Pictured above: From left to right—Jimmy Lee, Julie Ha, Michelle Woo, John Lee and Ken Lee. Twenty-five years ago, KoreAm Journal started out as a newsmagazine published on newsprint. “Get…
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Taste Test: Korean Ice Bars
…good balance of creaminess and coconut flavor. Audrey Ryu, intern: You feel like you should be on a beach. Julie Ha, editor-in-chief: Yeah, it tastes like a piña colada! Assi…
Luke Kim, Community Activist and Pioneer in Cultural Psychiatry, Dies at 85
Pictured above: Dr. Luke Kim stands by a garden. This photo was taken in November 2002. (Photo by Eric Sueyoshi) by JULIE HA julie@charactermedia.com Dr. Luke Ik Chang Kim, who…
Free, Free Chol Soo Lee
…San Bruno, California. Photo courtesy of Kenji G. Taguma/Nichi Bei Weekly. by JULIE HA julie@charactermedia.com As this nation seethed, wept and marched this past month over a spate of African…
Note to Our Print Subscribers: KoreAm Goes Bimonthly
…we’re publishing less frequently. And, as always, feel free to email me at Julie@charactermedia.com, if you’d like to share your thoughts. –Julie Ha, Editor-in-Chief This article was published in the…
‘Free Chol Soo Lee’ Premieres at Sundance, Highlighting Pan-Asian Activism and Complex Legacies
…history of advocacy for the Asian diaspora has existed much longer than you might think. “Free Chol Soo Lee,” a 90-minute documentary co-directed by Julie Ha and Eugene Yi, will…
Randall Park’s Last Column: This Is the End
…I wanted to take the time to thank Julie Ha, former online editor Y. Peter Kang, publisher James Ryu and everybody over at KoreAm for allowing me a space to…
Chol Soo Lee Day of Remembrance Draws Intimate Crowd in L.A.
…Gary Eto. (Photo by Charlie Kaijo) by JULIE HA | julie@charactermedia.com How did they do it? How did Asian Americans in the 1970s and early ’80s, with little political clout let…
‘Living Legend’ Susan Ahn Cuddy Passes Away at 100
by JULIE HA julie@charactermedia.com Susan Ahn Cuddy, long considered a living legend for shattering barriers for women and Asian Americans in the U.S. Navy and later as a code-breaker for…
Remembering Luke Kim, a Community Activist and Pioneer in Cultural Psychiatry
by JULIE HA Dr. Luke Ik Chang Kim, who devoted much of his life to helping the disenfranchised and voiceless in society through his work as a psychiatrist and community…
The Hidden Population
…to come out of the shadows and be counted. By Julie Ha In unprecedented fashion this year, the U.S. Census Bureau took pro-active measures to target those hard-to-count minority groups,…
Fly Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Rhee
…backstory and public legacy of controversial education reformer Michelle Rhee. by Julie Ha If you’ve ever read a profile of Michelle Rhee, the bee eating story should ring—or buzz—familiar. Long…
Editor's Note: December 2010
…began in 1950—remains on the international radar, as both North and South Korea exchanged fire last month on the South’s Yeonpyeong island. In Julie Ha’s story, Korea experts interpret the…
A Line in the Sea
GRAPHIC BY ALLEN LEE Story by Julie Ha Following the North’s artillery shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong island last week, some global headlines screamed that the Korean peninsula was nearing…
A Brilliant Rivalry: Victor Cha and David Kang
…their own counter-narrative. by JULIE HA photographs by ERIC SUEYOSHI Could you script a more perfect rivalry? Victor D. Cha, cast as The Hawk, suspects North Korea wants to be…
