All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Far East Movement
    Far East Movement to perform at Universal CityWalk

    Hip-hop group Far East Movement and World of Dance, featuring wildly-popular dance crew JabbaWockeeZ, celebrate the final weekend of Universal CityWalk’s free summer “Music Spotlight Series” at the “5 Towers” stage on Thursday, August 28 and Saturday, August 30, respectively.   “5 Towers”...

    • Posted August 27, 2014
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  • Leverkusen's Son Heung-min holds his head during the Champions League qualifying soccer match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Copenhagen in Leverkusen, Germany, Wednesday, Aug.27,2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
    Son Heung-min strikes again

    Scores consecutive winning goals to lead Leverkusen to Champions League group stage Son Heung-min scored just two minutes into the game as Bayer Leverkusen routed FC Copenhagen 4-0 at home in Germany. With a 7-2 aggregate win on Wednesday,...

    • Posted August 27, 2014
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  • Asian Games
    Hallyu stars to light up Asian Games opening ceremony

    By Nam Hyun-woo Kim Soo-hyun and Jang Dong-gun, among other Hallyu stars, will deliver the message of “one Asia” at the opening ceremony of the upcoming Incheon Asian Games, the games’ organizing committee said Wednesday. “The biggest...

    • Posted August 27, 2014
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  • (Kasper Smits)
    Indie pop artist Jhameel: Seeing beauty in imperfection

    By Tae Hong “Balanced asymmetry,” Jhameel Kim demonstrates, as he lines up the edge of a teaspoon with the handle of his coffee cup. “I’m OCD. I’ve gotta have things symmetrical, but what I realized a couple...

    • Posted August 26, 2014
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  • The ongoing Sewol crisis is proving that the politics of compromise is non-existent, further contributing to public cynicism about politics. Clockwise from top left are President Park Geun-hye speaking during an economic advisory meeting at Cheong Wa Dae, Tuesday; Strategy and Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan making an appeal to the National Assembly to act on pending bills related to people's living standards and Rep. Park Young-sun, interim chief and floor leader of the opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, who took to the street with colleagues to press for demands on behalf of relatives of those who died on the Sewol ferry to be included in a bill to establish a committee with full powers to investigate and indict people connected to the sinking of the vessel. (Yonhap)
    In Sewol We Divide

    Politics of no compromise takes over By Kang Seung-woo Two contrasting scenes Tuesday showed how divided the nation is, raising the question of whether the current impasse in the parliament over the bill on the Sewol ferry...

    • Posted August 26, 2014
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  • (AP Photo/LM Otero)
    Choo Shin-soo needs elbow surgery, is done for season

    By Lee Kyutae Texas Rangers’ Korean outfielder Choo Shin-soo will miss the remainder of the 2014 season, as he will undergo surgery to remove a bone spur from his left elbow within the next two weeks, the club announced Monday. ...

    • Posted August 25, 2014
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  • Cars are afloat in a flooded area in Geumjeong, Busan, Monday. Heavy rain hit the southern part of the country, causing flash floods, landslides, and suspension of subway service in some areas. (Yonhap)
    Flash floods devastate Busan, Changwon

    At least 5 people dead; Gori nuclear power plant shut down By Jung Min-ho At least five people are dead and four are missing after heavy rainfall hammered Busan, Changwon and other southern parts of the country...

    • Posted August 25, 2014
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