A Korean gunman in his 40s who opened fire at Oikos University, a Christian schoolin Oakland, California, Monday morning, killing at least five people and four others were wounded... According to Oakland police, the police got a report that the shooting occurred around 10:33 a.m. Monday at the nursing classroom of the Oikos Christian University on the…

The largest lottery jackpot in world history, $540 million lottery drawing set for today. In 41 participating states, tickets will be on sale Friday until 7:45 pm and the drawing will be held at right before 8 p.m.. A single winner would receive a lump-sum payment of $389.8 million. The other option isto spread the full amount over 26 annual payments of …

For the first time in the nation's history, overseas polls for the April elections opened on Wednesday, and registered Korean overseas voters began to cast their ballots. The overseas voting which continues for ten days until April 2, got off to a good start... Korean voters visited the polling place at the Korean Consulate General in LA hold overseas v…

A Korean man in his 50s was shot dead by several shots of three armed robbers at a swap meet in Victorville. Sadly, the Korean man who was shot dead tried to help his neighbor.... A Korean man in his 50s chasing after jewelry robbers was shot dead by three armed robbers in Victorville of San Bernardino County. According to San Bernardino County …

In California, employers added 4,000 payroll jobs in February. California jobless rate holdssteady as more people seek work... CA unemployment rate holds steady improvement. According to California Employment Development Department(Edd), nonfarm payroll jobs in California increased by 4,000 during the month of February. By industry, high techno…

Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, visits southern California on Tuesday. Romney will be at NBC in Burbank for the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" appearance. The appearance will be Romney's first on a late-night talk show since announcing his 2012 presidential candidacy. Romney plans fundraising cam…

Approximately, 230,000 illegal Korean immigrants were residing in the United States as of 2011 at 230,000 which is 60,000 more immigrants, 35 percent higher populations compared to a year before, 2010... According to the latest estimate the Homeland Security Department released on March, 23, an estimated 11.5 million unauthorized immigrants were li…

Department of Homeland Security(DHS) confirmed that DHS "has no plans to extend" the REAL ID deadline for state compliance, set as January 15, 2013 for 245 million Americans. If Real ID Act which was delayed three times after it was enacted on 2005, implements early next year, illegal immigrants would not be allowed to possess driver's licenses anymore. …

If Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, it may disrupt oil supplies nearly 20 percent for three months... Gas price could get as high as $8 a gallon if Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz to oil tanker traffic. CERA division of IHS Global Insight released a report that gasoline prices would double in early 2013 across the nation and the world from where …

Two University of New Mexico students allegedly inscribed their monikers within a sign,and the carving may lead to possible criminal penalties for the students and a repair tabof nearly $30,000. According to federal court, foreign exchange students from South Korea, Dana Choi, 22,and Seung Hoon Oh, 23, entered guilty pleas to misdemeanor information which …

11 Countries such as Japan and other 10 European nations, exempted from Iran sanctions... South Korea is not included in the list... The United States decided to exempt 11 countries, Japan and 10 European nations, from Iran sanctions. South Korea was not on the list of exempted countries, but it remains to be seen whether South Korea could be exempt…

The United States worries grow over Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities which would lead to a wider regional war in which two hundreds of American forces could be killed. According to New York Times on Tuesday, a stimulated war game exercise held this month to assess the U.S. military's capabilities to respond to an Israeli attack on Iran. The war…

The United States would call off a deal to send tons of food aid to North Korea if theNorth Korea government persists in a surprise plan to launch a long-range rocket, Kwangmyungsung. The agreement between the U.S. and North Korea which is to halt nuclear in exchangefor U.S. food aid is proceeding with difficulty. Responding to North Korea's announcement …

A U.S. jury has found Virginia Tech University guilty of negligence for failing to quicklyalert students during a Seung-Hui Cho's shooting spree in which 32 people died. The U.S. jury allowed four million dollars to be paid to each family of two students killedby Seung-Hui Cho's shooting rampage. Jurors of Christiansburg, Virginia said that officials ha…

The U.S. Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, arrived in Afghanistan on March, 14 to try todefuse tensions after the shooting rampage allegedly by a U.S. soldier. However, Defense Secretary of the United States, Leon Panetta, who is visiting Afghanistan escaped an attack from an Afghan man around the time his plane was landing at an air base in Afghanistan. Th…