All posts tagged "topstories"

  • The Korean tea ceremony drew crowds at the L.A. Times Central Court inside LACMA Saturday. (Brant Bogan/LACMA)
    Korea Day at LACMA draws crowd as Korean exhibition ends

    Korea Day at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Saturday wrapped up the three-month exhibition “Treasures From Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty.” A lecture by Academy of Korean studies professor Lee Song-mi, a...

    • Posted September 29, 2014
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  • South Korean players had a good reason to look so relieved. (Yonhap)
    South Korean baseball team wins ‘Military Exemption Bowl’

    “You guys have to go to the military if you lose?” That’s been the running joke for the South Korean men’s teams during World Baseball Classic and other major international competitions over the years, and the South...

    • Posted September 29, 2014
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  • Japan Financial Markets Money traders of a foreign exchange dealing company work under an electric screen indicating the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen in Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. The U.S. dollar hit its highest level against yen in six years. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
    South Korea monitors falling yen, tells exporters to take insurance

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea is closely monitoring the won-yen exchange rate that financial authorities say has reached a worrisome range and is encouraging exporters to take some hedging measures, officials said Sunday. “The low-yen trend has...

    • Posted September 28, 2014
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  • FILE- In this Sept. 18, 2014 file photo Jordan's Anfal Nayef Hammad Alsufy kicks a ball down filed during her team's football match against Japan at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. Qatar's delegation chief says the women's basketball team has withdrawn from the Asian Games after organizers refused to let players wear hijabs in competition. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung,File)
    Qatar women’s team pulls out of Asian Games over hijab ban

    INCHEON, South Korea (AP) – The Qatari women’s basketball team withdrew from the Asian Games in protest against international rules that ban players from wearing Muslim headscarves in competition. The dispute over the Qatari players’ refusal to...

    • Posted September 27, 2014
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  • Chelsea Clinton glances at her father, former President Bill Clinton, during the closing session of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
    Chelsea Clinton Gives Birth to a Baby Girl

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton are grandparents. Their daughter, Chelsea, gave birth Friday to her first child, Charlotte. Chelsea Clinton announced the news on Twitter and Facebook early Saturday, saying she and husband Marc...

    • Posted September 27, 2014
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  • This screen shot provided by FlightAware shows airline traffic at 10:20 a.m. EDT over the United States Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, after hundreds of flights were canceled at Chicago airports, at center, following a fire at a suburban Chicago air traffic control facility. The ground stop threatened to send delays and cancellations rippling throughout the nation's air travel network, as more than 500 flights had already been canceled in Chicago and more were expected. (AP Photo/Courtesy FlightAware)
    All flights in and out of Chicago halt after fire at air traffic center

    CHICAGO (AP) — All flights in and out of Chicago’s two airports were halted Friday after a fire at a suburban air traffic control center that authorities said was deliberately set by a contract employee. The ground...

    • Posted September 26, 2014
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  • After the medal ceremony, Sun Yang, left, gave Park tae-hwan a birthday cake. (Yonhap)
    Park Tae-hwan makes history without winning gold

      INCHEON (Yonhap) — South Korean swimming hero Park Tae-hwan wrapped up the Asian Games at home on Friday with six medals, but none of them gold. Park, who turns 25 on Saturday, has battled nerves all...

    • Posted September 26, 2014
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