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CRIME/ACCIDENT

Quick LAPD response thwarts U-Haul escape, arrests man who fired gun in Koreatown

A 51-year-old man is in custody in connection with a shooting in LA Koreatown and police are continuing their investigation of the circumstances surrounding...

Tragic deaths of son and elderly mother in Koreatown leave community in shock

A Korean-American man who took his own life was driven to extreme measures after the death of his elderly mother. Kun Kim, 58, and his...

LAPD searches for fatal pepper-spray man on bus running Koreatown

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has released a photo and launched a search for a man believed to have used pepper spray during...

Deputies rescue two from burning home, Korean-American senior found dead

A man who died in a house fire in La Cañada on January 30 has been identified as a Korean-American senior. On January 31,...

72 firefighters extinguish Koreatown apartment blaze, one hospitalized

  One person is in the hospital on January 30, recovering from smoke inhalation from a fire at an upper unit at a four-story apartment...

Men found guilty of illegally selling guns in LA Koreatown

A man was sentenced to prison for illegally selling dozens of firearms in LA Koreatown. Especially in the days leading up to the first anniversary...

Atlanta pediatric dentist arrested for buying child pornography with Bitcoin

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a Korean-American pediatric dentist in Atlanta for possession of child pornography. The Atlanta field office of the...

Wilshire Center-Koreatown delegate found dead, prompting police probe

  A delegate who served on the Wilshire Center-Koreatown Neighborhood Council (WCKNC) was found dead at a train station near the Koreatown neighborhood in Los...

Koreatown ‘agency’ arranged over 600 sham marriages for green card fraud

  Individuals who operated a sham marriage green card scheme from an "agency" on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles' Koreatown have been indicted. According to...

Veteran suffering PTSD dies at scene while confronting police in Houston

  A Korean-American veteran who had been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) died during a confrontation with police officers in Houston, Texas, on December...