Korean-American News

Master-servant relationship in sexual harassment . MAY 18, 2013 08:15. . The entire nation was reeling of the 'Yoon Chang-jung sex scandal' throughout this past week.

A Korean group is asking school officials in Fort Lee, Leonia and Palisades Park to use textbooks that refer to the "Sea of Japan" as "The East Sea," according to a report on northjersey.com. The Korean-American Association of New Jersey has presented 1,500 signatures in favor of the name change to school officials in the three towns, according to ... (more)

The Korean-American Association of New Jersey is making a push for school districts with large Korean student populations to use textbooks that refer to the Sea of Japan as the East Sea as well.

KNOWN for innovative and ground-breaking products and services, Globe Telecom recently launched Globe DUO Korea, an international inbound calling offer for Koreans in the Philippines.

Tensions between China and Japan have diminished since last year's spats over a remote island chain, but recent remarks by a Japanese mayor has sparked another round of political wrangling.

On the 24th floor of Century Plaza Towers, in his office at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, attorney Hyongsoon Kim enjoys expansive views of West L.A. and the Pacific Ocean but revels in what's closer to hand: a mess of legal briefs, boxes and court documents strewn about the room.

North Korea says an American citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labor has begun serving his sentence.

A South Korean presidential spokesman who was fired after inappropriately touching a woman during a U.S. trip blames a "cultural difference" with America.

A South Korean presidential spokesman who was fired after inappropriately touching a woman during a U.S. trip blames a "cultural difference" with America.

The sexual assault scandal involving dismissed presidential spokesperson Yoon Chang-jung escalated Tuesday as new reports and witness statements emerged linking him to an attempted rape and indicating Seoul officials may have tried to dissuade the victim from filing complaints.

The proximity of the battlefield gave rise to the 'comfort women' system on Japanese-occupied territories in the 1930s, according a Japanese politician.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye came forward Monday to apologise over allegations her now-dismissed spokesman molested a young Korean-American woman hired as his secretary while accompanying the president on her US visit last week.

Buddha statue issue to aggravate Korea-Japan relations . MAY 14, 2013 07:28. . A Japanese civic group named "Liaison Council for Returning Korean Cultural Assets to Japan" announced a statement last week, which was not much touted about in Korean media.

Chapel West developer Randy Salvatore beat the Korean government in a battle for an empty lot - and pledged to follow through on a promise to save a historic home from destruction.

The woman who was allegedly molested by former presidential spokesman Yoon Chang-jung was an intern hired by the Korean Embassy in Washington D.C. for the duration of President Park Geun-hye's visit to the U.S. Embassies abroad hire interns for big events that require more staff than they have.

SEOUL: South Korea's presidential office apologised yesterday for a "very shameful" scandal involving a former senior official who was fired midway through President Park Geun-Hye's US visit.

The United States called May 3 for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean American sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile acts" against the state.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea has walked the same road of history with Korea.

The great American writer William Faulkner once observed that "the past isn't dead, it isn't even past." This certainly seems to hold true of events which took place in Asia during the War in the Pacific.

A former top South Korean presidential spokesman who was dismissed for what officials called a "disgraceful incident" while accompanying President Park Geun-hye on her visit to the United States denied Saturday media reports that he sexually molested a Korean-American woman during the trip.