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South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol could put citizens in great danger, says head of ruling party

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Squid Game 2: Yim Si-wan, Park Sung-hoon, Kang Ha-neul -- meet new players

India Today

It was in 2021, right when the world was grappling with the pandemic that Netflix released its biggest ever show, Squid Game. While Park Hae-soo who played Cho Sang-woo and Oh Il-nam who played the mastermind of the game, aren’t returning this season, Wi Ha-jun and Lee Byung-hun return as Hwang Jun-ho and Front Man. Meet the new players of …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Review: L.A.’s most polarizing restaurant returns. Is its outlandishness worth the splurge?

LA Times

No restaurant in the history of Los Angeles has been dissected, derided and defended like Vespertine, the modernistic experiment housed in the four-story Culver City building called “Waffle” by its architect, Eric Owen Moss. A top layer of black gel conceals smoked mussel cream mixed with mussels, salted plum and minced water chestnuts, with a sheen of roasted kelp oil …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

South Korea’s president denies wrongdoing in a growing scandal

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denied wrongdoing on Thursday in a burgeoning influence-peddling scandal involving him and his wife that is severely hurting his approval ratings and providing political munition to his rivals. The main liberal opposition Democratic Party said Yoon’s response only showed his “arrogance” and “self-righteousness.” The party earlier demanded Yoon apologize, reshuffle …

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5 months ago

‘It is a hot mess’ at LAX as global tech outage brings long lines

LA Times

Dozens of frustrated, tired and angry travelers stranded at Los Angeles International Airport overnight spent all morning Friday desperately seeking help, underscoring the myriad of disruptions caused by a tech outage that upended air travel around the globe. He asked if anyone’s flight from Thursday had been canceled and advised that the “best bet is to get your refund online.” …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘It’s bold’: L.A. moves to close Wilshire Boulevard through MacArthur Park

LA Times

One of Los Angeles’ most iconic streets may soon be car-free — or at least a small section of it. It’s probably the boldest closure of a major arterial in Los Angeles I’ve ever seen.” A visitor walks along the path at MacArthur Park. Los Angeles will study the feasibility of permanently closing Wilshire Boulevard, which splits MacArthur Park, to …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

After 89-year-old mom is pushed out of apartment, daughter adds accessible ADU

LA Times

About 10 years ago, Julie Zemel started worrying about her mother, Mimi, who lived alone in an apartment in Chicago and often was stuck indoors for months due to the weather. “It wasn’t safe for her to live so far away from me.” At that time, apartments were affordable in Northeast Los Angeles, and Zemel talked Mimi into moving. “It …

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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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7 months, 2 weeks 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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8 months ago

Best portraits from the Festival of Books: John Green, Henry Winkler and more

LA Times

The 29th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books returned to USC with a first-ever livestream of activities. Henry Winkler in the Los Angeles Times Portrait Studio at the Festival of Books. Author John Green in the Los Angeles Times Portrait Studio at the Festival of Books. Miss Los Angeles Kaelani Amputch-Curtis in the Los Angeles Times Portrait Studio at the …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

All the best and worst moments of the 2024 Oscars, as they happened

LA Times

The 96th Academy Awards have come and gone, and “Oppenheimer” came out on top, winning best picture and earning Christopher Nolan his first-ever Oscar, for directing. There was much more to celebrate, including Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s win for supporting actress in “The Holdovers,” and Emma Stone’s win for lead actress in “Poor Things.” A rapturous performance of “I’m Just Ken” …

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11 months, 1 week ago

SoCal’s forgotten hot springs oasis is finally reopening — with 50 geothermal pools

LA Times

Murrieta Hot Springs, a palm-shaded haven of steaming streams and coveted mud just north of Temecula, has been home to a Christian Bible college, a TV-free vegetarian commune and a popular mostly Jewish resort. Steam rises from the geothermal water flowing through Murrieta Hot Springs Resort. According to the resort’s promotional materials, the waters “enhance circulation, reduce inflammation, uplift mood, …

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11 months, 1 week ago

The best fashion from the Emmys red carpet

LA Times

Though the 75th Emmy Awards were rescheduled to land in the middle of awards season, that’s all the more reason attendees at Monday’s event seemed to abide by an unwritten rule of the attention economy: If you want to be noticed, go for the glamour. Red wrapped Sarah Snook in a voluminous Vivienne Westwood gown, while Elizabeth Debicki went for …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Formula One is back in Vegas: Photos from the Las Vegas Grand Prix

LA Times

For the first time in more than 40 years, Formula One is back in Las Vegas. Veteran Los Angeles Times photographer Myung J. Chun has captured many of the most colorful moments from the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend so far from his trackside vantage point. Formula One champion Max Verstappen takes part in a practice session for the Las …

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1 year, 4 months ago

3 projects show climate-conscious design can be beautiful

LA Times

The mixed-use structure at 843 N. Spring St. designed by Lever Architecture is one of the largest mass timber structures in Los Angeles. Look up and you’ll find that the building’s floor plates are partly supported by broad panels of mass timber, the generic term used to describe a variety of industrial, engineered woods. Thomas Robinson, co-founder of Lever Architecture, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Meghan Trainor, Michael Connelly: Best photos from Festival of Books

LA Times

The 28th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books returned to the University of Southern California on Saturday and Sunday — and in a big way. James Ellroy, author of “The Enchanters: A Novel,” at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books portrait studio at the Amy King Dundon-Berchtold University Club of USC on Saturday. Michael Connelly, author of “Desert Star,” …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Kia models now available via CSD for Armed Forces personnel, deliveries commenced

India Today

Kia India has now commenced sales of its vehicles via the CSD route, for personnel serving in the Indian Armed Forces. At an event at the Frontier Kia dealership in Gurugram, Kia's Chief Sales and Business Officer, Myung-sik Sohn handed over the keys of the first CSD car, a Kia Seltos to Major General Vikal Sahni. Kia now joins brands …

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1 year, 9 months ago

The best red carpet looks and biggest moments from the 2023 SAG Awards

LA Times

The Screen Actors Guild will present its 29th SAG Awards on Sunday at L.A.’s Fairmont Century Plaza, and The Times is there in force. Awards All the 2023 SAG Awards winners The Screen Actors Guild gave its top awards to “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Abbott Elementary” and “The White Lotus.” Inside the show Star James Hong, center, cracks up …

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1 year, 10 months ago

The Unification Church, Japan, and North Korea

The Diplomat

The man who assassinated Abe Shinzo in July 2022 was motivated by the belief that the former prime minister was linked to a religious group known as the Unification Church. The Unification Church has strongly criticized North Korea under the slogan “Victory over Communism.” However, in 1991, its founder sensationally visited North Korea and met with then-leader Kim Il Sung. …

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1 year, 11 months ago

How to see the kaleidoscopic Echo Park home that’s drawing visitors from around the world

LA Times

Randlett King Lawrence is the kind of guy you can only describe as a character. “Bodacious Betty,” one of several metal cutouts that are part of Randy King Lawrence’s “Phantasma Gloria.” “I’m going to ask you all to go up the stairs — don’t peek to the right,” Lawrence eagerly instructed as he guided a small group from the sidewalk …

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2 years ago

Photos: Chaos erupts after Kevin de León shows up at his first L.A. council meeting since October

LA Times

Councilmember Kevin de León showed up in the Los Angeles City Council chambers on Friday morning, appearing briefly at a council meeting for the first time since fallout from a racist leaked audio tape roiled the city in mid-October. The Los Angeles City Council went into recess after Councilmember Kevin de León showed up at the council meeting Friday morning …

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2 years, 2 months ago

How the pandemic saved one of California’s smallest public schools

LA Times

In Kneeland, which isn’t so much a town as a rural fire station and a smattering of homes in the forest, the school has long been the lifeblood of the community. We were working really hard to make sure that they could keep open, because a lot of families don’t really have other options,” said Perrin Turney, an instructional aide, …

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2 years, 6 months ago

This lush California trail has ‘Jurassic Park’ vibes. Here’s how to book a reservation

LA Times

Fern Canyon Trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Orick, Calif., greets visitors with 50-foot-tall walls covered in ferns. That’s just one measure of what awaits on the short, scenic hike through Fern Canyon in Humboldt County’s Prairie Creek Redwood State Park. Parts of “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” were shot here 25 years ago, as were parts of …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Oh, no! Your native plants look dead. Here’s what to do

LA Times

So you’ve torn out your lawn and created a native plant garden to conserve water and restore habitat for struggling birds and insects. That’s because invasive, nonnative weeds are tough, quick-growing and constantly competing for light, nutrients and water against slower-growing native plants, said Schwartz, who blogs under the name Eric Ameria at L.A. “This is actually a really good …

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South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol could put citizens in great danger, says head of ruling party

Squid Game 2: Yim Si-wan, Park Sung-hoon, Kang Ha-neul -- meet new players

Review: L.A.’s most polarizing restaurant returns. Is its outlandishness worth the splurge?

South Korea’s president denies wrongdoing in a growing scandal

‘It is a hot mess’ at LAX as global tech outage brings long lines

‘It’s bold’: L.A. moves to close Wilshire Boulevard through MacArthur Park

After 89-year-old mom is pushed out of apartment, daughter adds accessible ADU

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

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

Best portraits from the Festival of Books: John Green, Henry Winkler and more

All the best and worst moments of the 2024 Oscars, as they happened

SoCal’s forgotten hot springs oasis is finally reopening — with 50 geothermal pools

The best fashion from the Emmys red carpet

Formula One is back in Vegas: Photos from the Las Vegas Grand Prix

3 projects show climate-conscious design can be beautiful

Meghan Trainor, Michael Connelly: Best photos from Festival of Books

Kia models now available via CSD for Armed Forces personnel, deliveries commenced

The best red carpet looks and biggest moments from the 2023 SAG Awards

The Unification Church, Japan, and North Korea

How to see the kaleidoscopic Echo Park home that’s drawing visitors from around the world

Photos: Chaos erupts after Kevin de León shows up at his first L.A. council meeting since October

How the pandemic saved one of California’s smallest public schools

This lush California trail has ‘Jurassic Park’ vibes. Here’s how to book a reservation

Oh, no! Your native plants look dead. Here’s what to do