All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • LA independent festival
    LA Korean independence festival coming this weekend

    Seoul International Park in Koreatown, Los Angeles, will host a three-day festival for the 70th anniversary of Korean independence from Aug. 14 to 16. The event, themed “A Taegeuki wave from Los Angeles to Dokdo,” is co-hosted...

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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  • Jjawang
    Jjawang coming to US next month

    Jjawang, the new king of black bean noodles in South Korea, is headed to Korean specialty markets in the United States next month. According to producer Nongshim America last week, the noodles have been approved for import....

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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  • The 20th Chicago Korean Festival unfolded this weekend. (Korea Times)
    Chicago holds 20th Korean Festival

    By The Korea Times Chicago staff Bryn Mawr Avenue in Chicago was awash in music, fun and food this weekend for the 20th Chicago Korean Festival. First organized by the Chicago Korean American Chamber of Commerce in...

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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  • From left: Locals Kim Min-ho, Baek Pil-hyun, Baek Hye-soon, daughter Baek Seung-ri stand in front of an arch made of whale bones.
    Korea Times Project, part 2: Growing Korean American community in Alaska

    By Kim Hyung-jae BARROW, ALASKA – Alaska — the Great Land, the Last Frontier — is the unlikely home to a growing Korean American community. The Korean population here started in the 1950s and ’60s with Korean war...

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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  • Volunteers of Korean Meals on Wheels
    DC-area Korean Meals on Wheels in need of volunteers

    By The Korea Times Washington DC staff Korean Meals on Wheels, a service under the Central Senior Center in Washington, D.C., that provides food to seniors, is facing a growing number of seniors who need its services...

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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  • In this Aug. 9, 2015, photo provided by the Defense Ministry, South Korean army soldiers patrol near the scene of a blast inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea. Vowing to hit back, South Korea said Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, that North Korean soldiers laid the three mines that exploded last week at the border and maimed two South Korean soldiers. (The Defense Ministry via AP)
    S. Korea issues full alert on border for N. Korean attacks

    South Korea officially issued a full alert on its border following a mine explosion in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that left two soldiers in critical condition. The country placed the responsibility on North Korea and demanded an...

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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  • (Yonhap)
    The trophy is nice, but S. Korean football still lacks scorers

    By John Duerden The trophy is nice to win, but not that important in the grand scheme of things. What matters more is how the week in the Middle Kingdom helped the team progress and improve for...

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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