Korean-American News

FOCUS: A Potpourri -- Forgotten Country / Why Spencer Perceval Had to Die / Ships from the Depths / Democracy, Islam, & Secularism in Turkey It's one thing for a long-established author to score a literary trifecta -- starred reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews -- but it's quite another for an author to accomplish the same ... (more)

Sun Mee Chomet, left, and Katie Hae Leo will perform one-woman shows at Dreamland Arts in St.

After decades of indifference, big businesses and the government are turning up the heat on smokers in South Korea, a nation with one of the developed world's highest male smoking rates.

Hip-hop used to be considered minority music in Korea, but it now ranks among mainstream tastes as the country remains surprisingly open to Western culture and influences.

A A lawyer representing a Korean American grocer's group called a Baltimore City Council bill banning youths from purchasing items in liquor stores racially motivated.

The plan, approved by the City Council in March, shifted a section of Downtown Los Angeles out of Councilwoman Jan Perry's district to Councilman Jose Huizar's Eastside district.

Two out of three Korean men over 40 suffer from sexual dysfunctions, a study suggests.

Japanese lawmaker Tsukada Ichiro is surrounded by South Korean correspondents after meeting with the mayor and council of Palisades Park on May 5. Ichiro and three other Japanese lawmakers visited the borough government to call for the removal of a 'comfort women' monument set up at a Palisades Park library, while asserting the content of the ... (more)

Having overcome a troubled childhood, 'Drifting House' writer is fascinated by survivors Author Krys Lee found out what her "obsessions" are after writing her first collection of stories.

Longest of long shots: Raj Pal Kahlon of Palmdale faces 32-year veteran Mike Antonovich in only contested L.A. County Supervisor race BongHwan Kim, general manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, is looking at a run for L.A.'s City Council District 13.

Times change. Friday's performances were much more rehearsed and much less Caucasian.

Last month, Japanese officials visited Palisades Park, a suburban enclave across the Hudson River from New York City, with a curious request: they wanted the town to remove a small plaque in front of the public library.

Reality TV star publishes his memoir in Korea It's hard to imagine Korean-American reality TV star and former lawyer Yul Kwon being timid and quiet as a child.

Japanese officials are asking a small northern New Jersey town with a large Korean immigrant population to remove a public monument dedicated to women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II.

Revealed by a Korean-American research center, after analyzing images taken by satellite in late April.

SINGAPORE: Who will Jay Park give his new album "New Breed" to if he has the chance to do so? The Korean-American singer hesitated and only gave his answer after some pondering.

Yul Kwon's autobiography charts the personal struggles and rise to fame of the 37-year-old Korean American who became the first Asian winner of CBS's reality TV show "Survivor: Cook Islands" in 2006 before going on to become a TV host in the U.S. The recently published book stands as a testament to the success story of a Korean immigrant who ... (more)

Sarah Song1; John B Son2; Heejung Park3; Heeeun Park1; Joseph Chung1; The STROKE-COPE Community Advisory Panel1; Gery Ryan4 and Barbara Vickrey1 1 UCLA Dept of Neurology, Los Angeles, CA, 2 UCLA Sch of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, 3 UCLA Dept of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, 4 RAND, Santa Monica, CA Background: Stroke and cardiovascular diseases ... (more)

About 170 new jobs, better prices for farm commodities, and deeper ties between Iowa and South Korea were celebrated Monday afternoon with a groundbreaking ceremony that formally launched construction of the CJ Bio America plant in Webster County.

A Southern California man suspected of being part of a Korean organized crime group was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for his role in a botched home invasion.