A bad case of chubby hamster cheeks on top of acne-prone skin was double trouble during my adolescent life and it continued into my 20’s. My family even tried some […]
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Asian Designers’ Resort 2016 Collection Trends
Resort 2016 lends to a more conservative appeal with its long lengths and wide-leg fits. Â Still living up to the ’70s revival, several designers have taken to releasing […]
North Korea to Release 2 South Korean Detainees
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea will release two South Koreans who were accused of illegally entering the country last May, according to Yonhap News Agency. On […]
[VIDEO] Ki Hong Lee is a Prisoner in ‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com “Would you rather be a guard or a prisoner?” In 1971, Dr. Philip Zimbardo conducted a notorious experiment that randomly assigned 24 […]
North Korean Soldier Crosses DMZ to Defect to South
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com A teenaged North Korean soldier walked across the heavily mined Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Monday in a bid to defect to South Korea, […]
‘Kings of Ktown’ Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Korean American comedians Danny Cho, Walter Hong and Paul “PK” Kim have launched a crowdfunding campaign to film “Kings of Ktown,” a stand-up comedy […]
Seoul Police Arrest Korean American for Taking Upskirt Photos
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com A Korean American man was arrested in Seoul’s Yeongdeungpo District for allegedly taking upskirt photographs of a woman near a subway station […]
CAPE’s #IAM Live Event Recap
story by ARIANNA CARAMAT and REERA YOO On May 27, 2015, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) teamed up with Verizon to host the second annual […]
Get to Know Randall Park from Wong Fu’s ‘Everything Before Us’
KoreAm and Audrey Magazine recently teamed up to get acquainted with the cast of Wong Fu Productions‘ first feature film, Everything Before Us. The sci-fi romantic drama follows […]
Cheating Website Reveals Hints of Societal Change in South Korea
by FOSTER KLUG and YOUKYUNG LEE, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A wealthy man sneaks away for a tryst that he suggests will “reduce friction” with his […]
Live From UCLA, It’s LCC!
by ADA TSENG, Audrey Magazine When college students Randall Park, David J. Lee and Derek Mateo founded a theater group at UCLA 20 years ago, little did they know […]
South Korean Womenswear Line, FREAKS By Designer Tae-Hoon Kim
For those of you keeping up with all the street styles coming out of Asia, we found a great designer with clothing accessible to stateside shopping fanatics! Meet […]
Report Highlights Buying Power of Asian American Consumers
UPDATE (June 11, 2015): Nielsen released the third edition of its Asian American consumer report “Asian Americans: Culturally Connected and Forging the Future” earlier today. The report delved into […]
Will New Yorkers Go Cuckoo for KakaoTaxi?
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Daum Kakao Corp. is considering bringing South Korea’s most popular cab-hailing app service to the Big Apple, according to Bloomberg. KakaoTaxi launched […]
Will The Real Hapa Please Stand Up?
by KIMBERLY-ROSE KA’IULANI WOLTER In his latest film, Aloha, Cameron Crowe has written one of the most prominent hapa characters in a big budget motion picture: Allison Ng. […]
