All posts tagged "topstories"

  • crab
    Exploring beyond Korean BBQ: 5 K-foods you must try, part 1

    K-Town food junkie’s list By Tae Hong Korean food is all the rage nowadays, with attention from magazines, food critics and chefs being showered on staples like kimchi and gochujang, but there’s something about the standard go-to...

    • Posted June 5, 2015
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  • yang
    How Hollywood stylist Jeanne Yang made it to the top

    By Tae Hong Jeanne Yang is the woman who will greet you inside a Beverly Hills cafe in a big blue hat, who will casually remember dressing Jake Gyllenhaal — “Oh, yes, that was yesterday.” — before...

    • Posted June 5, 2015
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  • Founder and CEO of Youth Hope Summit celebrates with Hobart Boulevard Elementary School students on June 3, 2015 after a charitable shoe give away for low-income families. (Korea Times)
    14-year-old Amy Jang brings hope to low-income LA families with shoe giveaway

    By Brian Han LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Spirits were soaring in the Hobart Boulevard Elementary School auditorium Wednesday with over a hundred students waiting in anticipation for their name to be called out. Youth Hope Summit (YHS),...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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  • (Newsis)
    More than 1,300 quarantined in S. Korea to stop MERS

    By Kim Se-jeong More than 1,300 people have been quarantined in their homes or at hospitals and medical facilities after coming into contact with confirmed or suspected sufferers of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). This is 500...

    • Posted June 3, 2015
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  • A woman wearing a mask as a precaution against the MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, virus uses her smartphone on the street in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Travel concerns over MERS hits LA Korean American community

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff As the number of confirmed MERS cases in South Korea grows to 30, travel concerns have hit the Los Angeles Korean American community. The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak has...

    • Posted June 3, 2015
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  • Jason Pak, left, and President Barack Obama at TPC Potomac golf club Saturday.
    Vet reunites with Obama on DC golf course

    On Saturday afternoon at TPC Potomac golf club near Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama appeared on the field manning a golf cart. With an outstretched hand, Obama offered a hello to war veteran Jason Pak, 24, who...

    • Posted June 2, 2015
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  • MERS class
    Up to 209 schools closed to prevent spread of MERS

      UPDATED (Yonhap) — Up to 209 schools in South Korea are either closed or plan to shut down temporarily to prevent the spread of a deadly virus that has killed two South Koreans, officials said Tuesday....

    • Posted June 2, 2015
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