by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Seoul held a mass wedding ceremony for North Korean defectors on Tuesday, reports Channel News Asia. About 100 couples were chosen to get […]
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Jerry Kang, UCLA’s New Diversity Ambassador
story by KARIN CHAN photography by CHRISTELLE NAHAS/UCLA Gripping his suitcase handle for support, a young Jerry Kang froze in the center of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. As travelers brushed past him, he saw […]
The Rise of Illionaire Records
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from Complex Magazine’s June 30 story on Illionaire rappers Dok2, the Quiett and Beenzino. This article has been republished on KoreAm with permission. […]
U.S. Taekwondo Practitioners Plan DMZ Peace Walk
by KARIN CHAN editor@charactermedia.com A group of U.S. taekwondo masters is organizing a peace walk across the demilitarized zone that divides North and South Korea, reports the Voice of America. […]
Get to Know Joanna Sotomura From Wong Fu’s ‘Everything Before Us’
Full name: Joanna Reed Sotomura Age: 28 Ethnic background: Japanese, German Where she was born: Honolulu, Hawaii Where she was raised: Honolulu, Hawaii In Wong Fu’s very first feature-length […]
Program in India Aims to End Child Marriages and Empower Women
Child marriages are more common in India than anywhere else in the world. Often, these young girls feel like their future is simply out of their control. This is […]
Ting Shih Uses Mobile Phones to Bring Health Care to Underserved Communities
Story by Susan Soon He Stanton When Ting Shih was an M.B.A. and systems engineering student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007, she was given the […]
Dining Etiquette: The Do’s and Don’ts of Eating in Asia
When we brought you “The Ultimate Sushi Guide” last year, we pointed out that there are specific rules when it comes to eating sushi. For instance, wooden chopsticks […]
Indian American Father Creates Book to Help Children Cope With Loss
If you’re a parent, you may have had to take on the difficult task of explaining loss to your young child. This was definitely a concern for Manoj Abraham who […]
Christian Groups Drum Up Protest Against Seoul’s LGBTQ Pride Parade
by KARIN CHAN editor@charactermedia.com A drum line of anti-gay activists loudly played traditional Korean drums near Seoul Plaza on Sunday in an attempt to drown out the 16th Korea Queer […]
Tech Startups Find a Home in Koreatown’s Kolabs
Pictured above: The team behind RushOrder, led by CEO Eric Kim, standing at right. (Photo by Narith Ta) by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com From trendy cafes and […]
Ailee to Release First Full-Length Album in October
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com It’s been three years since Korean American singer Ailee took the K-pop world by storm with her single “Heaven.” Now, the powerhouse vocalist […]
Q&A with Elise Hu, NPR’s Korea/Japan Correspondent
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com If you’ve tuned into NPR in recent months, chances are you’ve noticed the number of on-air pieces out of Korea, whether about the mokbang […]
Chef Katianna Hong’s Journey to Meadowood
by SEUNG Y. LEE Katianna Hong showed a keen interest in cooking from an early age. As a young girl, she hung around the home of a neighbor who loved to cook […]
‘Northern Limit Line’ Tops South Korean Box Office
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Northern Limit Line, a film that depicts a 2002 inter-Korean naval skirmish, topped South Korea’s weekly box office this past weekend, dropping Jurassic […]
