Lt. Dan Choi, the soldier who has emerged as one of the poster faces for the movement to overturn the U.S. military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, was back […]
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Best Label of 2010? An All Out K-POP Brawl! Pt. II
This three-part story continues from our Monday post here. While Lee Soo Man may be residing in Westwood, CA, raising a teenage son, attending church regularly, and finding new […]
Coed boycotts V-Day, moves Black Day up
A female columnist for Central Michigan University’s student-run newspaper Central Michigan Life has urged her single readers to celebrate Korea’s Black Day in lieu of Valentine’s Day this year. […]
Best Music Label of 2010? An All-Out K-Pop Brawl!
By David Yi As we have written before, there has been a smorgasbord of awesomely good musical acts throughout the past decade–one with too many instances of gayo goodness, […]
Featured Contest: Generation 3
Generation 3: Photograph, illustrate or design the cover of an upcoming issue of KoreAm! Click here to VOTE!
It's My Time – Benneton
This ad by Benneton featuring Korean Oh Deungyong made me laugh. (video after the jump)
Missionary Robert Park released from North Korea
Robert Park, the missionary that walked into North Korea with a message for Kim Jong Il, was released by North Korean authorities and arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday […]
Love Aid
All outta love? How about a little help from a pocket-size love mascot? Handmade in Thailand by a fair trade cooperative, members of the Kamibashi String Doll Gang each […]
The Alphabet for KAs
If you’re able to read what I’m writing here (in English) and a little bit of Korean, you’re automatically proficient in a new language! Called Suggu, it’s a project […]
North Korea to Release U.S. Missionary
North Korea’s state run news agency said Friday that Pyongyang will release Korean American missionary Robert Park. Park, a United States citizen, was arrested on Christmas Day after illegally […]
KoreAm Cover Contest: Vote NOW for your favorite!
UPDATE: Congratulations to the winner of the KoreAm Cover Contest, Nathan Nowack! Thank you to all three of our talented finalists and to all who voted. Click on each […]
Be On Our March Cover!
This is your chance to be on the cover of KoreAm! KoreAm is looking for Korean Americans based in Los Angeles to be on our March cover. No modeling […]
How We Met
By Kai Ma Where does love find us? Often on the Internet. Sometimes, in a crowd. But for those who are very lucky, it finds us in the most romantic, surprising […]
Currency change worsens situation in North Korea
Photo courtesy of AFP In November of last year, North Korean Workers’ Party finance director Pak Nam-gi, implemented a currency change with the hopes of curtailing the market activities […]
Dartmouth president Jim Yong Kim offers ways to help Haiti
Photos courtesy of UN Photo/Marco Dormino By Karin Fischer Dartmouth College is one of several American universities to announce it is sending faculty members with medical and global health […]
