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Frank Shyong

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Frank Shyong is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times writing about diversity and diaspora in Los Angeles. He grew up south of Nashville, Tenn., and moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to study economics at UCLA. He joined The Times in 2012 and previously reported on the San Gabriel Valley, Chinese immigration to the Southland and the Asian American community.

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Column: We’re thoughtful about what we eat. How come we’re thoughtless about what we share online?

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Column: We’re thoughtful about what we eat. How come we’re thoughtless about what we share online?

There is something about the internet that makes us act dumb, and that includes me.
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Column: Laotian Americans’ stories are obscured by history. That’s why we need ethnic studies

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Column: Laotian Americans’ stories are obscured by history. That’s why we need ethnic studies

Stories of the U.S. bombing campaign and Laotians’ experiences in prison camps are little known, but state legislators could push to include their perspectives in a model curriculum.
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Column: Mass shooters seek notoriety, and we, the media, provide it. Is there another way?

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Column: Mass shooters seek notoriety, and we, the media, provide it. Is there another way?

We rank shootings to provide historical significance. Research says those rankings are treated like video game scoreboards by potential shooters.

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Skelton: San Diego’s city attorney is taking away hundreds of guns from those who shouldn’t have them
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Column: The workers who make Korean barbecue possible deserve better

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Column: The workers who make Korean barbecue possible deserve better

Columnist Frank Shyong takes a look at all the labor that goes into a single meal of Korean barbecue.
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Column: For the doctor behind Happy Foot Sad Foot sign, a strange kind of fame comes to an end

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Column: For the doctor behind Happy Foot Sad Foot sign, a strange kind of fame comes to an end

Over the last four decades, the Happy Foot Sad Foot sign at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Benton Way has become the neighborhood’s mascot and mood ring.
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Column: An appreciation of the pyrotechnic anarchy of 4th of July in Los Angeles

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Column: An appreciation of the pyrotechnic anarchy of 4th of July in Los Angeles

Every summer in Los Angeles, the police department, fire agencies and politicians take great pains to warn the public about the dangers of illegal fireworks.
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Column: Police know the mentally ill need more than handcuffs. Their response is shifting

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Column: Police know the mentally ill need more than handcuffs. Their response is shifting

The first time that Bob Hung had to handcuff his sister, in 2010, he was afraid.
World & Nation

The Chinese and non-Chinese internet are two worlds. Here’s what it’s like to use both

World & Nation

The Chinese and non-Chinese internet are two worlds. Here’s what it’s like to use both

The Chinese-controlled internet is already a world apart from that used by the rest of the globe, split by censorship that blocks users in China from accessing many of the apps and websites used daily in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Column: Many in Chinatown have never tried its most popular restaurant, so I brought the food to them

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Column: Many in Chinatown have never tried its most popular restaurant, so I brought the food to them

It’s only been three years, but the line at Howlin’ Ray’s in Chinatown is already the stuff of legend, a spectacle of stoicism, the world championships of waiting.
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Column: How Venice Boulevard keeps South Asian culture alive in Los Angeles

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Column: How Venice Boulevard keeps South Asian culture alive in Los Angeles

If you’ve ever been to Venice Boulevard in June or July, you might notice mangos stacked conspicuously in boxes outside the South Asian grocery stores that line the street.

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