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Rosé talks debut solo album 'Rosie,' success and reuniting with BLACKPINK
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Rosé talks debut solo album 'Rosie,' success and reuniting with BLACKPINK

NPR  

Rosé talks debut solo album 'Rosie,' success and reuniting with BLACKPINK toggle caption John V. Esparza/Atlantic Records The biggest K-pop girl group in the world is currently on a break but its four members are hard at work. In "Number One Girl," the first song on her album, Rosé, who was born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, opens …

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Rapper charged with sexually assaulting women who sought him out as tattoo artist in Koreatown
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Rapper charged with sexually assaulting women who sought him out as tattoo artist in Koreatown

LA Times  

A 28-year-old rapper has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting two women who sought him out as a tattoo artist, the Los Angeles Police Department announced, and authorities believe there could be more victims. Charles Wayne Wilkerson IV, an L.A.-based tattoo artist who goes by the rap name “Franko Khalifa,” was arrested on Oct. 29, the LAPD said Monday …

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These L.A. tenants want to own their buildings. L.A. is collecting millions to help
1 month ago

These L.A. tenants want to own their buildings. L.A. is collecting millions to help

LA Times  

Mary Carmen Martinez at her Koreatown apartment complex. For me, that’s more important than making money.” “As a single mom, I never dreamed of being able to own anything like this,” said Mary Carmen Martinez. But the city’s “mansion tax” is expected to change that, bringing in hundreds of millions per year, about a third of which could be allocated …

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With Trump vowing deportations, workers in Los Angeles race the clock for a reprieve
1 month ago

With Trump vowing deportations, workers in Los Angeles race the clock for a reprieve

LA Times  

Staff and volunteers at the Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance help immigrant workers apply to a federal program that grants temporary work permits for people who are undocumented. Bliss Requa-Trautz, executive director of Arriba, a Las Vegas-based advocacy group, said she warns workers of the risks that come with applying to the deferred action program: Although applications are meant to be …

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Gunman killed two people then walked into an LAPD station, police say
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Gunman killed two people then walked into an LAPD station, police say

LA Times  

Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman whose body was found in Koreatown and its connection to an earlier shooting in Mid-Wilshire. Two people are dead and one man is in custody following a pair of shootings in Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown on Tuesday that had detectives searching for possible links until officials say the gunman walked himself into …

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70-year-old pedestrian killed after she’s hit by two cars in Koreatown
1 month, 3 weeks ago

70-year-old pedestrian killed after she’s hit by two cars in Koreatown

LA Times  

An overhead view of the intersection of 3rd Street and Virgil Avenue in Los Angeles, where a 70-year-old woman was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver. A traffic collision between an elderly driver and pedestrian in Koreatown turned deadly Tuesday when police say a second driver sped by and hit both of them, killing one. The initial collision occurred around …

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Your guide to L.A.’s 10th City Council District race: Hutt vs. Yoo
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Your guide to L.A.’s 10th City Council District race: Hutt vs. Yoo

LA Times  

L.A. City Councilmember Heather Hutt is defending her seat in the Nov. 5 election against Grace Yoo, a longtime City Hall critic. Hutt was appointed to represent District 10, which stretches from Koreatown and Mid-City to Leimert Park, by the City Council after then-Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas was removed in the wake of federal corruption charges. I was brought up to …

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The 'Korean wave' hits Melbourne as Koreatown is made official
3 months ago

The 'Korean wave' hits Melbourne as Koreatown is made official

ABC  

When Changhoon Yi first arrived in Melbourne, he was surprised to find Australian diners sipping soju and eating grilled beef with a side of kimchi in the CBD. Sin Ji Jung, a lecturer in Korean Studies at University of Melbourne's Asia Institute, says the Korean wave, or "hallyu", began in the 1990s and spread to more Asian countries in the …

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A tender re-creation of K-town beauty pageants in 1980s and ’90s L.A.
3 months, 1 week ago

A tender re-creation of K-town beauty pageants in 1980s and ’90s L.A.

LA Times  

This story is part of Image’s September Image Makers issue, celebrating some of the most daring and innovative artists working in fashion today. His latest series, “Miss Koreatown,” dives into the history of beauty pageants in L.A.’s Koreatown. Historically, mixed-race Koreans have been ostracized in Korean culture, and in the U.S. less so, but still, there was this sense that …

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L.A.’s new food addiction is cheese-powder fried chicken
3 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A.’s new food addiction is cheese-powder fried chicken

LA Times  

I’m not sure what led me to seek out fried chicken wings covered in cheese powder. The company is so serious about fried chicken that it established Chicken University, an educational compound in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, where new franchise shop managers and employees spend two weeks learning recipes and marketing. Bburinkle, a powder that incorporates cheddar, blue cheese, onion and …

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Kidnap suspects arrested after migrant held for ransom escaped into L.A. boba shop, feds say
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kidnap suspects arrested after migrant held for ransom escaped into L.A. boba shop, feds say

LA Times  

According to an indictment, Miguel Angel Avila allegedly body-slammed a kidnapping victim identified as N.C.L., then placed him in a chokehold and punched him repeatedly in the face on March 22, 2023, inside a boba shop in Koreatown. Last March, a man escaped from the second-story window of a motel in L.A.’s Koreatown and ran to a nearby boba shop, …

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Column: L.A.’s cracked, ruptured sidewalks are a scandal. Where is City Hall?
4 months ago

Column: L.A.’s cracked, ruptured sidewalks are a scandal. Where is City Hall?

LA Times  

You may think of Venice as a flat neighborhood of beach promenades and walkable, shop-lined boulevards, but that’s not taking into account the sidewalk mountain ranges scattered about the area. But even those fixes have been slow-going, with several thousand jobs in the queue, and a 2023 City Hall memo said that “wait time can exceed 10 years.” The city …

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Urban and rural teens swap hometowns and are shocked by what they learn about each other
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Urban and rural teens swap hometowns and are shocked by what they learn about each other

LA Times  

This summer a group of high school students brought a whole new meaning to foreign exchange programs. In a novel program designed to break down entrenched stereotypes and spark lasting friendships, the American Exchange Project sent 13 urban L.A. teens to places like rural Arkansas, Ohio and South Dakota while 10 students from Texas, Pennsylvania and elsewhere arrived in Los …

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Koreatown building’s transformation into homeless housing is a win for LA4LA program
5 months ago

Koreatown building’s transformation into homeless housing is a win for LA4LA program

LA Times  

The stylish co-living apartment building in Koreatown was all but complete when the bottom fell out. Operating under the nonprofit umbrella of the California Community Foundation, LA4LA hopes to take advantage of a distressed housing market to create affordable housing quickly without taxpayer dollars. Sarah Dusseault is lead strategist for LA4LA, a public-private project that hopes to take advantage of …

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Jaime Lee: ‘Superstar’ Koreatown real estate revivalist
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Jaime Lee: ‘Superstar’ Koreatown real estate revivalist

LA Times  

Jaime Lee, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Sept. 5. Outside a high-rise apartment tower her family company was building on Wilshire Boulevard, Jaime Lee pulled a hard hat, shatterproof glasses and safety vest from cargo space behind a car seat for one of her three young children. She’s frustrated that Los Angeles falls woefully short …

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Alexandra Suh: Advocate for Koreatown’s immigrant workers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Alexandra Suh: Advocate for Koreatown’s immigrant workers

LA Times  

For Alexandra Suh, hot labor summer wasn’t a fleeting trend. Suh, the daughter of Korean immigrants, is executive director of the Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance, a resource center and advocacy group for low-wage immigrant workers in the bustling, diverse neighborhood just west of downtown L.A. See the whole list Koreatown’s remarkably dense food industry runs on the labor of thousands …

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Stuck in L.A. traffic? Stop here to eat
6 months ago

Stuck in L.A. traffic? Stop here to eat

LA Times  

I can’t stop eating in Koreatown. Choose your own Spam adventure at Supamu “We wanted to do something quirky and fun with Spam,” owner Young Kim said on a recent call. And with the inclusion of Spam, they’re more reminiscent of Spam musubi, the popular Hawaiian food that consists of Spam and rice with a band of toasted seaweed. Each …

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Column: A Korean American family called for help. An LAPD officer arrived, shot mentally ill son
6 months, 1 week ago

Column: A Korean American family called for help. An LAPD officer arrived, shot mentally ill son

LA Times  

A friend of Yong Yang is comforted during a memorial service at Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles on Thursday. The clinician who arrived at the family home took less than three minutes to deem the troubled man dangerous and summon police, said Yong’s father, Min Yang, who accompanied the clinician during the evaluation. “He has bipolar schizophrenia.” Yong had …

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Find L.A.’s revolutionary next-wave pizza at these new restaurants
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Find L.A.’s revolutionary next-wave pizza at these new restaurants

LA Times  

Los Angeles is a pizza town. “There will be a lot of people who will be kind of questioning our long journey, but I mean, that’s the point.” He tapped Noel Brohner of consulting group Slow Rise Pizza Co. to help develop the recipes over the course of the last year, and in the process they created a 48-hour fermented …

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Los Angeles woman arrested again on suspicion of attempted kidnapping in Koreatown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Los Angeles woman arrested again on suspicion of attempted kidnapping in Koreatown

LA Times  

Yara Vanessa Pineda, who was arrested Tuesday, was previously held on suspicion of trying to kidnap a boy from a Target store in February. For the second time this year, a Los Angeles woman with a mental health disorder has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to kidnap a child in Koreatown. Her previous sentencing for attempted kidnapping resulted in …

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At my favorite new restaurant, the room is red and the chef is a doctor
6 months, 3 weeks ago

At my favorite new restaurant, the room is red and the chef is a doctor

LA Times  

I recently attempted to explain my new favorite restaurant to a friend. The potato jeons at Red Room are Sung’s souped-up tater tots, inspired by his childhood in Seoul and the six weeks he spent living in Argentina during the last year of medical school. “I think it’s one of my signature dishes because there are so many pancakes in …

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Some of L.A.’s best burgers hit the Valley, plus Cobras & Matadors returns and more openings
7 months ago

Some of L.A.’s best burgers hit the Valley, plus Cobras & Matadors returns and more openings

LA Times  

Heavy Handed Studio City Some of L.A.’s best burgers just landed in the Valley. “We’re Valley guys, so this is good for us.” Heavy Handed is open in Studio City daily from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. 11838 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, heavyhanded.la At Echo Park’s Kushiba, Shibumi chef David Schlosser’s kushikatsu, or fried skewers, take center stage. Chef Sean …

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How Los Angeles County became home to the biggest AAPI communities in the country
7 months, 1 week ago

How Los Angeles County became home to the biggest AAPI communities in the country

LA Times  

Los Angeles County is home to more Asian Americans than any other county in the United States. To understand the Asian and Pacific Islander diaspora in Southern California, the Los Angeles Times analyzed 40 years of data from the Census Bureau. Coming from dozens of communities, most of them associated with the largest continent in the world, nearly a million …

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Family demands answers after LAPD officers fatally shoot mentally ill man in Koreatown
7 months, 1 week ago

Family demands answers after LAPD officers fatally shoot mentally ill man in Koreatown

LA Times  

From left, Myung Sook Yang, Min Yang and Robert Sheahen, their attorney, appear at a news conference at the headquarters of the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles. Before Yong Yang was fatally shot by Los Angeles police last week inside his parents’ Koreatown home, his mother tried for two days in a row to get help from mental health …

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