by TONY KIM South Korean authorities are investigating a head-on collision between a tourist train and commuter train in Taebaek, Gangwon Province, which covers northeastern area of Korea. The crash […]
Author: Tony Kim
LPGA’s First ‘International Crown’ Tournament to Feature Second-Seeded Korea
by TONY KIM For the first time ever, 32 female golfers representing the top eight ranked countries will face each other in order to bring the International Crown to […]
TNT Renews ‘Falling Skies,’ Starring Moon Bloodgood, For A Final Season
by TONY KIM TNT has confirmed that it will be renewing its sci-fi post-apocalyptic drama Falling Skies for a fifth and final season, consisting of 10 episodes. The series, […]
Police May Have Found Corpse of Fugitive Billionaire Wanted in Sewol Disaster
by TONY KIM The exhaustive two-month manhunt to capture billionaire Yoo Byung-eun, the fugitive tycoon wanted in connection with the Sewol ferry disaster, may be coming to a close. South Korean police believe […]
Malaysian Airlines Tragedy Recalls Memories of 1983 Downed Korean Jet
by TONY KIM Even as many people greeted the news that Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was likely shot down by a surface-to-air missile with shock and horror, for some, the […]
North/South Talks Over Asian Games In Incheon Collapse
by TONY KIM Though sports is often seen as a way to offer nations in conflict a way of reaching across the aisle, a recent breakdown in talks between North and […]
Man With Knife Breaches JYP Headquarters, Demands Meeting with CEO
by TONY KIM Authorities arrested a 34-year-old man for trespassing into the JYP Entertainment main headquarters in Seoul yesterday and threatening its employees with a knife, according to South […]
NKorea Protests Chinese Video For ‘Compromising’ Kim Jong-un’s Dignity
by TONY KIM It has only been about a week since North Korea filed a U.N. complaint to ban The Interview, an American comedy about a producer and talk […]
Wanna Be A K-Pop Star? ‘K-Pop Star 4’ To Hold Auditions in Hawaii, Houston, NYC, Seattle And LA
by TONY KIM So you wanna be a K-pop star? For its fourth season, Korea’s popular reality contest K-Pop Star will hold auditions in the U.S. starting on July 29. […]
Student Survivors From Sewol Tragedy Demand Independent Inquiry
by TONY KIM About 30 Danwon High School student survivors of the Sewol tragedy marched 25 miles to Seoul’s National Assembly building from their classrooms to urge parliament to […]
Miss Korea 2014: ‘The Crown Feels Very Heavy’
by TONY KIM Today Ewha University student Kim Seo-yeon beat out 49 other contestants to be crowned this year’s Miss Korea at the Olympic Hall in Seoul, according to the […]
NKorea In World Cup Final, Says Fake News Clip That Further Distorts Public View Of Country
by TONY KIM On Saturday, YouTube channel Korea News Backup posted what appeared to be a North Korean news clip of its national team advancing to the World Cup […]
Why You Should Watch Korea’s Hip-Hop TV Contest ‘Show Me The Money’
by TONY KIM During the summer in2012, Korea’s popular music channel Mnet premiered an unprecedented survival music program centered solely on hip-hop, titled “Show Me The Money.” At this […]
Hawaii Husband-and-Wife Team With Unique Diving Expertise to Search for Sewol Victims
by TONY KIM A husband-and-wife team from Hawaii with expertise on revolutionary diving equipment will be joining the search efforts for the still missing bodies of the Sewol ferry […]
Choco Pie Goes Bye-bye at the Joint Industrial Complex in Kaesong
by TONY KIM North Korean authorities have reportedly ordered South Korean businesses to stop handing out Choco Pies to the North’s workers at the countries’ join industrial complex in Kaesong, according […]
