All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Brazil's Neymar, right, celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the group A World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Croatia, the opening game of the tournament, in the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 12, 2014.  (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
    Neymar leads Brazil past Croatia in opener 3-1

    SAO PAULO (AP) — Neymar gave Brazil a winning start to its home World Cup, scoring twice to lead the host nation to an unconvincing 3-1 victory over Croatia in the opening game on Thursday. Brazil had...

    • Posted June 12, 2014
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    Park’s nominee in hot water… again

    By Kang Seung-woo The latest prime minister nominee Moon Chang-keuk is at the risk of losing his status over videos of his church sermons, which could be read as an act of belittling Korea and sympathizing with...

    • Posted June 12, 2014
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  • Actors perform during the opening ceremony before the group A World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Croatia, the opening game of the tournament, in the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 12, 2014.  (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
    World Cup kicks off

    (AP) The wait is over. The sun rose Thursday on a tropical nation hosting its first World Cup in 64 years. Nearly half the world’s population, well over 3 billion spectators, is expected to watch soccer’s premier...

    • Posted June 12, 2014
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  • Members of the South Korean men's national football team are greeted by Koreans in Brazil. (Yonhap)
    Korean soccer team arrives in Brazil

    Says they left their disappointments behind in Miami (Yonhap) Players on the Korean national football team have put their recent big loss to Ghana behind them as they get ready for a more crucial task ahead, the...

    • Posted June 11, 2014
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  • 4,000 cops raid church in search of ferry owner

    ANSEONG, South Korea (Yonhap) — A massive raid aimed at finding the fugitive owner of the sunken ferry Sewol ended with minor results Wednesday with no apparent leads as to the suspect’s whereabouts. A team of prosecutors...

    • Posted June 11, 2014
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  • Sung Si-kyung inside a Koreatown hotel in L.A. (Christine Ha / The Korea Times)
    Sung Si-kyung talks love songs, L.A. and sex

    By Tae Hong There’s a lot you can say — a lot that has been said — about Sung Si-kyung, but here’s something that fits him now, in this moment: A long-beloved ballad singer who’s recently become...

    • Posted June 10, 2014
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  • Lee Joon-seok, the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol, is taken to a courtroom for the first hearing of his murder trial, Tuesday. (Yonhap)
    Murder trial for ferry crew begins

    By Kim Da-ye The trial of 15 crew members of the sunken ferry Sewol, charged with murder and other accusations, began Tuesday at the Gwangju District Court. Lee Joon-seok, the ferry’s captain, and three other senior crewmen...

    • Posted June 10, 2014
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