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[L.A. TIMES] Harvest festival gives Korean Angelenos a taste of home

September 22, 2014
Spectators watch the Korean Parade Saturday in Los Angeles' Koreatown. (The Korea Times)

Spectators watch the Korean Parade Saturday in Los Angeles’ Koreatown. (The Korea Times)

[LOS ANGELES TIMES] Sunday was the last day of the 41st annual Los Angeles Korean Festival, billed as the largest event of its kind outside South Korea. 

Tae Jun Chang was selling seafood from Jeollanam-do. He said he attended a similar festival in New York, but it was not nearly as successful as this one regularly is.

“The elderly people from Koreatown come here to get things from home,” he said. “And the teenagers like to check out the main stage and see what new music is coming out of Korea.” [READ MORE]