All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Councilman Kim Seong-il throws an egg to Changwon mayor Ahn Sang-soo. (Yonhap)
    Changwon Style: City councilman throws eggs at mayor

    A city councilman on Tuesday pelted Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province mayor Ahn Sang-soo with two eggs to protest the location of a new baseball stadium. Kim Seong-il, a councilman with the ruling Saenuri Party, walked up to...

    • Posted September 17, 2014
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  • Actor and singer Kim Hyun-joong, 28, appears at the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul on Sept. 2, 2014, to be questioned about the allegations that he assaulted and injured his girlfriend, who requires six weeks of medical treatment. (Yonhap)
    Kim Hyun-joong’s former girlfriend drops all charges

    By Tae Hong Charges were dropped Wednesday against K-pop star Kim Hyun-joong, 28, who was accused of multiple instances of abusing his girlfriend since May, Yonhap reported. The woman, identified as Choi, cancelled charges against the singer-slash-actor...

    • Posted September 17, 2014
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  • Han river
    U.S. man caught trying to swim to N. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A young American man has been caught trying to swim across a river border into North Korea, a government source said Wednesday (KST). The man was arrested by Marine sentries at around 11:55 p.m....

    • Posted September 17, 2014
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  • North Korea
    North Korea’s main Asiad delegation arrives in South Korea

    By Kim Han-joo INCHEON (Yonhap) — The main North Korean delegation to the Asian Games, composed of 87 athletes and officials, arrived in South Korea by plane Tuesday. The main group that took a rare direct flight...

    • Posted September 16, 2014
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  • The 2014 Korean Parade on Olympic Boulevard (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    Don’t miss the Korean Parade in L.A.

    The Korea Times Los Angeles staff The Korean Parade, the highlight of the annual Los Angeles Korean Festival, is coming back to the heart of Koreatown Saturday at 3 p.m. Stretching down Olympic Boulevard between Catalina Avenue...

    • Posted September 16, 2014
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  • tina
    Born deaf and adopted, Tina Duresky refuses to stay silent

    By Julie Carlson In 2012, Tina Reed Duresky, a basketball referee was honored by Governor Janet Brewer with the AZ Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Award. Duresky was only deaf person nominated out of 30 people. Standing before the...

    • Posted September 15, 2014
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  • heat
    “Dangerously hot weather” continues in L.A. area

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – As the region’s heat wave lingered into a new week, a red flag warning denoting a risk of wildfire was in effect in much of Southern California today, along with an excessive heat warning intended...

    • Posted September 15, 2014
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