Korean Friends: ASIAN BANKING CLUBS: HOW THEY WORK
How does a ``kye'' work?It starts with lots of trust. In the Asian banking clubs, or kyes as they are called in Korean, friends, relatives and/or business associates pool their money to make loans to individual members. There are no loan applications. No collateral. No credit histories. And no government bailouts.``You have to trust each other,'' says Cerritos real estate agent Sue Chung, a Korean immigrant who has participated in...
Korean Friends: Russian military orchestra chief praises North Korean leader
Pyongyang, 18 February: Chief of the Military Orchestral Service and its chief conductor of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valeriy Khalilov, who is leading the central military band of the Defence Ministry of Russia, was interviewed by KCNA at Pyongyang Airport before his departure on 17 February.He extended heartfelt thanks to Korean friends on behalf of all the members of the military band for helping their successful performances and visits. Pointing out that they visited...
Korean Friends: If you're sushi-ed out try some Seoul food
Pity the poor foodie. Months have gone by with hardly a new culinary trend in sight. Well, when in doubt, do ethnic, we always say. And if you're all sushi-ed out and over-szechuan-ed, it's time to try some Seoul food. Arirang, so Korean friends and our own experience tell us, is probably the best of a number of restaurants in the Korean strip of Bloor St. W., between Bathurst and Christie.This is a small, friendly place that's plain and pleasant. And...
Korean Friends: Evening Standard: Three hunted in gang rape
THREE men carried out a "sickening" gang rape on a young Korean woman who was celebrating the end of her time in Britain, police have revealed.The victim, who is in her early twenties, was enjoying an early evening meal with seven other Korean friends when she was approached by three men at Yates Wine Lodge in Ealing. The men "gave the impression of befriending her" and after a meal with drinks, the group of Koreans split up, leaving the...
Korean Friends: Chasing salmon,
Success rate low, fun factor high as crowds enjoy 'cheap entertainment'
KENAI RIVER DIPNET FISHERY OPENS FOR RESIDENTS
For Alaska residents Myung Kim, Nayer Mamoud and Imere Atisanoe, Saturday was as much about enjoying Alaska as it was about the dipnet fishery that opened that morning on the Kenai River. Kim, originally from Korea and now living in Anchorage, noted the diversity of people as she sat with Korean friends on the sandy, pebbled beach at the river's mouth to Cook Inlet."Everybody loves nature. When we come out here, we all get dirty. Nobody cares."The...