All posts tagged "topstories"

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    LACMA receives $500 million in art from billionaire

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Former film producer and ex-Univision Communications Chairman and CEO Jerrold Perenchio announced today plans to bequeath a major portion of his extensive art collection to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art – the largest-ever art...

    • Posted November 7, 2014
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  • "A Little Yelp From My Friends" - Henry and Eliza discover that their most valuable office relationship might be their own after Saperstein mandates his employees to work on their interpersonal connectivity, on "Selfie," TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/John Fleenor)
    ABC cancels ‘Selfie’ due to low ratings

    ABC has officially cancelled “Selfie” due to low ratings. The show was unique In the sense that the American sitcom featured a romantic Asian male lead in Korean American John Cho, but the combined elements never piqued...

    • Posted November 7, 2014
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  • Korean Americans vote at a Koreatown location in Los Angeles Tuesday. (Park Sang-hyuk/The Korea Times)
    OC Korean American voter turnout increased twofold since June

    The number of Orange County Korean American voters who participated in Tuesday’s general elections increased about twofold since June primary elections. According to an Orange County Registrar of Voters official, the Korean American vote was heaviest in...

    • Posted November 7, 2014
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  • The construction site of the New York Korea Center on 32nd St. in Manhattan started in 2012 and was slated to be completed August 2014.
    In New York and Chicago, two Korea Centers on the wait

    By Tae Hong While Chicago Korean Americans prepare to dive into discussion for an imagined Korea Center in the city, a planned facility with the same name in Manhattan is growing weeds as it remains on hold...

    • Posted November 7, 2014
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  • The so-called special Sewol law, named after the 6,825-ton ferry that sank off the country's southwest coast on April 16, was passed on Friday. (Yonhap)
    National Assembly passes bills related to April ferry disaster

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The National Assembly on Friday passed a package of bills aimed at preventing a disaster similar to April’s ferry sinking that left more than 300 people dead or missing. Last week, the ruling and...

    • Posted November 7, 2014
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    US Army to replace permanent brigade in S. Korea with rotational unit

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — A U.S. Army brigade stationed in South Korea for nearly half a century will be deactivated and replaced by a rotational unit next year as part of efforts to increase efficiency...

    • Posted November 6, 2014
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  • Irvine Mayor Choi Seok-ho, left, and Orange County Supervisor Michelle Park Steel celebrate their general election victories Tuesday night. (Park Sang-hyuk/The Korea Times)
    Final tally is in: 18 Korean American candidates elected

    The final tally is in: Eighteen out of 26 Korean American candidates saw victory in Tuesday’s general elections. Notable among victors were Southern California candidates Young Kim, a Republican for the State Assembly’s 65th District, and Michelle...

    • Posted November 6, 2014
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