Photo by Gregory Han Are you looking for something good to do next weekend? Well, if you live around Los Angeles, you’re in luck. From April 8 through 10, […]
Author: Julie Ha
Fly Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Rhee
Michelle Rhee, photographed May 24, 2010, at a Sacramento Press Club event in Sacramento, Calif. © Sacramento Bee/Zuma Press In The Bee Eater, education reporter Richard Whitmire explores the […]
S.K. Speed Skater Accused of Abuse
Kim Dong-Sung may be best known for his controversial disqualification from a 2002 Olympic short-track speed skating race that would give American Apolo Anton Ohno gold, but now the […]
Shiny, Unhappy People
South Korea boasts the world’s 13th largest economy. It is often cited as a shining rags-to-riches example when it comes to the rise of a small, formerly agrarian nation […]
The Doctor Is In
Dr. Ricky Choi welcomes your health-related questions. Health is such a vitally important issue for everyone, and, for our ethnic community, with roughly 30 percent lacking health insurance, it […]
Lessons From Tucson
This Jan. 15 photo shows the ever-growing memorial on the lawn outside the University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., where many of the wounded from the Jan. 8 shooting […]
Ex-NASA Researcher Faces Jail Time
Kue Sang Chun A former NASA employee pled guilty last month to illegally exporting infrared military technology to South Korea. Kue Sang Chun, 67, of Avon Lake, Ohio, admitted […]
Food for Romance
KoreAm freelancer Paul Park has just shared with us that New York City’s Boutique Eat Shop has made a very short list of Valentine’s Day-worthy hot spots on urbandaddy.com. […]
Honoring the Legacy of Vincent Chin
Officials of Ferndale, Mich., last month unveiled a memorial in honor of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American killed in a brutal hate crime that would go on to spur […]
The Big Non-Event
PHOTO: South Korean military’s K-9 self-propelled howitzers, the same kind as those mobilized in Monday’s live-fire exercise on Yeonpyeong Island, engage in a drill in this file photo. (Yonhap News) […]
Breaking the Silence on a Deadly Epidemic
What if you were told there was a silent epidemic infecting one in 10 Asian Pacific Americans? That this disease is considered one of the top five leading causes […]
A Very 'Korean' Dinosaur
South Korea has come a long way. The little country that could boasts high-performing cars, impressive electronics and the reigning women’s Olympic figure skating champion. Well, now it can […]
Body Believed to be Missing Hiker
Michelle Yu Dec.9, 12:07pm UPDATE: According to the L.A. Times, authorities have found what they believe to be Michelle Yu’s body. Crews found the body at 7,900 feet in […]
Michelle & Stephen
The newly unemployed Michelle Rhee joked with Stephen Colbert about joining his Colbert Nation team as a correspondent during last night’s show. After three years of battling the powerful […]
Acing the Midterms
Here’s a snapshot of the Korean Americans who emerged victorious in the Nov. 2 midterm elections. Although most winners were from California, where Korean Americans are the most populous, […]
