiring Fair’ comes to LA Convention Center in March

    The Korean American Economic Development Center will hold the 2015 4th Hiring Fair at the Los Angeles Convention Center on March 27th. The event is also co-hosted by Job Korea USA and the Korean Trade Center (KOTRA)....

    • Posted February 6, 2015
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  • In this image released by ABC, Randall Park, left, and Constance Wu appear in a scene from the new comedy series "Fresh Off the Boat." (AP Photo/ABC, Nicole Wilder)
    ABC’s ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ gathers 7.9 million viewers amid mixed expectations

    ABC debuted its new comedy series “Fresh Off the Boat” Wednesday night with ratings that gave the sitcom this season’s second best comedy debut — second only to “Black-ish” —  according to Nielsen Media Research from Variety....

    • Posted February 5, 2015
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  • (Courtesy of So Youn Lee)
    Artist So Youn Lee finds universal appeal in hope

    By Brian Han Soon after South Korean artist So Youn Lee completely changed her creative approach, the public couldn’t help but take notice. Art gallery curators contacted her from Italy, Germany, Malaysia among many others. Collectors started discovering...

    • Posted February 4, 2015
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  • Taiwan Plane Crash
    Crashed Taiwan plane hoisted from river; 26 confirmed dead

    TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers used a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan’s capital late Wednesday as they searched into the night for 17 people missing...

    • Posted February 4, 2015
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  • Model Kim Won-joong during an interview with The Korea Times on Jan. 29. (Korea Times photo by Kwon Ji-youn)
    Meet Asia’s first Prada model Kim Won-joong

    By Kim Jae-heun The first-ever Asian model to walk on a runway show of Italian luxury fashion house Prada, Kim Won-joong, 28, had no prospects of becoming a model when he was only 170 centimeters (5′ 7″)...

    • Posted February 3, 2015
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  • putin
    Russia plans joint military drills with N. Korea and Cuba

    By Brian Han Russia plans to commence joint military drills with the likes of North Korea and Cuba according to Russian armed forces Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov. The statement was made public during a meeting on...

    • Posted February 2, 2015
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