All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    LG Electronics wins 7 best product honors in US

    (Yonhap) — South Korean home appliances giant LG Electronics Inc. announced that seven of its products have won this year’s awards for the best performances from a U.S. reviewer Tuesday. The company said its products, including an...

    • Posted November 9, 2015
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  • Korean Catholic young adults from Fortes in Fide volunteered at St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store in downtown L.A. on Saturday morning. The sales from SVdP’s two area thrift stores pay for programs that help homeless and low-income people. (Courtesy of St. Vincent de Paul of Los Angeles / Kay Hwangbo)
    Young Korean Americans volunteer at LA thrift store to help the poor

    In a sign that the Korean immigrant community is becoming more involved with the wider community, a Korean American young professionals group volunteered at the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store Saturday. Profits from the downtown Los Angeles...

    • Posted November 9, 2015
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  • The screen image from Facebook.com shows the Facebook page of President Barack Obama. Obama wants you to like him. And comment on him. And share his posts, too. The president now has his own personal Facebook page. "President Obama, public figure" went live Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. (Facebook.com via AP)
    President Obama launches Facebook page

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants you to like him. And comment on him. And share his posts, too. Obama launched his own personal Facebook page Monday, in a fresh attempt from the social media-savvy president...

    • Posted November 9, 2015
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    Korean schoolgirl’s cover of Adele’s ‘Hello’ surpasses 7 mln views

    It has been five days since, the YouTube video of a South Korean schoolgirl covering Adele’s latest single “Hello” was released. Over that period of time, its view count has vaulted over seven million as of Monday...

    • Posted November 9, 2015
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    Koreatown DUIs rank 2nd in LA

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Koreatown has one of the highest DUI arrest numbers in Los Angeles, according to data from the Los Angeles Police Department. The Olympic division, which includes Koreatown, has the second-most...

    • Posted November 9, 2015
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  • Sharon Shin Grandview High School 11th Grade
    Like a US Navy SEAL: Developing Mental Toughness

    Trapped underwater with a tremendous force thrashing you around, depleting oxygen inside your body, tearing off your goggles, and tangling your breathing equipment into knots, you would feel the urge to come up to the surface and...

    • Posted November 9, 2015
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  • A brand display inside a Korean grocery store in Los Angeles
    LA Korean grocers move to brand displays, regional specialties

    By Park Ji-hye Los Angeles Korean grocers are in the midst of departing from demonstration stands to offer instead bigger display booths and regional specialties. While demonstration stands promote less than 15 items, the on-trend displays take...

    • Posted November 9, 2015
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