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Author: James S. Kim

Samsung’s ‘Safety Truck’ Allows Drivers to See the Road Ahead

Tech by James S. Kim

by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com   Overtaking a truck on a two-lane highway isn’t always the easiest task in the world. But what if we could see […]

Fitbit Goes Public, Co-Founder Confident in Further Growth

News, Tech by James S. Kim

by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com   Fitbit on Thursday became the first startup in the wearable fitness tracker industry to go public, and needless to say, it got off […]

[VIDEO] Asian Americans Say ‘Thank You’ to Their Immigrant Parents

by James S. Kim

by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com   Moving to a foreign country, learning English, giving up their careers, taking on odd jobs and loans, being separated from their […]

‘My Love, Don’t Cross That River’ Wins Documentary Award at L.A. Film Fest

Movies by James S. Kim

  by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Here’s one more reason to watch possibly the most popular South Korean documentary of 2015: My Love, Don’t Cross That River and its director, […]

Ramenia 21 is the Future of Instant Ramen

Food by James S. Kim

  by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com We’ve seen water purifiers that double as a coffeemaker, but is humanity ready for a “ramen water purifier”? Perhaps the Ramenia […]

Seoul Police Arrest Korean American for Taking Upskirt Photos

News by James S. Kim

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 […]

Will New Yorkers Go Cuckoo for KakaoTaxi?

Tech by James S. Kim

  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 […]

South Koreans Seeking Transparency Develop MERS Info-Sharing Tools

News by James S. Kim

by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com South Koreans frustrated over the government’s handling of the MERS virus outbreak have taken matters into their own hands and have been […]

Korean Online Shopping Site Coupang Receives $1 Billion Investment

News by James S. Kim

  by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Leading South Korean online retail company Coupang announced on Wednesday that it had secured $1 billion from Softbank, a Japanese Internet […]

Roy Choi, Salt & Straw Go Nuts with New Ice Cream Flavor

Food by James S. Kim

  by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com It seems as if we have another reason to scream for ice cream. Chef Roy Choi and Portland-based ice cream company […]

Lotte Group Buys New York Palace Hotel for $805 Million

News by James S. Kim

by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com South Korea’s Lotte Group announced on Sunday that it had inked a deal to acquire the swanky New York Palace Hotel for $805 million […]

Kentucky County Attorney Under Investigation for Racist Letter

News by James S. Kim

  by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com UPDATE: Karl Price will be disciplined for his letter, though he will keep his job as an assistant county attorney. Jefferson […]

Friends, Family of Murdered South Korean Woman Seek Justice

News by James S. Kim

by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Friends and colleagues of Sunny Kim, a 26-year-old South Korean woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, have launched a GoFundMe campaign to […]

Justin Chon and Kevin Wu’s ‘Man Up’ Available on Vimeo On Demand

Movies by James S. Kim

by KoreAm Staff | @KoreAm The first time Justin Chon and Kevin Wu (a.k.a. KevJumba) teamed up in a film, they were Chinese immigrant brothers who become involved with […]

Meet the Boys of EXP, NYC’s Own K-pop Boy Band

Music by James S. Kim

by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Columbia University student Bora Kim riled up the K-pop world about a month ago when word of her MFA thesis project—a non-Korean […]

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