All posts tagged "Illinois"

  • chicago
    Chicago adopts comfort women resolution

    The city of Chicago adopted a resolution to recognize the need to spread awareness about human rights issues concerning the comfort women from World War II. City Councilman Alderman Margaret Laurino, who presented the resolution, plans to...

    • Posted August 6, 2015
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  • (Korea Times)
    University of Illinois student dies after fall from parking garage roof

    By The Korea Times Chicago staff The fatal fall of a student from a parking garage roof Saturday has shocked the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. The student, identified as Jae Seo, 23, was pronounced dead by...

    • Posted May 22, 2015
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  • A funnel cloud crosses south Perryville Road on Thursday, April 9, 2015, south of Interstate 39 in Rockford, Ill. (AP Photo/Rockford Register Star, Max Gersh)
    2 dead, more than a dozen hurt in Illinois town after tornado

    FAIRDALE, Ill. (AP) — Supercell thunderstorms produced a large tornado that touched down Thursday night in northern Illinois, killing two women and injuring more than a dozen in one tiny community as severe weather pummeled the Midwest....

    • Posted April 10, 2015
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  • byun
    Byun Jin-seop performs in Chicago to help build Korea Center

    Chicago welcomed South Korean pop singer Byun Jin-seop to Skokie Performing Arts Center Saturday as he performed to help raise funds to build a Korea Center in the city. The concert, held by the Korean American Association...

    • Posted January 21, 2015
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    Illinois car crash kills 3 including Korean nun

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Edward Carthans, 81, was seen slumped over his steering wheel by witnesses before his Ford truck ran through an intersection and collided with four other cars in Evergreen Park, Illinois....

    • Posted October 7, 2014
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