All posts tagged "library"

  • Local Korean and American community leaders, including Salinas Mayor Joe Gunter, fourth from left, and San Francisco Korean Consul General Han Dong-man, to his right, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sunday inside John Steinbeck Library to celebrate the opening of the Korean collection.
    Libraries continue welcoming Korean collections, latest in Salinas

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff A public library in Salinas, California, opened its Korean collection last week. Salinas Mayor Joe Gunter thanked the San Francisco Korean Consulate General for their help in the installation inside...

    • Posted November 18, 2015
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  • Representatives from the Korean Education Center of New York and Queens Library agreed Thursday to begin Korean language classes once a week at the library.
    Queens public library to begin free Korean classes

      The Korean Education Center of New York reached an agreement with Queens Library in Flushing Thursday to offer free Korean-language lessons once a week. Classes will begin Oct. 16 and be held every Friday from 4...

    • Posted October 9, 2015
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  • Queens Library and National Library of Korea leaders agreed on an MOU Thursday to bring Korea-related materials to Queens through 2019.
    Libraries sign MoU to expand Korean collection in Queens

    By the Korea Times New York staff Queens Library and the National Library of Korea shook hands on a Memorandum of Understanding Thursday to continue bringing Korean content to the “Window on Korea” collection in Queens, New...

    • Posted September 4, 2015
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  • Korean American student organization Shakespeare For All donated 1,300 books and $1,000 to YNOT's L.O.V.E. Library project in late July.
    Korean American students help effort to build LA juvenile center libraries

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff A Korean American student organization donated 1,300 books and $1,000 late last month to help build libraries in Los Angeles County juvenile detention centers. The organization, Shakespeare For All, has...

    • Posted August 10, 2015
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  • A look inside South Korea's new library, which houses more than 10,000 vinyl records. (Courtesy of
    [Fact] Public library of 10,000 vinyl records opens in S. Korea

      A huge public vinyl library has just opened in the South Korean capital of Seoul, containing 10,000 records, 3,000 books, every issue of Rolling Stone magazine published since 1967 and a performance space. Owned...

    • Posted May 29, 2015
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    Free online library launched for Korean language study

    The Overseas Koreans Foundation says the service will make 7,060 ebooks available for viewing on PCs, smartphones and tablets. A free ebook library for Korean language study to help educators and students has been launched, the Overseas...

    • Posted January 5, 2015
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  • The first Korean Culture Festival in Millbrae.
    Millbrae library near SF celebrates opening of Korean section

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff Spreading Korean culture — Korean cool, as some would call it — isn’t just about music and TV dramas. The Korean government thinks books about Korea should get some love,...

    • Posted October 21, 2014
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