All posts tagged "topstories"

  • abe
    Protesters gather in downtown LA to speak against Abe during visit

    By Brian Han Hundreds of activists gathered on Friday outside the Biltmore hotel in downtown Los Angeles to protest Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s lack of an outright apology for Japan’s World War II actions regarding sexual slavery....

    • Posted May 1, 2015
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  • Seoul National University building (Courtesy of J. Marcelino via Flickr/Creative Commons)
    Grade ‘inflation’ rampant at top-tier S. Korean universities

    By Lee Kyung-min Nine out of ten university graduates received grades of at least B or above, a government study showed Thursday. Out of those who graduated in August last year and February this year, 90.9 percent...

    • Posted May 1, 2015
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  • TVXQ is greeted by fans at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday as they arrive for the 13th Korea Times Music Festival. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    They’re here! Flurry of KTMF stars arrive in LA

    By Tae Hong A flurry of stars arrived at Los Angeles International Airport’s international terminal Thursday for the 13th Korea Times Music Festival. Enthusiastic fans gathered to greet artists, whom they will see live at the Hollywood...

    • Posted April 30, 2015
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  • (According to a U.S. Census Bureau report)
    Koreans rank 5th among US Asian population

    By The Korea Times New York staff Koreans rank fifth among the U.S. Asian population with 1.76 million, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Wednesday in time for May, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage...

    • Posted April 30, 2015
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  • Baltimore looters destroyed a Korean-owned beauty supply store.
    Count of damaged Korean-owned Baltimore businesses rises to 40

    By The Korea Times Washington DC staff Area business owners are seeing the effects of unrest in Baltimore following the funeral of Freddie Gray this week. According to Korean American Grocers Association International and the Korean Society...

    • Posted April 30, 2015
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  • cool
    Cool to be No. 1 for KTMF

    Most performers expected to arrive today The two men of Korean band Cool, Kim Sung-soo and Lee Jae-hoon, were the first artists to touch down in Los Angeles Wednesday to perform at the 13th Korea Times Music...

    • Posted April 30, 2015
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  • Jason Park, left, and his friend business owner Sung Kang, second left, leave his damaged store, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in the aftermath of rioting following Monday's funeral for Freddie Gray, who died in police custody. The violence that started in West Baltimore on Monday afternoon had spread to East Baltimore and neighborhoods close to downtown and near Camden Yards. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
    Korean businesses no exception to damages from Baltimore riots

    By The Korea Times Washington DC staff As Baltimore faces the repercussions of two days of riots that followed the funeral of Freddie Gray, Korean American businesses in the city are finding losses alongside the rest of...

    • Posted April 29, 2015
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