Hundreds Celebrate 121 Years of Korean American Heritage at 2024 New York Gala

Published on January 16, 2024

NEW YORK—Business leaders, lawmakers, and community members gathered at a New York gala on Saturday night to embrace more than 120 years of Korean American heritage. With the past weekend marking 121 years since the first Korean immigrants set foot on American soil on Jan. 13, 1903, the Korean American Association of Greater New York (KAAGNY) on Saturday hosted an annual gala in midtown Manhattan to celebrate the rich tapestry of Korean American culture and the ethnic community’s contributions to the United States. “One hundred twenty-one years ago, a hundred and two Koreans landed in Hawaii. By 1905, 7,726 Koreans landed in Hawaii—thousands of them moved to mainland California, and they made a living as farmers, miners, and railway workers,” Kwang S. Kim, KAAGNY’s President, said in a speech to a full house at the prestigious Ziegfeld Ballroom, following a dazzling opening performance by tenors and a short film on the history of Korean immigrants....

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