[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9290]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING THE KOREA TIMES 10,000TH ISSUE AND 46TH ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 10, 2015

  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and congratulate the 
Korea Times as the newspaper celebrates its 10,000th edition and its 
46th anniversary of providing news to the Korean-American community. It 
is the Korean-American community's largest and oldest newspaper.
   In my congressional district, across Northern Virginia and the 
Washington region, and across the nation, the Korea Times fills an 
invaluable role in providing the community with a daily mix of news and 
features highlighting local, regional, national, and international 
issues of interest to Korean-Americans.
   Here in the United States, the Korea Times provides its readers with 
insightful coverage of the latest news and events from the Korean 
Peninsula. When 304 people, many of them secondary school students, 
perished in the tragic sinking of the ferry MV Sewol in April of 2014, 
the Korea Times served as a lifeline to those Korean-Americans seeking 
information about family and friends involved in the disaster.
   During my more than 20 years of elected office as a district 
supervisor and Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and 
as the current Congressman for the 11th District of Virginia, I've had 
considerable interaction with the professional staff of the Korea 
Times, based in my district and in Washington, D.C.
   On issues I have worked on as co-chair of the Congressional Korea 
Caucus and as a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee 
ranging from Korean family reunification and North Korea sanctions to 
the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, Korea Times' journalists have 
diligently reported on the importance of these matters to their 
readers.
   In print, on the Internet, and via social media, the Korea Times is 
an important asset to the Korean-American community in my Northern 
Virginia district and across the nation. I join my Korean-American 
constituents and community leaders in congratulating the Korea Times on 
its 46 years of service and wish the newspaper many more years of 
success.

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