All posts tagged "koreatown"

  • Los Angeles' Koreatown is a popular destination for those visiting from South Korea. (Korea Times file)
    LA’s Koreatown deemed hot spot by NY Times

    The New York Times recently covered Los Angeles’ Koreatown to showcase the area’s diverse food offerings, thriving nightlife and cultural amenities. Featured in the video is Wi Spa where Conan O’Brien and actor Steven Yeun both shared...

    • Posted February 13, 2015
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  • Left to right: 4men's Kim Won-joo and Shin Yong-jae, Vibe's Yoon Min-soo and Ryu Jae-hyun. (Tae Hong/Korea Times)
    Vibe, 4men aim to spread K-soul through V-Day concert at the Wiltern

    By Tae Hong The Wiltern in Los Angeles’ Koreatown will be all about love Saturday as it hosts South Korea’s top ballad groups, R&B crooners Vibe and 4men. The Valentine’s Day show, titled “Balla-dream” and presented by...

    • Posted February 12, 2015
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  • La Defence
    [LA Times] Wesson turns against Koreatown karaoke bar he once favored

      The Koreatown karaoke bar known as La Defence is facing a heap of trouble. A city zoning administrator has concluded the Wilshire Boulevard nightspot is such a drain on police resources, and...

    • Posted February 10, 2015
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  • Police investigate the Koreatown apartment where a man allegedly murdered his parents then committed suicide. (Courtesy of KABC)
    LA family victim of murder-suicide in Koreatown apartment

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The Los Angeles County coroner’s office today released the names of two of the three people found dead over the weekend inside a Koreatown apartment, where a double murder-suicide is believed to have occurred. One of...

    • Posted February 2, 2015
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  • Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, center, kneeling, talks with a homeless couple sleeping under a bridge during the Point In Time Homeless Census, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Miami. The couple agreed to be sent to a shelter for the night. As part of a federal push, Miami-Dade County is aiming to end veteran homelessness by 2015, and chronic homelessness by 2016. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
    Los Angeles to begin three-day homeless count

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Thousands of volunteers will fan out across the San Gabriel Valley and eastern reaches of Los Angeles County tonight to begin a three-day effort to count homeless people in the county. Over the...

    • Posted January 27, 2015
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  • A photo of Ms. Cho's winning lottery ticket. (Korea Times file)
    The Cho-sen One: Koreatown woman wins $920K with quick pick lottery ticket

    A Korean woman surnamed Cho recently won $920,000 from the California State Lottery’s Mega Millions. Cho bought a five dollar quick pick lottery ticket from a 7-Eleven convenience store located in Los Angeles’ Koreatown on the corner...

    • Posted January 15, 2015
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  • Glendale's comfort woman statue (Yonhap)
    LA Koreatown looks to install comfort women statue

    By Kim Chul-soo An effort to install a “comfort women” statue in Los Angeles’ Koreatown is underway. A fundraising campaign to erect a memorial similar to one of a young Korean comfort woman in Glendale, Calif., will...

    • Posted January 12, 2015
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