All posts tagged "Los Angeles"

  • Korea Culture & Heritage Society New York President Lee Chun-beom, left, and Los Angeles President Lee Jin-soo, right (Photo courtesy of the Korea Culture & Heritage Society)
    LA, NY Korean culture org heads agree on partnership

    Los Angeles and New York are coming together for the promotion and education of Korean tradition and culture. The two heads of each city’s Korean culture and heritage society came to an agreement this weekend for mutual...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • Yuna Kim
    Kim Yuna talks about overcoming hardship, Special Olympics

    By Tae Hong Kim Yuna, South Korean queen of figure skating, gave a speech inside Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles Monday for the Doha GOALS Forum. The much-decorated, now-retired 25-year-old athlete spoke of her ordeals on and...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • Los Angeles city councilman of the fourth district David Ryu
    Month after elections, LA Councilman David Ryu gets straight to work

    By Brian Han By now certain parts of Los Angeles Councilman David Ryu’s story are out in the open. He’s the first Korean American to be elected to the city’s council — it was official on June...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • BTS performs "The Red Bullet III" inside Club Nokia in Los Angeles Sunday. (Angelina Widener/Korea Times)
    BTS brings K-pop energy to LA in last leg of tour

    By Tae Hong A sold-out “The Red Bullet III” concert starring BTS, the red-hot K-pop act of the moment, seemed to begin even before the doors opened, with hundreds of fans chanting, “BTS! BTS! BTS!” outside Club...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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    BTS to complete US tour in LA this weekend

    By Tae Hong BTS, one of K-pop’s hottest acts of the year, will conclude their U.S. tour, “Episode II: The Red Bullet,” inside Club Nokia at 7 p.m. in Los Angeles Sunday. The seven-member boy band, hot...

    • Posted July 24, 2015
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  • The Special Olympics torch run passed through Koreatown in Los Angeles Thursday. Retired policeman Park Noh-hyun, center, and Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, third from right, were among those who came out for a cultural celebration in front of Da Wool Jung. (Choi Kyung-geun/Korea Times)
    Special Olympics torch run passes through Koreatown

    By Park Ju-yeon The Special Olympics torch, the Flame of Hope, passed through Koreatown Thursday during its final run before the games kick off Saturday. The torch saw both the Korean Bell of Friendship in San Pedro...

    • Posted July 24, 2015
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  • The proposed Korean American National Museum, to stand at 601
    Architectural plans for LA Korean American National Museum unveiled

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff The architectural master plan for the Korean American National Museum in Los Angeles were revealed Tuesday inside Koreatown’s Oxford Palace Hotel. The seven-story building will be located at the corner...

    • Posted July 22, 2015
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