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When Dallas was still a town of muddy, unpaved roads and cotton fields, a Chinese entrepreneur by the name of Joe Hay opened Star Restaurant on Main Street. It was the first Chinese restaurant and likely the first Asian restaurant to open in the city, and it came at a...

SEOUL—Move over, Hong Kong. There’s a new global art hub emerging in Asia: Seoul, South Korea’s capital whose cultural clout already extends to high-end food, Oscar-winning films like “Parasite” and K-pop juggernaut BTS. Now, it has landed Frieze Seoul, a major art fair.This Friday, Frieze will open its first outpost...

2022 Kakao Entertainment's first global online audition, North America, starts now!▶ Applicant conditions: Open to all ages, all genders and all nationalities▶ Application Period: Aug. 10th 2022(Wed) – Aug. 31st 2022(Wed)▶ Audition genres and preparation material (applicants may choose up to 2 genres at one time)- Vocal/Rap: Any song you...

For years, Coppell resident Sinmin Pak has been organizing events to spread awareness of the hundreds of thousands of women and girls who were forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military before and during World War II.Victims of the sex trafficking network known as “comfort women,” were part of...

The man accused of shooting three Asian women at a Dallas hair salon has been indicted on multiple hate crimes.Jeremy Smith was indicted on seven charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.Police say Smith fired a rifle inside Hair World Salon in an area known as Koreatown in May.Three...

August 14th is International Memorial Day for Comfort Women.‘Comfort Woman’ refers to a woman or girl who was forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese soldiers as part of a system of brothels operated by the Imperial Japanese Army in its occupied territories between 1937 and 1945.A memorial event...

 Shin Jin, Korean-American owner of the famous Korean karaoke bar ‘Encore Family Karaoke’ in Royal Lane’s Koreatown, donated $5,000 to one of the victims of the May 11th shooting that happened at the Korean-owned hair salon Royal Lane.Jin visited the DKnet Korean radio station Wednesday 13th last month to hand...

by Tony Chai | Chief Editor | Koreaindallas.com Greater Dallas Korean American Chamber of Commerce (GDKACC) donated $5,000 to Crime Stoppers through the Dallas Police Department. H.K. Kim, the president of GDKACC, and other officials visited DPD’s headquarters Friday, July 22nd. On behalf of Chief Eddie Garcia, Executive Assistant Chief...