The weather is warmer, the birds are chirping and the flowers are blooming. Sure, these are signs that it’s spring time, but it also means wedding season is here! Are […]
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Wong Fu Debuts First Feature Film ‘Everything Before Us’
In 2006, Wong Fu Productions released a comical YouTube short Yellow Fever, which became their very first viral video. Now, nearly a decade later, Wong Fu Productions has expanded […]
Millennial Love Column: #RomanceIsNotDead
Nearly 10 years ago, my very first boyfriend asked me out by recording a message on a mix CD that instructed me to meet him on the school […]
U.S. Soldiers to Participate in Korean Culture Program
by COURTNEY LEE courtney@charactermedia.com U.S. soldiers stationed in Korea are literally going to get a kick out of this week. Soldiers from the United States Forces Korea (USFK) will […]
[VIDEO] Buzzfeed: Asian Moms and Their Kids Imitate Each Other
by COURTNEY LEE courtney@charactermedia.com At last, BuzzFeed fans got to see the elusive mother of the not-so-elusive Eugene Lee Yang. Yang, whose hilarious mom is a frequent subject of […]
South Korea Formally Announces Plans to Salvage Sewol Ferry
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea announced on Wednesday that it would attempt to salvage the Sewol ferry that sank last year, killing 304 people, most of […]
Win Tickets to See ‘Twinsters’ and ‘Ktown Cowboys’ at LAAPFF 2015
The 31st annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) is kicking off tomorrow, and KoreAm Journal is giving away tickets for the West Coast premieres of Twinsters and Ktown […]
UCLA and USC’s Korean American Student Organizations to Present ‘3 Steps to College’
by GRACE LEE | @grace_koream editor@charactermedia.com Attention, high school students: UCLA’s Korean American Student Associations (KASA) and USC’s Korean Student Association (KSA) will be presenting its third annual “3 Steps to […]
Top 10 Most Outrageous Asian Superstitions
I had only been out of the shower for five minutes before my mom walked into my room to give me the same warning she’s repeated to me a hundred times […]
The Correct Way To Do Yoga Push-Ups
A chaturanga dandasana, the Sanskrit term for “four-limbed staff pose,” is typically done 15 to 20 times in a classic 60-minute Vinyasa class. It’s a pose that energizes and […]
South Korea’s Prime Minister Offers to Resign Amid Bribery Scandal
Pictured above: South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan Koo arrives at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chun Soo-young/Yonhap via AP) by HYUNG-JIM KIM, Associated Press […]
Awkwafina and Parker to Headline UC Irvine’s 4th Annual KFEST
The 4th Annual KFESTÂ at UC Irvine kicks off just one week from today. If you’re looking for good food, games and music, you might want to stop by next […]
Just In Case You Missed It: Sei Young Kim’s Eagle to Beat Inbee Park
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com When one thinks walk-off win, golf isn’t the sport that immediately comes to mind. But Sei Young Kim made two incredible shots this […]
McDonald’s Korea Opens Big Mac Jingle Contest, Thousands of Koreans Compete
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com If you think you love McDonalds, just wait until you see what these South Koreans do to show their love for Big Macs. […]
British Korean War Veteran Donates Medals to South Korea
by COURTNEY LEE courtney@charactermedia.com A British Korean War veteran has donated 10 military medals to South Korea on Tuesday in honor of the country and its people. William Speakman, […]
