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Voluntary homeless shelters shut down due to lack of city license amid growing crisis
[The Korea Daily-USC: Healing California Project] Despite the growing number of homeless Korean Americans, some of whom have even died recently, it has been found that there is a lack of organizations and facilities available to protect them. (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 14 May 2024
HYBE chairman ‘repeatedly ignored NewJeans members,’ according to parents
HYBE broke its promise to NewJeans that it would be the first girl group to debut from Source Music while the company’s chairman, Bang Si-hyuk, “repeatedly ignored the members of NewJeans when they said hello to him in the hallways,” according (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 14 May 2024
Major personnel shuffle reassigns prosecutors leading investigations into Korea’s first lady
Hangyore Sinmun - 14 May 2024
Second suspect nabbed for gruesome murder of Korean in Thailand, 1 remains at large
The Hankyoreh - 14 May 2024
Second suspect nabbed for gruesome murder of Korean in Thailand, 1 remains at large
Hangyore Sinmun - 14 May 2024
[Editorial] Transfers of prosecutors investigating Korea’s first lady send chilling message
Hangyore Sinmun - 14 May 2024
[Editorial] Korea must respond firmly to Japan’s attempt to usurp Line
Hangyore Sinmun - 14 May 2024
Korea cedes No. 1 spot in overall shipbuilding competitiveness to China
Hangyore Sinmun - 14 May 2024
Naver’s union calls for action from government over possible Japanese buyout of Line
Hangyore Sinmun - 14 May 2024
North Korea suspected of supplying artillery from 1970s to Russia for war in Ukraine
South Korea’s top spy agency said Sunday it is conducting a detailed review into suspicions that North Korean artillery shells and other weapons made in the 1970s have been supplied to Russia for its war in Ukraine, which comes as Pyongyang has (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 14 May 2024
U.S. to hike tariffs on Chinese EVs and steel, benefitting Korea
The Biden administration’s announcement of a massive tariff hike on $18 billion of clean-energy products from China has opened the door to a boost in exports for Korean car, steel and chip manufacturers. The package, announced on Tuesday, (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 14 May 2024
[Editorial] Transfers of prosecutors investigating Korea’s first lady send chilling message
The Hankyoreh - 14 May 2024
Korea cedes No. 1 spot in overall shipbuilding competitiveness to China
The Hankyoreh - 14 May 2024
[Editorial] Korea must respond firmly to Japan’s attempt to usurp Line
The Hankyoreh - 14 May 2024
Naver’s union calls for action from government over possible Japanese buyout of Line
The Hankyoreh - 14 May 2024
Major personnel shuffle reassigns prosecutors leading investigations into Korea’s first lady
The Hankyoreh - 14 May 2024
Another Korean American in 80s commits suicide, with gunshot wound of head
Another tragic incident has occurred in the Korean-American community, with yet another senior taking his own life. According to the LA County Medical Examiner, a Korean-American senior surnamed Oh, aged 87, died by suicide using a firearm in a (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 14 May 2024
LA City to promptly repair streetlights in response to Korea Daily report
The Los Angeles city government has informed the Korea Daily that it will inspect and repair streetlights in residential neighborhoods in Van Nuys. On May 9, the Korea Daily reported that a Korean-American high school student had requested the (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 14 May 2024
Korean biopharma CEO sees LA-OC to become cosmetics district in 10 years
“We will invest $100 million to build the first filler plant in California,” announced Jaeyoung Kim, CEO of Jetema, a biopharmaceutical research, development, and manufacturing company listed on the KOSDAQ in South Korea, as the company enters (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 14 May 2024
Asiana Airlines offering discounts on flights to Korea up to 30%
Asiana Airlines is set to kick off its “Make Your Next Summer Trip to Korea” promotion, targeting travelers planning visits to Korea during the summer vacation season. The promotion is scheduled to run from May 13 to June 3 and will be (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 14 May 2024
Police officer who shot mentally ill Korean-American man identified
The police officer who shot and killed Yong Yang, a Korean-American man with mental illness, has been identified. The officer reportedly has a prior history of shooting mentally ill person just three years earlier. The Los Angeles Police (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 13 May 2024
Quantifying the unquantifiable: K-pop’s obsession with numbers is killing the industry
[FIRST IN A THREE-PART SERIES] HYBE CEO Bang Si-hyuk alerted the world with a shocking revelation in March 2023: “K-pop is in crisis.” The analysis, it turned out, came after witnessing firsthand the crises within his own company and the (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 13 May 2024
From Lamborghini to Rolls-Royce: Koreans’ craze for supercars
The country where Lamborghini sells more cars than on its home turf of Italy. Where Mercedes sells the most E-Class globally. The answer to both — neither the United States nor China, but Korea. Korea is in the midst of a luxury supercar craze (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 13 May 2024
Arrest made in Korea for murder of Korean tourist found in plastic barrel in Thailand
A suspect alleged to have murdered a Korean tourist in Thailand was apprehended by police in North Jeolla, said Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency on Monday. The arrested individual surnamed Lee, a man in his 20s, was one of three suspects (...)
Korea Daily / Joong-ang Ilbo - 13 May 2024