All posts tagged "San Francisco"

  • Brandon A. Lee
    Korean Canadian appointed SF consul general

    Brandon A. Lee, a second-generation Korean Canadian, has been named Consul General of the Canadian office in San Francisco. Lee, 39, is a Toronto native who studied economics at Hamilton McMaster University before being scouted as a...

    • Posted September 1, 2015
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  • The Eyes Holds the Truth
    Japanese couple brings comfort women play to San Francisco

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff A play on atrocities on comfort women, as seen by a Japanese couple, will be staged in three San Francisco locations this week. “The Eye Holds the Truth” was written...

    • Posted August 28, 2015
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  • San Francisco and Seoul initiate sister cities cultural exchange program

    San Francisco and Seoul, sister cities since 1975, started a special program Tuesday to promote cultural exchange following an MOU by Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon and the city of San Francisco in September last year. Residents of...

    • Posted August 26, 2015
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  • A Taekwondo team will perform at San Francisco's Korean Day Cultural Festival Aug. 15.
    SF Korean festival to celebrate independence, community foundation

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff San Francisco looks to greet the 70th anniversary of Korean independence this Saturday with its annual Korean Day Cultural Festival, to be held in Union Square at 10 a.m. Put...

    • Posted August 12, 2015
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  • (Photo courtesy of Korean Education Center in San Francisco)
    Korean language teacher hopefuls find free lectures at SF education center

    San Francisco’s Korean Education Center is offering free lectures for hopeful Korean language teachers looking to get their certification until Aug. 29. Fifteen people attended a lecture Saturday taught by Stanford University Korean language lecturer Kim Hee-sun...

    • Posted August 4, 2015
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  • comfort
    SF Chinese American-led comfort women memorial to undergo vote

    San Francisco’s Chinese American community is leading an effort to erect a comfort women memorial statue in the city. The city’s Board of Supervisors will vote on a resolution urging the establishment of a comfort women memorial...

    • Posted July 21, 2015
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  • The groundbreaking ceremony for the San Francisco Korean War Memorial was held Saturday.
    SF Korean War memorial holds groundbreaking ceremony

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff The groundbreaking ceremony for San Francisco’s Korean War memorial kicked off the project at the corner of Lincoln Blvd. and Sheridan Avenue in the Presidio Saturday. “Korean people love peace,”...

    • Posted July 13, 2015
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