All posts tagged "topstories"

  • A man photographs damage to a post office in Napa, Calif., following an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. A large earthquake caused significant damage and left at least three critically injured in California's northern Bay Area early Sunday, igniting fires, sending at least 87 people to a hospital, knocking out power to tens of thousands and sending residents running out of their homes in the darkness (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
    Magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocks Northern California

    NAPA, Calif. (AP) — The largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 25 years struck before dawn on Sunday, sending scores of people to hospitals, igniting fires, damaging historic buildings and knocking out power...

    • Posted August 24, 2014
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  • South Korea's Hae Chan Choi, center, celebrates with teammates after getting the final out of a 8-4 win in the Little League World Series championship baseball game against Chicago in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    South Korea wins third LLWS title

    SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP / Rusty Miller) — Hwang Jae Yeong drove in two runs and Hae Chan Choi weathered a late Chicago rally to lead South Korea to an 8-4 win in Sunday’s Little League World...

    • Posted August 24, 2014
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  • Japan catcher Shingo Tomita, left, misses the tag as South Korea's Jin Woo Jeon scores on a single by Ji Ho Park in the second inning of an International Championship baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Saturday Aug. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    Korea beats Japan again, advances to LLWS final

    By Lee Kyutae Following a 29-year absence, South Korea has defeated defending champion Japan twice to make it all the way back to the Little League World Series (LLWS) championship game. South Korea won even more convincingly...

    • Posted August 23, 2014
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  • Scene from "The Chaser."
    If you like ‘Zodiac,’ you’ll like ‘The Chaser’

    Our recommendations for Korean entertainment continues! By Tae Hong If you like “Chuck,” you’ll like “7th Grade Civil Servant.” Even within a sea of spy-genre American television, “Chuck,” during its five-season run on NBC, was a fresh...

    • Posted August 22, 2014
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  • In this aerial photo, rescue workers search for survivors in an area devastated by a massive landslide which swept through residential areas in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. A several people died and at least a dozen were missing after rain-sodden hills in the outskirts of Hiroshima gave way early Wednesday in several landslides. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
    Landslides in Japan kills at least 36, including 1 Korean

    (Yonhap) — A South Korean man was confirmed dead and his wife seriously injured in deadly landslides that have hit the outskirts of the western Japanese city of Hiroshima, a government official said Thursday. The couple in...

    • Posted August 21, 2014
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  • Seoul's Hae Chan Choi (21) is greeted by teammates after hitting a two-run home run off Tokyo pitcher Takuma Takahashi in the second inning of a International semi-final baseball game against Tokyo at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    Korea beats Japan, advances to LLWS international final

    South Korea defeated defending Champion Japan in Little League World Series (LLWS) action on Wednesday. Following a 29-year absence, South Korea has made it all the way to the international championship game. Hwang Jae-young hit a go-ahead solo...

    • Posted August 20, 2014
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  • Police arrest a man as they disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo., early Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, a white police officer fatally shot unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
    Koreans fearful as Ferguson riot escalates

    By Jane Han Korean residents in the embattled Missouri city of Ferguson are beginning to feel a direct threat in their everyday lives as looting and violence intensify in a neighborhood with nearly two dozen Korean businesses....

    • Posted August 20, 2014
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