by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com There’s more to wearables than just having a cool watch face, counting steps or measuring your heart rate. Engineers at Samsung recently […]
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Maryland’s Yumi Hogan Is Good to Go as First Lady
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com It’s a season of firsts for the Maryland governor. Larry Hogan, a Republican in a state that is considered to be widely […]
Student Spotlight: Chapman University’s Jonathan Y. Shin
Give a little description of your background (where did you grow up, etc.). I was born in Temple, Texas. My dad, a recent immigrant, was pursuing his M.D. at […]
KoreAm U Weekly Roundup
Temple University student dies after falling eight floors Family and friends mourn and pay tribute to Rebecca Kim (photo above) – ‘a humble, kind, intelligent girl.’ UPDATE: Third person […]
Couple Charged for Making 135 Fraudulent Returns at American Girl Store
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com This is why we can’t have nice things. A couple from Farmington, Minn. has been charged with felony theft-by-swindle for making 135 […]
Samsung Loses Ground to Apple in South Korea
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Samsung has always marketed their smartphones as the “next big thing,” but when Apple went big with the iPhone 6 and 6 […]
UCLA Needs More Asian Americans for an Alcohol Study
Here’s your chance to drink for science again. The Addictions Research Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at UCLA is looking for Asian Americans who drink alcohol to participate […]
South Korean Luxury Train Offers Heated Floors and Foot Spas
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com In a few weeks, millions of South Koreans will brave traffic jams and sardine trains as they travel back to their hometowns […]
2015 Chen Foundation Scholarship for California High School Seniors
High school seniors who plan to attend a California State University or California Community College as a first-year student in Fall 2015 are eligible to apply for a renewable […]
Roy Choi Reveals Second Loco’l Restaurant in Watts, Los Angeles
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson’s commitment to bring affordable, locally-sourced fast food to the inner city took another step forward today. The […]
South Korean Teen May Have Traveled to Syria to Join Islamic State
The Turkish border city of Kilis, where the missing Korean teenager met and vanished in an unmarked taxi with an unidentified man on Jan. 10. Photo courtesy of Yonhap. by […]
Two Dead in Las Vegas Murder-Suicide
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com A woman and man died last Thursday evening in an apparent murder-suicide, according to the Las Vegas police. Jiyeon Lee, 23, and Won […]
‘RAISE’ Scholarship for Undocumented Asian American Youth
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Undocumented Asian American youths can be hard-pressed to find financial aid, even if they knew where to look. The RAISE Scholarship, the […]
L.A.’s First Dog Cafe Seeks to Revolutionize Dog Adoption
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Cat cafes are all the rage in Asia and Europe, and their popularity seems to be increasing even more afer the first […]
UPDATE: Three Men Arrested in Homicide of University of Georgia Student
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com UPDATE: Athens-Clarke County Police arrested a third person allegedly involved in the homicide of Min Seok Cho. Locas Amsler Raposo, 20, is […]
