All posts tagged "topstories"

  • The Korean American Presbyterian Church of Queens in New York handed out fruit baskets to local shelters and organizations in time for the holidays Thursday.
    NY Korean American community begins holiday sharing

    By The Korea Times New York staff The New York Korean American community is joining in on end-of-the-year charity efforts. The Korean American Presbyterian Church of Queens delivered 150 fruit baskets to about 20 local fire stations,...

    • Posted December 14, 2015
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  • A police officer stands guard Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo following an explosion in its public restroom. Police in Tokyo have arrested a South Korean man suspected of causing an explosion last month at the controversial shrine in Tokyo that honors Japanese war dead. The 27-year-old Jeon Chang-han was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 9 after he returned to Tokyo from South Korea for voluntary questioning, police officials said. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
    Korean arrested in Japan on suspicions of Yasukuni bombing

    TOKYO/SEOUL (Yonhap) — Japanese police arrested a South Korean man for a suspected bombing in a public restroom at a Tokyo war shrine last month, local media reported Wednesday. The 27-year-old suspect, identified only by his surname...

    • Posted December 9, 2015
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  • BBCN, Wilshire Bank
    No. 1 and No. 2 Korean American banks BBCN and Wilshire to merge

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Weeks following an announcement by BBCN Bancorp, the largest Korean American bank, that it had received a merger proposal by No. 3-largest Hanmi Bank, BBCN said Sunday it will merge...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
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  • Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo
    Ahn Cheol-soo issues ultimatum to Moon Jae-in

    By Kim Hyo-jin Former opposition leader Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo indicated Sunday that he will leave the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) if it fails to accept his demand to hold a national convention in order to...

    • Posted December 6, 2015
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  • South Korean protesters attend an anti-government rally in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. Wearing white half-masks and carrying flowers and banners, thousands of South Koreans marched in Seoul on Saturday against conservative President Park Geun-hye, who had compared masked protesters to terrorists after clashes with police broke out at a rally last month. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Protesters hold massive anti-gov’t rally without clash with police

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Tens of thousands of protesters held a massive rally Saturday to protest the government’s move to adopt state history textbooks and push for labor reform and it ended without any clashes with police. The...

    • Posted December 6, 2015
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  • San Bernardino Police Lt. Mike Madden who was one one of the first officers on scene describes his experience during a press conference near the site of yesterday's mass shooting on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 in San Bernardino, Calif. A husband and wife on Wednesday, dressed for battle and carrying assault rifles and handguns, opened fire on a holiday banquet for his co-workers, killing at least 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in a precision assault, authorities said. Hours later, the couple died in a shootout with police. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
    Woman in California shooting pledged allegiance to ISIS

    SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The woman who helped her husband kill 14 people at a holiday banquet for his county co-workers pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and its leader on Facebook, a U.S. law...

    • Posted December 4, 2015
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  • pop
    US Korean population rises 11.3 percent in five years

    By Kim Chul-soo The Korean population in the United States has risen by 11.3 percent in the last five years to more than 1.45 million as of 2014, according to a report by the American Community Survey....

    • Posted December 3, 2015
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