Korean Community to Float Messages
Giant Korean fan dancers will roll down the route of the 99th Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day, waving their mechanical arms and heralding the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.But the Korean-American community's first-ever entry in the Pasadena rite will carry another message as well--that the Korean community is a flowering, integral part of American society."The Korean community locally is getting stronger and in the United States as a...
Korean Community: Korean fashion on display
The Corpus Christi Korean community and the Korean Chamber of Commerce held "A Korean Journey" during a closing reception and fashion show on Sept. 17 at the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures, 1809 N. Chaparral St. Artifacts on loan from the Korean community were on exhibit. Local artist Elena Sonbok Lee displayed works at the museum, along with scrolls created by her father Ku Lee, a master calligrapher. Proceeds will be used to develop the education programs at...
A clinic - and a bridge,
Korean Community Center seeks to fill crucial gaps in care
Human anatomy diagrams on the walls, a blood-pressure machine in a corner and a doctor's desk front and center. The examination room at the Korean Community Center in Englewood isn't finished yet, but it's looking medical.Flush with a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Dr. Kye-Eun C. Ma allows her imagination to run wild with tools to provide health care for the Korean community, especially the uninsured....
Korean community supports man implicated in missing-woman case
PORTLAND (AP) - Despite shame over underwear theft and child pornography charges against Sung Koo Kim, the Korean community is rallying to support him and show there is no link to Brooke Wilberger's disappearance. Kim is considered a person of interest but has not been charged with any crime in the disappearance of Wilberger, a Brigham Young University student who vanished May 24 from her sister's apartment complex near the Oregon State University campus in...
Korean Community: CENTER OF ATTRACTION IS HELP FOR EVERYONE
Chai Kue fled war-torn Laos in 1980, came to the United States, and found a job in Philadelphia. But, said the 38-year-old father of six, it wasn't a very good job. He shrugs. "Low pay. No benefits."Still, he stayed for five years, figuring it was the best he could get because he didn't speak English. Then, this year, Kue enrolled in a four-week course in English at the Korean Community Services Center in Olney. Two days after completing...