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Looking Back 20 Years When Korean-Americans Were Targeted During the LA Riots

» by April 29th, 2012 at 4:35 pm » Comments (9)

It has been 20 years since the LA Riots and the AP has an article posted about the riots to include how Korean-Americans were targeted by the rioters and the ...more »

Marion Barry Sort of Apologizes for Racist Remarks Towards Asian Business Owners

» by April 7th, 2012 at 7:56 am » Comments (58)

You can add this to the growing list of controversies between the black and Asian communities in the US:  Washington Councilman and former Mayor Marion Barry spent Thursday firmly defending, explaining ...more »

Korean-American Wins Award For Helping Hearing Impaired People

» by April 3rd, 2012 at 5:33 pm » Comments (6)

Here is a good story about a Korean immigrant in the US not only being a hard working success story but helping others in the community as well: When Ray Park ...more »

Protests Against Korean Gas Station Owner In Dallas Shown To Be Based On Lies

» by March 29th, 2012 at 9:24 pm » Comments (23)

Via a reader tip, below is an update on the Korean gas station owner in Dallas that has been the subject of protests over racial slurs against blacks he supposedly ...more »

Picture of the Day: Christina Cha On Survivor: One World

» by February 15th, 2012 at 1:00 pm » Comments (16)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="Christina Cha is the Korean-American contestant on Survivor: One World which will be airing Wednesday night in the US on CBS."][/caption] Big hat tip to Kushibo who ...more »

Nation of Islam & NAACP Protest Korean-American Gas Station Owner In Dallas

» by February 1st, 2012 at 11:32 pm » Comments (72)

I know that a few ROK Heads live in Dallas so I am curious to how much media attention this racial dispute in the city is having?: An ongoing racial dispute ...more »

Koreans Among Poorest of Asian-Americans

» by September 27th, 2009 at 1:24 am » Comments (11)

Here is a statistic that readers may find of interest: While definitely, not the poorest, it does show that Korean-Americans are the poorest among Northeast Asians and actually have a lower ...more »

Indifferent New Yorkers Walk Pass Wall Street Fight

» by July 15th, 2009 at 11:43 am » Comments (3)

I don't even think in Seoul that Koreans would be as indifferent to something like this going on like these New Yorkers are: The Marmot's Hole has the scoop on what ...more »

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