Tag Archives: Korean Americans

By Aurora de Peralta Richmond, VA – A bill mandating that Virginia textbooks note that the Sea of Japan is also known as the East Sea was approved by the House of Delegates on Wednesday, March 5. The bill has been passed to Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who has one month to consider signing the bill into law. McAuliffe, who promised …

On August 18, 2013 McDonald’s partnered with Korea Daily to sponsor a college fair for Asian American high school students. Andrew Han, Montgomery County Prosecutor opened the event with a keynote speech. Also speaking was Kyu Rhee, a local Asian American McDonald’s owner and Victor Kim, winner of the MTV hit America’s Best Dance Crew and recent college graduate. This …

By Jennie L. Ilustre Washington, D.C.–House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (CA) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor led fellow legislators at a Republican Meetup with Korean Americans, celebrating the strong 60-year alliance of the United States and South Korea. They joined other Republican Members of Congress in emphasizing that the two nations and peoples share the same values of …