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$10M reward announced for North Korean hacker attacking U.S. healthcare and defense

The U.S. government has announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the capture of a North Korean hacker. This individual is accused of...

Chef Akira Back to open new Japanese restaurant ‘Norikaya’ in LA Koreatown mid August

Chef Akira Back (Seung-wook Back), who gained international recognition on the U.S. culinary survival show Iron Chef America, is set to open a new...

Korean idol Entertainment receives massive criticism after poorly managed video call event

A Korean-American entertainment company has come under fire from fans for organizing a video call event with the South Korean idol group TAN. Fans from...

KCON LA 2024: K-pop festival to feature star-studded lineup and live national TV broadcast

KCON, the world’s largest K-pop Fan & Artist Festival, put on by CJ ENM, will take place from July 26 to 28 at the...

Korean beauty exhibit goes blank in Las Vegas show as the container was stolen in U.S.

A container full of exhibits sent by several Korean companies to participate in a major beauty show in Las Vegas was stolen in the...

Korean-American pastor and her family in Illinois harassed, church calls for action

A church in Illinois’s small town has called for community support after its Korean-American female pastor and her family faced racial harassment. The situation came...

World’s first Korean village opens in the U.S. at Concordia Language Villages

Concordia Language Villages (CLV), one of the world’s largest language immersion education institutions, located near Bemidji, Minnesota, has opened a Korean village after 25...

Biden’s withdrawal fuels election tensions in Korean-American community

Political debates among Korean Americans are intensifying. As the November presidential election approaches, issues such as former President Donald Trump being named the Republican presidential...

Rise in ‘elite’ defections suggests ordinary North Koreans more trapped than ever

While the South Korean government has recently highlighted a “rush of high-level defections” prompted by media outreach and loudspeaker broadcasts to North Korea, fewer...

DA candidate Nathan Hochman vows to crack down on fentanyl dealers from Day 1

In the upcoming November election, one of the races attracting significant attention from Korean Americans in California is the LA County District Attorney election....