All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Lydia Ko
    Lydia Ko picks up second LPGA win of season

    (Yonhap) — South Korean-born New Zealander Lydia Ko picked up her second LPGA Tour victory of 2014 on Sunday in Ohio. Ko, 17, took the Marathon Classic at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio, with a...

    • Posted July 21, 2014
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  • MBC's "H.I.T."
    Korean Entertainment: What do we recommend?

    By Tae Hong We’ve lost count of how many times Netflix and Pandora recommendations have failed us in our quest to find the perfect this for that, especially when it comes to finding Korean pop culture outside the mainstream. Whether...

    • Posted July 18, 2014
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  • plane
    Malaysia Airlines Jet Crashes in Ukraine

    A passenger plane carrying 295 people believed to be shot down KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country and plumes...

    • Posted July 17, 2014
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  • chopper
    Chopper returning from ferry victim search operation crashes, killing 5

    GWANGJU (Yonhap) — A firefighting helicopter crashed into a residential area of South Korea’s southern city of Gwangju on Thursday, killing all five firefighters on board, officials said. The chopper crashed into an uncrowded street near a...

    • Posted July 17, 2014
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  • tour
    National disgrace on tour

    By Baek Byung-yeul, Kwon Ji-youn Last year, a POSCO Energy executive was fired after physically assaulting a flight attendant for serving ramen noodles that he claimed were not fully cooked. Criticism mounted against him even after he...

    • Posted July 16, 2014
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  • fox
    20th Century Fox to build theme park in Korea

    By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL (Yonhap) — Twentieth Century Fox will build a new theme park in South Korea by 2018 to attract Asian tourists with the company’s film and television brands, its licensing unit said Wednesday. Twentieth...

    • Posted July 16, 2014
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  • Salina Yoon at a book signing event at Children's Book World, in Los Angeles, on June 28th, 2014. (Courtesy of Salina Yoon)
    Orders keep coming in for Salina Yoon’s children’s books

    By Tae Hong Salina Yoon’s 5-year-old son went outside to play one day and returned home with a pinecone. It should have a box to live in, he said, and will you please cut a little blanket...

    • Posted July 15, 2014
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