All posts tagged "police"

  • Samuel Lee, third from left, and Jay Kim (Korea Times / Park Sang-hyuk) (Korea Times / Park Sang-hyuk)
    Two more Korean Americans become police officers in LA

    LOS ANGELES – Becoming a police officer is an increasingly popular career option for Korean Americans in Los Angeles, as two more graduated from the Los Angeles Police Academy and Los Angeles Airport Police Academy last Friday. Samuel...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • The fast response unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency trains against riots at a command inspection in Seoul on Feb. 23, 2016, testing their preparedness against violent protests, road occupation and other scenarios. (Yonhap)
    Police train against riots

    (PHOTO NEWS) — The fast response unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency trains against riots at a command inspection in Seoul on Feb. 23, 2016, testing their preparedness against violent protests, road occupation and other scenarios.

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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  • taekwondo
    Taekwondo gold medalist becomes cop

    By Kim Bo-eun Former taekwondo gold medalist is starting the second chapter of her life as a police officer. Kim Seung-hee, 28, became one of the former or competing athletes hired as martial arts specialist police officers...

    • Posted February 21, 2016
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    S. Korean police to take stronger measures in upcoming rally despite casualties

    By Brian Han Just a few weeks ago, a 69-year-old South Korean farmer got hit with a police water cannon during a massive protest rendering him unconscious. Medical reports later revealed that he suffered from a brain hemorrhage...

    • Posted November 30, 2015
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  • Garden Grove Police Department Korean community liaison Yoo Tae-kyung will leave his post 26 years after entering the office in 1989.
    26-year vet of OC police dept to retire

    By The Korea Times Orange County staff A veteran Korean community liaison of the Garden Grove Police Department, Yoo Tae-kyung, will retire at the end of this month, ending a 26-year career at the Koreatown office. Yoo...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015 file photo, bullet holes are pictured around a window on the back side of the house after an intervention of security forces against a group of extremists in Saint-Denis, near Paris. A woman wearing an explosive suicide vest blew herself up Wednesday as heavily armed police tried to storm a suburban Paris apartment where the suspected mastermind of last week's attacks was believed to be holed up, police said. While most suicide bombers are men, Islamic militant groups have occasionally deployed women to carry out such attacks. Long before the rise of Islamic radicalism, women suicide bombers were used by leftist and separatist groups in the Arab and beyond. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
    Suspected Paris killings mastermind killed in police raid

    PARIS (AP) — The Belgian extremist suspected of masterminding the deadly attacks in Paris died along with his cousin when police stormed a suburban apartment building, French officials said Thursday, a day after the chaotic, bloody raid....

    • Posted November 19, 2015
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  • Police lieutenant Song Jun-han plays the guitar on a street near Hongik University, Seoul. (Yonhap)
    Good News: S. Korean police officer guides troubled youth through music

    By Chung Hyun-chae Police lieutenant Song Jun-han has been using his musical talent to prevent school violence and guide troubled children onto the right path since 2012. “One of my colleagues asked me to donate my ability...

    • Posted November 3, 2015
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