70.4 F
Los Angeles
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

LATEST NEWS

Royal Academy of Music Appoints Esther Yoo as Violin Professor

Violinist Esther Yoo (31) has been appointed professor of strings at the Royal Academy of Music in London, according to a statement released on September 9 by concert management company Mast Media. She is the first musician of Korean heritage to join the Academy’s faculty. Founded in 1883, the institution is a leading conservatoire under royal patronage that has trained generations of world-class performers.

LA Koreatown parking shortage deepens as ADU conversions spark disputes

Koreatown, one of the hardest places to park in Los Angeles, faces a worsening Koreatown parking shortage as some apartment owners seek to convert...

LA garment district ICE raids empty Santee Alley, sales plunge

The LA garment district has slowed sharply since June 2025 amid intensified enforcement against undocumented immigrants. The decline deepened after September 8, 2025, when...

WWII Korean Prisoners at Honouliuli Camp Exposed in Study

A new study revealed that thousands of Koreans were imprisoned at the Honouliuli internment camp in Hawaii during World War II, despite the facility...

Nine Air Force Pilots Win Single-Event Air Medal for Navy Defense

Nine U.S. Air Force fighter pilots, including Korean American Andrew In, received the Single-Event Air Medal in June 2025 for missions protecting U.S. Navy...

Korean American Business Owner Charged in $5M Train Heist

A Korean American business owner from Montebello has been charged in Los Angeles with selling millions of dollars in merchandise that authorities say was...

Korean Visa Lobbying Costs $5.5M, Delivers No Results

More than 300 Koreans working under non-employment visas at the Hyundai Motor–LG Energy Solution joint battery-plant construction site in Georgia were arrested. Critics said...

U.S. politician who reported the LG-Hyundai plant to ICE faces online backlash

U.S. politician Tori Branum, who reported the LG-Hyundai plant to ICE, faces intense online backlash as critics accuse her of jeopardizing jobs and investments.

Young Nak lawsuit: Members to file class action over fees

Members who received bankruptcy procedure ballots in August 2025 from the Young Nak Welfare Mutual Club in LA (President Suhong Jeon) have begun preparing...

Diminished Capacity Defense in Korean American Pregnant Woman Killing

As first reported on June 15, 2023, the suspect in the downtown Seattle indiscriminate shooting that killed a Korean American pregnant woman has pleaded...