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The Latest Breaking News from Koreatown

A lovely mural honoring Lakers legends was unveiled in Koreatown

A look at the beautiful new mural created by artist Jonas Never that honors three eras of Lakers championship basketball.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Supreme Court affirmative action debate captures Asian American fear of bias in admissions

LOS ANGELES — Kenji Horigome’s college application featured a 4.2 GPA, challenging coursework and a compelling narrative of losing his father as a boy and struggling to make ends meet with his single mother, a low-wage Koreatown restaurant worker. But he didn’t bother to apply to Harvard or Yale.

Los Angeles Times

Anti-Asian hate crime drives spike in number of incidents reported to Dallas police

DALLAS — At a heated town hall meeting in May, Caroline Kim stood in front of city leaders and some of the highest ranking officers at the Dallas Police Department and called on them to do more to keep the Asian American community safe.

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A Korean BBQ restaurant now has a union. Supermarkets may be next

LOS ANGELES — At the Korean barbecue restaurant Genwa, a plate of beef short ribs, or galbi, costs around $75.

Los Angeles Times

In fatal shooting, LAPD says man aimed at officer. Body cam tells a different story

LOS ANGELES — In the weeks after a Los Angeles police officer fatally shot a man in Koreatown, LAPD officials said little about the killing.

Los Angeles Times

Banking exec fired after video captures violent outburst at Koreatown restaurant

Roman Cambell allegedly brawled with staff at Koreatown’s Shanghai Mong restaurant

The Independent UK

A Dallas Koreatown salon shooting may be linked to others at Asian American businesses

A shooting that injured three women in a hair salon this week may have been a hate crime and could be linked to two other recent shootings at businesses run by Asian Americans, Dallas police say.

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Dallas police search for man who shot 3 at Koreatown salon

Police are searching for a man who opened fire inside a hair salon in Dallas’ Koreatown area, wounding three people

The Independent UK

Thirty years after it burned, Koreatown has transformed. But scars remain

LOS ANGELES — When the city started to burn, James An’s mother was driving her new BMW in South L.A.

Los Angeles Times

Frank Shyong: How did a Thai restaurant chain become so beloved by immigrants from Mexico and Central America?

LOS ANGELES -- When two Nicaraguan Uber drivers told me that a Thai place in Koreatown was their favorite restaurant in Los Angeles, I grew curious.

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