All posts tagged "new jersey"

  • Korean American beauty supply industry leaders in the Northeast U.S. gathered Monday to form NFBS.
    NE Korean American beauty supply leaders form new council

    Korean American leaders of the beauty supply industry in the Northeast region came together Monday to form a new council. Seven organizations, including the Beauty Supply Association of Greater New York and those from New Jersey, Washington,...

    • Posted April 21, 2015
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  • Firefighters go back into the church to check on its condition. The roof of the Korean Union United Methodist Church collapsed during services for the Manantial De Vida Church, Sunday, April 5, 2015, in Rahway, NJ. One person was seriously injured; about a dozen others had minor injuries. The injured people reportedly were members of a separate congregation that rents out space at the church. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, Aristide Economopoulos)
    Ceiling collapses, injures 14 inside New Jersey Korean church

    Fourteen people were hurt during Easter service after a ceiling caved inside Korean Union United Methodist Church in Rahway, N.J., Sunday. According to police, the injured — who were renting out the church from a separate congregation...

    • Posted April 6, 2015
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  • Park Sung-mi, second from left, donated toward the Korean Medical Program's Community Bridge Fund Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of KMP)
    Community fund to help Korean American patients saves lives in NJ

    Last December, a single mother raising a daughter found out she had ovarian cancer. The woman, a 50-year-old immigrant from South Korea identified only as A, spoke no English, had no money for surgery and could not...

    • Posted March 20, 2015
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  • Actor Cha In-pyo
    Actor Cha In-pyo to speak at NJ charity fundraising dinner

    South Korean actor Cha In-pyo will give the keynote speech at The Beautiful Foundation USA’s 9th annual dinner on May 21 at Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe in New Jersey. Cha, a top actor whose works include dramas...

    • Posted March 10, 2015
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  • edgewater
    Korean American community steps up to help victims of Edgewater fire

    A devastating fire broke out at the luxury Avalon apartment complex in Edgewater, N.J., Wednesday, dislocating about 500 residents — about 100 of them Korean American — and destroying 240 homes out of 408. The local Korean...

    • Posted January 23, 2015
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    Boonsik is the newest Korean cuisine craze in NY

    By the Korea Times New York staff If South Korea had a comfort food, it would be boonsik. And it’s the newest Korean cuisine craze in New York and New Jersey. More than 20 specialty boonsik restaurants...

    • Posted January 7, 2015
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  • June Chang
    NJ appoints its first-ever Korean American superintendent of schools

    New Jersey will see its first-ever Korean American superintendent of schools come March 1, 2015. According to NJ.com, June Chang, 34, was appointed the next superintendent of the Summit Public Schools by the Summit Board of Education...

    • Posted November 28, 2014
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