All posts tagged "flushing"

  • A Korean War commemoration and peace concert was held inside Promise Church in Flushing, N.Y., Saturday.
    NY youth foundation hosts Korean War anniversary concert

    A 65th Korean War anniversary commemoration and peace concert was held inside Promise Church in Flushing, N.Y., Saturday. Organized by the Korean American Youth Foundation and sponsored by the Korea Times, the concert gathered the New York...

    • Posted June 23, 2015
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  • Queens Korean man falls from ladder, dies

    A fall from a ladder while pruning a tree at a Flushing, Queens, parking lot June 8 killed a Korean American man. Identified as Kim, 64, the man was on a ladder working alone when he fell....

    • Posted June 17, 2015
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  • The 2015 Lunar New Year Parade in Flushing, N.Y., Saturday
    NY celebrates Lunar New Year

    By the Korea Times New York staff New Yorkers celebrated the Lunar New Year with a parade in Flushing, N.Y., Saturday. About 60 Korean Amerian organizations came out in celebration of the new year, with five floats...

    • Posted February 23, 2015
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  • A dancer performs during a press conference about Lunar New Year Festival 2015 at Flushing Town Hall.
    Flushing Town Hall in NY to host Lunar New Year Festival

    Flushing Town Hall in New York will host Lunar New Year Festival 2015 from Feb. 14-22. On Feb. 20, A joint Korean-Chinese dance performance featuring live music with traditional instruments from both countries will be put on,...

    • Posted February 5, 2015
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  • Lee Geum-an
    Queens vegetable stand owner to receive prime minister’s citation

    By The Korea Times New York staff A Queens vegetable stand owner with a big heart will receive a Prime Minister’s Citation. Lee Geum-an, 87, has run a vegetable stand in Flushing, N.Y., for 16 years, rain...

    • Posted January 9, 2015
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    Queens school with Asian-only kindergarten class reassigns students

    P.S. 159, the Queens elementary school accused of segregating its kindergarten class by race by parents, reassigned students to classrooms after administering an ESL test Thursday. In a meeting Thursday, Paul Didio, the school’s principal, announced the...

    • Posted September 12, 2014
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  • Lee Jong-hoon, 50, killed his family and himself and set his Queens apartment on fire Tuesday.
    Queens man who killed family and self left money for funeral, NYPD says

    The Queens man who killed his family and set fire to their apartment before taking his own life Tuesday left money for the family’s funeral, a New York Police Department source told The Korea Times. Cash was...

    • Posted September 11, 2014
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