LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Young Kim, a Korean-American Republican, won the U.S. House election in a Southern California district on Friday, U.S. media reported. The former state lawmaker joined three other politicians of Korean descent elected to the House of Representatives in the Nov. 3 elections. Kim, 57, was born in South [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Second generation Korean compatriots in the United States are gaining attention after giving homeless women a makeover. Second generation Korean Americans working as a make-up artist, film producer, and photographer in Los Angeles shot ‘homeless makeover’ videos to bring new hope to homeless people. In the first episode, they [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Rallies and demonstrations following African American George Floyd’s death continued throughout major U.S. cities on Saturday (local time), with Korean Americans joining the peaceful protests calling for an end to racism and police brutality. An organization named “The Asia-Pacific Resident Community in Support of BLM (Black Lives Matter)” held [...]
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill aimed at helping Korean Americans reunite with family members in North Korea. Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) on Thursday introduced the bipartisan Korean War Divided Families Reunification Act, which directs the U.S. secretary of state to prioritize arranging reunions [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Donald Trump’s decision to put an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has allowed approximately 800,000 illegal immigrants referred to as Dreamers who entered the country as minors to receive the benefit of deferred deportation, has aroused fierce anger among immigrants, and members of [...]