Less than three weeks remain before Pope Francis makes his first apostolic visit to South Korea, and excitement is building among local Koreans, especially at St. Paul Chong Ha-Sang parish, Flushing.
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Bayside School Hosts Students from Korea
This past January, Sacred Heart School, Bayside, hosted several foreign exchange students from Korea. The students spent the month going to classes and learning about life in America. Dennis Farrell, principal, said that he was very proud of his students for helping the exchange students to acclimate to the American style of learning. “The students […]
Local Koreans Concerned But Not Panicky Over War Threat at Home
by Marie Elena Giossi While North Korea marked the April 15 anniversary of its founder’s birth with flowers and remembrances, rather than more threatening rhetoric and missile tests, concerns about a nuclear attack on the U.S. continued to loom. This month, following weeks of war threats, North Korea marks two significant anniversaries – the April […]