New York Street to Be Named In Honor of Korean ‘Comfort Women’
A street in Queens, N.Y., is set to be named in honor of the Korean women who were forced to serve as sex slaves for Japanese troops in World War II, the Chosun Ilbo reports.
Korean American Lawyer Named Chief Counsel At U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York
Joon Kim, a partner at a New York law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, is leaving his position to become chief counsel of the United States Attorney’s Office in Manhattan.
‘K-fashion’ to go on show in New York
Yonhap
Five of South Korea’s top designers will showcase their work in a regular government-led fashion show set to open in New York next month, officials said Tuesday.
The seventh edition of Concept Korea will take place at The Stage, Lincoln Center on Feb. 7 as part of the New York Fashion Week, which will be held next month at various venues throughout the city, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said.
(Source: koreamjournal)
Karen O promises new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album is ‘uplifting and cheerful’
NME.com
Karen O has revealed that Yeah Yeah Yeahs new album is the band’s most stripped back and lo-fi sounding work in years, saying the songs are both “uplifting and cheerful”.
As revealed by NME yesterday (Jan 14), the New York band will release new album ‘Mosquito’ in April. You can see the album’s controversial artwork by scrolling down the page.
(Source: koreamjournal)
As Asian-Americans’ Numbers Grow, So Does Their Philanthropy
New York Times
About 800 people gathered in November in a ballroom in Midtown Manhattan for one of the year’s more elegant galas. They dined on beef tenderloin with truffle butter, bid on ski and golf vacations in a charity auction, and gave more than $1 million to a nonprofit group based in New York.
But this was not an old-money event. The donors were largely Korean immigrants and their children.
Subway shove suspect indicted in Queens dad death
New York Post
A Manhattan grand jury today indicted veteran burglar Naeem Davis in the subway-push murder of a Queens dad.
Davis, a 30-year-old Sierra Leone refugee, has been charged with intentionally killing Ki Suk Han, 58, by shoving the older man off a Times Square subway platform during an argument — just as a Q train barreled into the station two weeks ago.
Pic of the day: Kiam Moriya will celebrate his 12th birthday on 12-12-2012. Born December 12, 2000, his birth time on his New York state birth certificate read 12:12 p.m.
Source: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/12/one_minute_out_of_a_lifetime_k.html
Pic of the Day: Subway pushing victim’s daughter, Ashley Han, 20, said: “It is devastating that he’s no longer here for me.”
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243699/Subway-death-Widow-Ki-Suk-Han-haunted-photos-husband-final-seconds-dying-subway-tracks.html
New York Man Killed After Being Pushed Onto Subway Tracks
A 58-year-old Korean American man was killed on Monday after being into the path of an oncoming subway in Manhattan by another man following an argument, according to news reports.
Ki Suck Han of Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y., was trying to climb out from the subway tracks when he was struck and killed by the downtown Q train yesterday afternoon, the New York Daily News reported.
Korean Translator Caught Committing Election Fraud
A translator working at a Queens, N.Y., election voting station was discovered to be directing Korean American voters whom to vote for in the presidential election, according to news reports.
Translator Sang Soo Park was seen by official observer Daniel Baek, an attorney, telling at least three voters to vote Democratic, according to the Queens Chronicle.
