All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Princeton University's Nassau Hall (Courtesy of James Loesch via Flickr/Creative Commons)
    Feds rule Princeton did not discriminate against Asian Americans

    PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — The federal Department of Education has declared that there is no evidence that Princeton University discriminates against Asian and Asian American applicants. The university on Wednesday released a letter dated Sept. 9 from...

    • Posted September 23, 2015
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  • The 2014 Korean Parade on Olympic Boulevard (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    Los Angeles Korean Parade to kick off Oct. 3

    For the 42nd year, a fleet of cars, floats and marching bands will make their way down Olympic Boulevard in Koreatown, Los Angeles, for the Korean Parade. To be held Oct. 3 at 3 p.m., the parade...

    • Posted September 23, 2015
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  • American citizen Arthur Patterson accused of murdering a South Korean college student in 1997 is extradited to South Korea at Incheon airport, west of Seoul, on Sept. 23, 2015. He is suspected of stabbing a college student, identified by his surname Cho, multiple times at a Burger King in the popular foreigner district of Itaewon in central Seoul. (Yonhap)
    ‘Itaewon murder’ suspect extradited to Seoul

    By Kim Se-jeong A U.S. citizen accused of murdering a Korean college student in 1997 has been extradited to Seoul, officials said. The Ministry of Justice said Arthur Patterson, 35, who is suspected of stabbing the student,...

    • Posted September 22, 2015
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  • Jihyun Woo Gretchen Whitney High 11th grade
    Sleep For Memory

    Everyone, especially students, has experienced firsthand the negative effects of sleep deprivation on proximate performance and thought processes. Immediate effects of sleep are very evident. However, what not everyone may know is that sleep is also essential...

    • Posted September 22, 2015
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  • hyundai, hopes on wheels
    Hyundai Motor commended by US Congress for childhood anti-cancer campaign

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s largest automaker, has been officially commended by the U.S. Congress for its 17-year-long campaign to raise awareness of childhood cancer and finance the development of medicine and treatment. The Congressional...

    • Posted September 22, 2015
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  • ope Francis talks with President Barack Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. The Pope is spending three days in Washington before heading to New York and Philadelphia. This is the Pope's first visit to the United States. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    Pope Francis arrives in US, faces a polarized country

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Pope Francis arrived Tuesday on the first visit of his life to the United States, bringing his “church of the poor” to the world’s wealthiest superpower and a country polarized over issues closest to...

    • Posted September 22, 2015
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  • Korean Culture School students learn taekwondo under volunteers Saturday in Bethesda near Washington, D.C.
    DC-area culture school begins for Korean adoptees

    By The Korea Times Washington DC staff Korean Culture School is back in session for fall for 200 Washington, D.C., area locals. Put on by ASIA Families, an organization for Korean adoptees and families, classes began Saturday...

    • Posted September 22, 2015
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