All posts tagged "topstories"

  • South Korea's Lee Jeong-hyeop reacts after scoring his country's first goal during the AFC Asia Cup soccer match between Australia and South Korea in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)
    The Rematch Down Under

    S. Korea to face Australia in Asian Cup soccer final NEWCASTLE (Yonhap) — South Korea will face Australia in the final of the AFC Asian Cup, after the host nation knocked out the United Arab Emirates 2-0...

    • Posted January 27, 2015
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  • Justin Yoon
    Justin Yoon kicks his way to the most prestigious college football program in the US

    Highly recruited Korean American kicker is expected to start right away at Notre Dame By Brian Han It’s safe to say that of all major sports, American football may be the least fitting for the majority of...

    • Posted January 27, 2015
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  • Chanel AP
    Chanel to host fashion show in Seoul

    By Park Si-soo French luxury fashion house Chanel will stage its first fashion show in Korea in May. Bruno Pavlovsky, president of Chanel fashion, said in an interview that the show will be held at the Dongdaemun...

    • Posted January 27, 2015
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  • park tae-hwan
    S. Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan fails drug test

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean Olympic swimming champ Park Tae-hwan has failed a doping test, his agency said on Monday, blaming the result on an illegal injection administered by a local doctor. Team GMP, the swimmer’s agency,...

    • Posted January 26, 2015
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  • Australia AFC Asian Cup Soccer
    S. Korea defeats Iraq 2-0 to reach Asian Cup final

    SYDNEY (Yonhap) — South Korea defeated Iraq 2-0 to reach the final of the AFC Asian Cup for the first time in 27 years. Forward Lee Jeong-hyeop and defensive back Kim Young-gwon scored a goal apiece in...

    • Posted January 26, 2015
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  • edgewater
    Korean American community steps up to help victims of Edgewater fire

    A devastating fire broke out at the luxury Avalon apartment complex in Edgewater, N.J., Wednesday, dislocating about 500 residents — about 100 of them Korean American — and destroying 240 homes out of 408. The local Korean...

    • Posted January 23, 2015
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  • primem
    Park nominates ruling party floor leader as new prime minister

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye nominated the ruling party’s floor leader as her new prime minister and named a group of special advisers, an official said Friday, in an apparent move to win back public trust....

    • Posted January 23, 2015
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