Thursday's Korean American Newspaper Headlines

Korea Daily

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Headlines (Upper Half)
South Korean Internship Program "WEST" Makes No Sense; Burden of Hire Passed on to Local Branch: LA Consulate asks for cooperation... companies perplexed (Original)

Investigations on LA's Korean American-owned Language Schools on Visa Fraud (Original)

Headlines (Lower Half)
Public University Tuition Spikes Up: UCs 9.3%; minimum 5%-6% (Original)

Mortgage Rates Could Hit 4%: UC Berkeley professor argues (Original)

FreddieMac CFO Commites Suicide at Home (Original)

Articles of Interest
Asian American High School Students Failing to Graduate in Time on the Increase: since the introduction of the new test in 2007 (Original) A2

Controversy over Governor's Ballot Initiatives Expands: "Raise 1 cent in sales tax to support education": Board of Equalization member Michelle Park and others hold opposition press conference (Original) A4

Korea Times

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Headlines (Upper Half)
Korean American High School Student Killed at Train Rail on his way to School: 22nd at Riverside while two trains were crossing, didn't get to see the trains (Original)

Public Universities with Fiscal Deficit Rush to Increase Tuition: State government pass on burden to parents; UCs up to 9.3%, graduate prorams up to 20%; middle class families over $60,000 hit (Original)

Headlines (Lower Half)
Five Youth Stealing Empty Houses Arrested (Original)

135,000 Unpaid Mortgages: California's first quarter worst since 1992 (Original)

Earth Day Celebrated in Koreatown Too (Original)

Articles of Interest
High School Graduation Exams "Discrimination to Minorities": Lower 25% among minorities more likely than whites to fail exam (Original) A2

Federal House Race "Heats Up": By-elections will take place on May 19th - Judy Chu and 12 others running for race (Original) A24