Monthly Archives: April 2021
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Posted: April 05, 2021Categories: Passports and Visas
Read more »Los Angeles is America’s second most populous city after New York. Greater Los Angeles—which includes Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County, Ventura County, and Orange County—has a population of nearly 19 million people. If Greater Los Angeles were its own country, it would be the 15th largest economy in the world (its GDP is slightly less than the GDP of Indonesia). Known for its endless sprawl, Greater Los Angeles is the largest metropolitan region in the United States by land area and includes over 200 cities such as Santa Monica, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Burbank, Long Beach, Carson, Irvine, Anaheim, and Inglewood. Los Angeles is one of the most multicultural cities on the planet and attracts people from all over the world. There are an estimated 350,000 Korean people in Greater Los Angeles and the city is home to the largest and most famous Koreatown in the world. There are also large Korean communities located in northern Orange County (in the cities of Buena Park and Fullerton) and the San Fernando Valley. Koreatown in Los Angeles is well known for having the best Korean restaurants in the country and is a lively part of the city with many Korean owned businesses and nightlife venues.
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Posted: April 01, 2021Categories: Passports and Visas
Read more »San Francisco, known as the “City by the Bay”, is one of America’s most famous and beautiful cities. Located in Northern California, San Francisco is just one of the many cities that together make up the San Francisco Bay Area, or Bay Area for short. The 14-county combined statistical area (that comprises the Bay Area) has nearly 10 million people, making it the fifth-most populous region in the United States. The Bay Area includes cities such as Oakland, Hayward, Berkeley, Vallejo, Concord, Pleasanton, Fremont, San Jose, San Mateo, Palo Alto, Sausalito, and San Rafael. The economy of the Bay Area is one of the most vigorous and entrepreneurial on the planet. Silicon Valley (in the southern part of the Bay Area) has attracted engineers from all over the world, including those from Korea. Some of the first Koreans to arrive to San Francisco came through Angel Island Immigration Station starting in 1910. Today there are nearly 100,000 Koreans in the Bay Area. Koreatowns are located in Santa Clara and Oakland, and there are several schools where Bay Area residents can study the Korean language. San Francisco has a sister city relationship with Seoul—South’s Korea capital and largest city—and the two cities are connected through nonstop flights on Korean Air and United Airlines.
