All posts tagged "Los Angeles"

  • KAF, festival, korean festival
    LA Korean Festival is less than 3 weeks away!

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Seoul International Park in Koreatown, Los Angeles, will buzz again this year with culture, food and music for the Los Angeles Korean Festival, coming Oct. 1 to 4. According to...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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  • A woman fills her car up with gas in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 2015. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    Good News: Dipping US gas prices projected to reach $2 mark

    By Brian Han Pump prices around the U.S. are dipping below three dollars in some states and analysts predict it might keep moving in that direction. Goldman Sachs slashed its forecasts from $57 a barrel to $47...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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  • drugs, pastor
    LA pastor helps young Korean Americans fight drug addiction

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a blue-and-white church on the outskirts of Los Angeles’ Koreatown, pastor Young Ho Han is trying to lift the veil on a problem silently afflicting his community: drug abuse among young Korean...

    • Posted September 4, 2015
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  • Ma, proof bakery
    Atwater fave Proof Bakery’s Na Young Ma is ready for the next step

    By Tae Hong A little less than two decades ago, a fresh-out-of-college grad landed a job as a night baker for a New York wholesale bakery desperate for any job, even if this one meant 10 p.m....

    • Posted September 4, 2015
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  • Madang Plaza on Tuesday (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    LA K-Town Madang Plaza becomes Tuesday traffic nightmare

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Los Angeles Koreatown’s hottest spot every Tuesday has become the unlikely — and what many are calling infuriatingly crowded — Madang Plaza. Hives of cars flood onto Manhattan Place from...

    • Posted September 3, 2015
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  • Los Angeles' jobber market located in the downtown fashion district (Korea Times file)
    [LA Times] The fight to keep Korean businesses in L.A.

      When Daejae Kim arrived in Los Angeles three decades ago, he took his first step into the apparel business in downtown’s fashion district, where a budding Korean entrepreneurial community was beginning to take...

    • Posted September 2, 2015
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  • CoCo Avenue won the Los Angeles regionals of the K-pop World Festival 2015, to be held in Changwon, South Korea, next month. (Yonhap)
    Singing duo wins LA regionals of K-pop World Festival

    The Los Angeles regionals of the annual K-pop World Festival — a competition held by the Korean government, KBS and the city of Changwon, South Korea, which gathers talents from around the globe — found a winner...

    • Posted September 1, 2015
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