All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Plastic containers of Macadamia nuts for sale are displayed at a store in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. Nut rage imploded the career of a Korean Air Lines executive and embarrassed her family and country. Now South Korean retailers are experiencing the unexpected upside: a boom in sales of macadamias.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-oon)
    Sales of macadamia nuts soar in Korea after ‘nut rage’

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nut rage imploded the career of a Korean Air Lines executive and embarrassed her family and country. Now South Korean retailers are experiencing the unexpected upside: a boom in sales of macadamias....

    • Posted December 15, 2014
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  • A hostage runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. New South Wales state police would not say what was happening inside the cafe or whether hostages were being held. But television footage shot through the cafe's windows showed several people with their arms in the air. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
    Police end Sydney hostage siege after 16 hours

    SYDNEY (AP) — A swarm of heavily armed police stormed a cafe in the heart of Sydney early Tuesday, ending a siege by an Iranian-born gunman who had held an unknown number of hostages for more than...

    • Posted December 15, 2014
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    K-pop meets K-football: SM and KFA team up

    The Korean Football Association (KFA) and SM Entertainment signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday signifying mutual support between the two organizations. Present at the event were Kai and Xiumin, two members of the popular K-pop group...

    • Posted December 12, 2014
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  • Cho Hyun-ah, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho and former vice president of the airline company, appears at Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board in western Seoul on Dec. 12, 2014, to be questioned for ordering a crew member to leave a plane over an alleged breach of snack-serving protocol. (Yonhap)
    Korean Air heiress asks for forgiveness over ‘nut rage’

    By Lee Joon-seung and Kim You Jin SEOUL (Yonhap) — Former Korean Air Lines Co. vice president Cho Hyun-ah, who had forced a crew member to leave a plane over an alleged breach of snack-serving protocol, asked...

    • Posted December 12, 2014
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  • Kim Kwang-hyun (NEWSis)
    Unable to reach an agreement with SD, Kim Kwang-hyun goes back to SK

    Kim Kwang-hyun will not be pitching in the U.S. next year.  The 26-year-old South Korean left-hander has failed to reach an agreement with the San Diego Padres, Kim’s South Korean club announced on Thursday. The SK Wyverns in...

    • Posted December 11, 2014
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  • Traffic moves slowly across the Golden Gate Bridge in the high winds and rain Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in this view from Sausalito, Calif. A storm expected to be one of the windiest and rainiest in five years swept across the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, knocking out power to tens to thousands and delaying travel by air, train and ferry. Pacific Gas & Electric is reporting outages are widespread across the Bay Area due to weather, but officials weren't immediately available to give a specific number of outages.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
    California storm knocks out power, delays flights

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A powerful storm churned through Northern California Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands and delaying commuters while soaking the region with much-needed rain. Waves slammed onto waterfronts, ferries were bound to...

    • Posted December 11, 2014
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  • Boongeoppang being made inside a Koreatown market.
    Korean winter snacks warm up LA’s Koreatown

    By Park Ji-hye Long-loved winter snacks of South Korea are trending inside Los Angeles’ Koreatown markets. Although they’re available year-round, items like baked sweet potatoes and hobbang — rice flour with fillings like vegetables, pumpkin paste or...

    • Posted December 10, 2014
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