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S.J. J.NG, KOREAN-AMERICAN: Some parents, they are really afraid of sending their children to school, and some Korean-American businesses, they decided to shut down their stores.
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My next novel, The Suicide Sonata, weaves among three central characters: a Caucasian violinist with a fetish for Asian women, a Korean-American cellist who is obsessed with Alma Mahler, and a young Japanese-American stalker/would-be assassin.
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He said, Glenn - let me share with you the (3) reasons why the most influential political leaders will always attend the Korean-American and the Indian (from Asia) -American galas and dinner functions: 1. They have order 2. They have education 3. They have money (they will invest to accelerate their influence in America)
Glenn Llopis: The Hispanic Identity Crisis Explains Why Hispanics Can't be Trusted Glenn Llopis 2012
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Chong Sik Lee, president of The Korean-American Grocers Association of New York, tells the Times that his membership has decreased by half from a decade ago and that "In 10 years, there will be no more Korean mom-and-pop stores."
A New York Fixture, Korean Stores Are Closing Across New York The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Korean-American missionary Robert Park defiantly walked into North Korea on Christmas Day in 2009 to draw attention to the North's alleged human rights abuses and to call for the resignation of leader Kim Jong Il.
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Jen Kim and Jason Ma, U.S.-born children of Korean immigrants who married last year, weren't looking for a fellow Korean-American to wed when they met in New York five years ago.
More Marriages Cross Race, Ethnicity Lines Miriam Jordan 2012
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"Songs of the Dragons" begins with a recording of a man repeatedly hitting a woman, and what follows is an unsettling series of sequences of varying degrees of shock value and satire: three Korean women in traditional costumes, taking turns punching and kicking a young Korean-American woman; a porno-style shadow-puppet play; a rousing Korean version of "Amazing Grace"; a dull white couple interrupting the proceedings to air their run-of-the-mill relationship issues.
Review: 'Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven' at Studio Theatre Peter Marks 2010
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How much of this is based on your experiences as a Korean-American woman?
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I last saw her work on stage when Playwrights Horizons produced "BFE," a flawed but interesting play about a Korean-American family living somewhere in Arizona, and I resolved to keep her in mind thereafter.
Too Cute for Words Terry Teachout 2010
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In South Korea, a 25-year-old Korean-American, Daniel Shin , joined with a group of four programmers to build a social-commerce business called Ticket Monster Co., which in just over a year was generating monthly revenue of more than $25 million, which equates to more than $300 million annually.
Out of the Factory Evan Ramstad 2011
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