All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • The Korean Heritage Room inside the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning
    A Joseon era-style classroom has arrived at the University of Pittsburgh

    By The Korea Times New York staff A Joseon era-style Korean lecture room taken from the old educational institution Sungkyunkwan has arrived in the least likely of places — the University of Pittsburgh. The university opened the...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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  • FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 file photo, Adraa Taleb holds the hand of her maternal cousin Haidar Mustafa, three, who was wounded in Thursday's twin suicide bombings, as he sleeps on a bed at the Rasoul Aazam Hospital in Burj al-Barajneh, southern Beirut, Lebanon. Haidar's parents Hussein and Leila were killed in the blast as they were parking their car when one of two suicide attackers blew himself up in a southern Beirut suburb near their vehicle. Within hours of the Paris attacks last week that left 129 dead, outrage and sympathy flooded social media feeds and filled the airwaves. Commenting on the public outpouring of support and anger following the Paris attacks, Lebanese blogger Joey Ayoub accused the media and world leaders of caring less about deaths in Beirut in IS attacks than deaths in Paris at the hands of the same group. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
    As world mourns Paris, many in Mideast see double-standard

    BAGHDAD (AP) — Within hours of last week’s Paris attacks, as outrage and sympathy flooded his social media feeds and filled the airwaves, Baghdad resident Ali al-Makhzomy updated his Facebook cover photo to read “solidarity” — and...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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  • South Korean riot police officers spray water cannons as police officers try to break up protesters trying to march to the Presidential House after a rally against government's policy in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. Police fired tear gas and water cannons Saturday as they clashed with anti-government demonstrators who marched through Seoul in what was believed to be the largest protest in South Korea's capital in more than seven years.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Blame game ensues after S. Korean protest goes violent

    By Lee Kyung-min Tension is escalating between police and protesters over who should be held accountable for Saturday’s rally that left one protestor unconscious and more than 140 people injured ― 113 police officers and 29 rally...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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  • A crowd cheers during Radio Seoul's Youth Talent Show Saturday night at center stage inside Seoul International Park during the 42nd Los Angeles Korean Festival. (Korea Times)
    Korean is the 5th most-used language in LA, 4th in OC

    Korean is the sixth most-used non-English language in the United States, according to new American Community Survey data. In Los Angeles County, which houses the largest Korean population outside of Korea, Korean was the fourth-most used non-English...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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  • comfort women
    Toronto gets comfort woman statue

    The third comfort women Korean girl statue in North America will be installed in Toronto, Canada. According to the city of Hwaseong in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, a replica of the statue — which stands in Glendale,...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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  • justin kim, model
    America’s Next Top Model Justin Kim trying to change ‘Asian male’ image

    By Brian Han Misrepresentation of Asian males in American pop culture is becoming more of a trending topic these days even though it has been going on for decades (see Mickey Rooney’s portrayal of his character Mr....

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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  • (Korea Times file)
    US adult smoker rate drops to an all-time low of 17%

    The rate of adults who smoke cigarettes in the United States has dropped to 16.8 percent, the lowest in recorded history. According to a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Sunday, numbers from last...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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