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Fashion District Reaches an All-Time Low in Sales as 400 Korean Businesses Have Closed

The clothing industry in Downtown L.A., known to Koreans as the “jobber market,” is in a steep decline. Ever since the federal raid against...

8747 Korean-Americans Renounce Korean Citizenship

More than 4,200 former South Korean citizens have renounced the passports of their motherland to earn military exemption in 2016 alone. As about 270,000 South...

Korean American Federation in Generational Shift

Young-song Lee, the former president of National Unification Advisory Council’s L.A. chapter, stepped on to the stage at the Korean American Federation of L.A.’s...

North Korean Defectors Gather in Los Angeles

Around 10 North Korean defectors, who currently reside in Los Angeles, gathered together in Koreatown to celebrate Chuseok, Korea’s equivalent of Thanksgiving Day. “In North...

Buyers in Control of Housing Market

A Korean-American homeowner, who is only identified by his last name Kim, put his house on sale two months ago, but has not received...

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Between U.S. and S. Korea Now Ratified

The United States and South Korea now have a preventative measure to deal with offshore tax evasion. South Korean and U.S. governments have finally ratified...

Koreatown in Panic over Earthquake in Korea

A strong earthquake jolted the Korean peninsula on Monday, sending the entire nation shivering in fear as its people have never experienced a strike...

Koreatown Leaders Head to Korea

Leaders of Korean-American organizations will visit their motherland in the coming weeks to attend a series of networking events. Approximately 450 of them will...

Squid Prices Soar While Beef is Getting Cheaper

While squids and mackerels, both of which are timeless favorites among Koreans, are becoming more expensive than before in the U.S., beef prices have...

Koreatown Markets Ready for Chuseok Sale

As Chuseok, South Korea’s equivalent to America’s Thanksgiving, draws close, Los Angeles Koreatown markets are entering its annual holiday sale season. Items on sale...