by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Doo-ho Choi’s first fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lasted all of 18 seconds back in November. On July 15, the […]
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Q&A with Claudia Kim of ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
by GRACE KANG She may not be decked out in a star-spangled suit or robotic armor, but Claudia Kim in Avengers: Age of Ultron enjoys the superhero treatment as […]
ABC Orders Ken Jeong’s Comedy ‘Dr. Ken’ to Series
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com ABC has ordered Ken Jeong’s medical comedy Dr. Ken to series, along with two other pilots, reports Variety. This will be the second sitcom featuring an […]
World’s 10 Most Followed Asian Female Celebs on Twitter (May 2015)
1)  Indonesian entertainer Agnes Monica (@agnezmo) – 13.1M Twitter followers  2) Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) – 10.3M Twitter followers  3) Japanese-Swiss-Polish Brazilian TV personality Sabrina Sato Rahal (@SabrinaSatoReal) – […]
Hansik Served at Expo Milano 2015
by COURTNEY LEE Looking for one place to taste over 100 national cuisines? Try Milan. Expo Milano 2015, which began last Friday and will run until Oct. 31, is […]
[VIDEO] CAPE’s 2015 #IAM Campaign Features Korean American Role Models
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com To celebrate this year’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) has launched its 2015 #IAM Campaign to […]
The World According to Dave: (Don’t) Let It Snow
by DAVID YOO This past winter, the Boston area experienced snowstorms of epic proportions. From mid-January to mid-February, we got over eight feet of snow—officially the most in the history of […]
ABC Renews ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ for Season 2
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Fresh Off the Boat fans, rejoice! ABC has renewed the Asian American family sitcom for a second season, according to Deadline. The network […]
Army Veteran Turns to Social Media in Search of His Long-Lost Twin Children
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Army veteran Allen Thomas had spent over 40 years unsuccessfully searching for the whereabouts of his twin children he left behind in […]
The Run-Down On Shay Mitchell’s Beauty Must-Haves
To put it simply, Pretty Little Liars star Shay Mitchell is nothing short of gorgeous. This Filipino Canadian actress always seems so fashionable and put-together, even with hardly […]
Idina Menzel Sings “Let it Go” in Japanese
Disney’s Frozen took the world by storm. Currently, it is the sixth highest-grossing film of all time, the very highest-grossing animated film of all time and the third […]
North Korea Launches Online Shopping Site
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com It’s no Amazon or Gmarket, but North Korea has finally launched an online shopping website—despite the fact that the vast majority of the […]
‘Simply Not Good Enough’: House Rep. on Handling of Daniel Chong Aftermath
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com A day after new details surfaced regarding the exceedingly light measures taken against Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents who forgot about a University of […]
South Korean Bands Rock Out at SXSW
Pictured above: Korean glam rock band, Victim Mentality. (Photo courtesy of Victim Mentality) by RUTH KIM Move over, K-pop. At this year’s South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival, held in […]
K-pop Community Reacts to TMZ’s Racist Remarks
by ARIANNA CARAMAT This past weekend, K-pop girl group, EXID, landed in Los Angeles where they were scheduled to perform at the Korea Times Music Festival. As with any K-pop group, swarms […]
