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Month: August 2015
U.N. Appoints Korean Canadian as Director of Ethics Office
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Canada’s Elia Yi Armstrong as the director of the U.N. Ethics Office. At age 54, Armstrong succeeds Joan Elise […]
Haikus With Hotties Nomination #4: Viet Pham
In case you hadn’t heard, we successfully funded a Kickstarter in less than 3 days on August 18, 2015, and now we’re making a 2016 calendar out of […]
Eugene Yang Fans Unite As He Overtakes the #1 Spot
We’re collecting votes until Tuesday, August 25 at 11:59PM PST to see who we should pursue for our 2016 Haikus with Hotties calendar, and we’re giving you Daily Hot Five charts […]
The Comedy Comedy Festival Kicks Off Aug. 27 in L.A.
by KoreAm Staff Looking for a good laugh and some excellent storytelling in Los Angeles next week? If your answer is yes, then you should head to The Comedy […]
Ki Hong Lee Fans Start to Activate, and Tim Kang Is Added to the Nomination Board
We’re collecting votes until Tuesday, August 25 at 11:59PM PST to see who we should pursue for our 2016 Haikus with Hotties calendar, and we’re giving you Daily […]
Haikus With Hotties Nomination #3: Tim Kang
In case you hadn’t heard, we successfully funded a Kickstarter in less than 3 days on August 18, 2015, and now we’re making a 2016 calendar out of […]
Forget KFC: Try Maangchi’s Korean Fried Chicken at Home
Maybe it’s the way she always says, “It’s so delicious” and “Hi everybody,” rolling her r’s in the Korean aunt-you-wish-you-had sort of way. Maybe it’s her unabashed style […]
South Korean Woman Gets Plastic Surgery to Evade Arrest for 6 Years
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com A South Korean woman who evaded police for six years after undergoing plastic surgery was arrested on Aug. 12, reports the Korea Times. […]
Magnolia Bakery Opens in Seoul
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Let them eat cake! Magnolia Bakery has debuted its first Korean branch inside the Hyundai Department Store in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province. It is […]
North Korea Warns of War With South After Artillery Fire
Pictured above: President Park Geun-hye visits the headquarters of Third Army in the city of Yongin, just south of Seoul, on Aug. 21, 2015, amid heightened tensions raised by the […]
How Are The Haikus with Hotties Calendar Votes Going? Check Out The Rankings So Far.
We’re collecting votes until Tuesday, August 25 at 11:59PM PST to see who we should pursue for our 2016 Haikus with Hotties calendar, and starting today, we’ll be […]
Korean American Animator Will Kim Creates Moving Watercolor Tales
by KARIN CHAN There is no space to walk around Will Kim’s home studio in South Pasadena, Calif. due to a mosaic of watercolor paintings lying on the floor […]
How To Do the New Twisted Updo From Fall Runways
It’s August and in many parts of the country, the heat is only just starting to reach its intensity that will take us through the usually sweltering month of […]
Haikus with Hotties Nomination #2: Vincent Rodriguez III
In case you hadn’t heard, we successfully funded a Kickstarter in less than 3 days on August 18, 2015, and now we’re making a 2016 calendar out of our […]