All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • San Francisco Consul General Han Dong-man visited a Monterey Korean school as a one-day teacher Saturday.
    SF consul general serves as special instructor at Korean school

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff Students at a Monterey Korean school had a special instructor in the building Saturday — San Francisco Consul General Han Dong-man. Han gave a lecture on Korea-U.S. relations to students...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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    Korean orgs form national anti-domestic violence coalition

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Seven Korean American non-profit organizations dealing with domestic violence services from around the country have formed an unprecedented alliance. Operated in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Austin,...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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  • Pedestrians walk along Grant Avenue in San Francisco's Chinatown. The neighborhood is the birthplace of Chinese America, and to some extent, the broader Asian America that descended from immigration over the Pacific Ocean throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
    [The New Yorker] The two Asian Americas

      In 1928, an Indian immigrant named Vaishno Das Bagai rented a room in San Jose, turned on the gas, and ended his life. He was thirty-seven. He had come to San Francisco thirteen years...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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  • Korean Society of Boston President Kim Kyung-won
    Boston Korean society regains non-profit status

    Boston’s Korean association has finally regained its non-profit status. The Korean Society of Boston previously lost its non-profit status after issues with its tax filings. After saying goodbye to its former name, the Korean Society of New...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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    Samsung smartwatch selling out across S. Korea

    By Brian Han The Samsung Gear S2 smartwatches are flying off the shelves in South Korea thanks to high consumer demand for wearable technology. Part of the early concern for the product revolved around Tizen, Samsung’s proprietary...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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  • North Korean family member Sin Kyong Muk, 82, is carried by his South Korean niece's husband Jeong Wu-il, 55, on his back during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP)
    More laughter than tears for Korean families at cross-border reunions

    MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea (Yonhap) — A warmer mood was palpable Wednesday at the North Korean mountain resort where Koreans are meeting their long-separated families from the other side of the border. On the second day of...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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    DC leadership conference to gather Korean American leaders

    Korean American leaders from 17 states and from South Korea will gather Oct. 23 and 24 in Washington, D.C., for a leadership conference. Guests and speakers expected at the CKA National Summit & Gala include United Nations...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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