All posts tagged "the United States"

  • Forward Kim Shin-wook helps up midfielder Park Jong-woo during the Korean national team’s 2-0 loss to the United States in Carson, Calif., Sunday (KST). (Yonhap)
    Two losses expose Korea’s lack of depth

    By Kim Tong-hyung After Korea looked listless in its defeat to the United States in their friendly match in California on Sunday, manager Hong Myung-bo chose to talk about the intangibles. That was understandable given that nothing...

    • Posted February 3, 2014
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  • Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival (Korea Times file)
    Lantern festivals promoted in North America

    By Chung Ah-young The Korean traditional lantern festival is likely to be lit up in more cities in North America as the Jinju city government of South Gyeongsang Province is promoting it as the nation’s iconic cultural...

    • Posted December 4, 2013
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  • Korean children pose at Korean language school based in Los Angeles in this photo taken in 1930. Ahn Hyung-joo, a Korean emigrant, donated this picture for a photo exhibition at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in the southwestern city of Gwangju. / Courtesy of Ahn Hyung-jo
    Professor preserving legacy of emigrants

    By Kang Hyun-kyung A photo exhibition featuring the lives of early Korean emigrants overseas opened Tuesday at Kim Dae-jung Convention Center located in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Professor Lim Chae-wan of Chonnam National University, who has...

    • Posted October 30, 2013
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  • Kim Dong-suk
    Activist devoted to boosting Korean-Americans’ rights

    By Jun Ji-hye Kim Dong-suk, founder of Korean American Civic Empowerment (KACE), believes that Korean-Americans should exercise their right to vote in the United States, as they are powerful enough to influence American society. “If Koreans living...

    • Posted October 16, 2013
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