by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Ryu Hyun-jin became Hyun-jin Ryu when he joined the Dodgers before the 2013 season, and with him came plenty of expectations and worries. […]
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Live Anthrax Samples “Inadvertently” Distributed to U.S. Labs, S. Korean Air Base
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com A U.S. Army laboratory in Utah inadvertently sent live samples of anthrax to facilities in nine states, as well as an additional […]
Meet the Team Behind EXP: “I’m Making a Boy Band”
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 […]
Hyun-jin Ryu Pitched with a Shoulder Injury for Two Years
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Last Wednesday, Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hyun-jin Ryu decided to undergo shoulder surgery to figure out what was wrong with his […]
Helen Gym Promises Education Efforts with Philadelphia City Council Win
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Los Angeles wasn’t the only city this week to see a Korean American elected into a city council position. Philadelphia saw a […]
Young South Koreans Finding That Degrees Don’t Translate to Jobs
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Two-thirds of South Koreans aged 25-34 boast college degrees, the highest proportion among the 34 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and […]
Hyun-jin Ryu Elects Shoulder Surgery, Most Likely Out for Season
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Los Angeles Dodgers starting southpaw Hyun-jin Ryu has decided to undergo shoulder surgery on his injured pitching shoulder, which has kept him […]
Margaret Cho Goes ‘psyCHO’ This Fall
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Is anyone in need of a bit of psyCHOtherapy? The always-edgy-with-a-purpose Margaret Cho will be hitting cities all over the U.S. for […]
Gennady ‘Triple G’ Golovkin Aims for 20 Straight KOs in Middleweight Title Fight
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com The boxing world may be still be collectively deflated after Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. spent their time in the ring […]
[VIDEO] San Francisco Meets Los Angeles: A Conversation with Chefs Corey Lee and Roy Choi
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Reputations have a habit of preceding, and it was no different when it came to two of the most established chefs on […]
South Korean Soldier Kills 2 in Shooting Spree Before Committing Suicide
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com A 24-year-old South Korean soldier shot and killed two fellow reservists and injured two others before turning the gun on himself earlier […]
Korean Nail Salon Owners Unhappy with New York Times Exposé
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Korean nail salon owners in New York are voicing their displeasure over a lengthy New York Times report published on May 7 that delves into the […]
Jung Ho Kang Heating Up, Keeping Struggling Pirates Afloat
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com “Jung-Ho-Ho and a bottle of rum!” Pittsburgh Pirates fans first heard that line from their home team play-by-play announcer back on Sunday, May […]
Register for UCLA’s High School Summer Korean Language Classes
For the first time, UCLA is offering a Korean language summer course for high school students of Korean heritage. Students will have the opportunity to spend four weeks through […]
Google Opens First Asian ‘Startup Campus’ in Seoul
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com South Korea’s startup scene is one of the most dynamic and fastest growing in the world, and Google’s “Campus Seoul” is expected to […]
