…miniseries “Expats,” a grieving Margaret (Nicole Kidman) and her friend Hilary (Sarayu Blue) dance to Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” in a noodle shop. As the pairs’ bare feet sashay across…
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Lulu Wang’s ‘Expats’ Tells A Story of Three Intertwined Women, Set During the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong
If Lulu Wang were to direct “Lost In Translation,” we think it’d look something like “Expats.” The Prime Video series is set in 2014, Hong Kong—a turbulent time of protests…
Linus Kim Does Finger-lickin’ BBQ in Seoul
…year in Itaewon, in central Seoul, he knew he would at least find a following among expats. The Birmingham, Alabama, native had already established his barbecue street cred by selling…
Jen Lee’s “Dear Korea” Shows What It’s Like To Live In Korea As A Korean American
…stemmed from conversations with fellow expats about the funny and odd moments they’d experienced living in Korea. “I thought it would be interesting to create a comic that highlighted what…
Korean Flash Mob in China Performs a Defiant ‘Arirang’
…text in Korean at the end of the video says: “We can’t sing the ‘Aegukga’ or wave the Taegeukgi, even though there are 25,000 Korean expats and around 1,500 Korean…
Filmmaker Lulu Wang to Head New Production Company Local Time Alongside Producer Dani Melia
…a first-look deal with Amazon Studios, headed by Jennifer Salke, to executive produce television series. Currently, Wang is a producer on Amazon’s forthcoming “Expats” series, based on the 2016 novel…
Critical Darling ‘Shōgun’ and Other API Projects Secure Emmy Nominations
…For A Drama Series Sarayu Blue and Ji-young Yoo (“Expats”) for Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series Brian Tee (“Expats”) for Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology…
Adoption Stories Untold
…focus on the oh-so modern issue of identity. Fortunately but not surprisingly, the Korea Herald scooped everyone with its timely piece, “Expats fight to change adoption law.” The story chronicles…
March Cover Story: Daniel Henney Is Ready For His Hollywood Close-Up
…He—and everyone else—assumes he’ll be a natural working in China because of his heritage, when in reality, he’s less “Chinese” than any of the Caucasian expats he meets abroad. His…
The World Was Watching
…rid of shame and political ridicule. Overnight, I received so many ‘congratulations’ from Vietnamese friends and expats from all over the world. I would like to see Obama further inspire…
ROK Heavy
…of nightclubs, and soon, the expats, artists and young people came flocking. Unlike here in the United States, Hongdae has largely escaped the “hipster-fication” that has overrun indie music hotbeds…
Hitting the Sauce
…of women aged 19 and up who report consuming five glasses of soju (roughly three cans of beer) in one sitting has increased nearly 10-fold. For American expats, the “when…
Wednesday's Link Attack: Ban Ki-moon, Cartoonist Derek Kirk Kim, NK's Jong Tae-se
…Hyun-Ki Lee was awarded a gold medal at the New York Festivals radio awards for a series he did with former North Korean expats and defectors this year. Lee interviewed…
Food Aid Can Change North Korea
…the “lively social life” she enjoyed with fellow expats and North Koreans alike. From October of 2006 to September of this year, Zellwegger served as head of the Swiss Agency…
YouTube Chef Maangchi Debuts New Cookbook
…and friends, years of practice and sharing recipes with fellow Korean expats in Columbus, Missouri, where she lived when her ex-husband was getting his Ph.D. “Since I was young, I…
