The DREAM Act won an endorsement from U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today. She said such a law—which, if passed, would give certain undocumented students a chance to […]
Author: Julie Ha
A Line in the Sea
GRAPHIC BY ALLEN LEE Story by Julie Ha Following the North’s artillery shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong island last week, some global headlines screamed that the Korean peninsula was […]
Four Asians on Redistricting Panel
The first eight commissioners to serve on the California’s first Citizens Redistricting Commission were named Nov. 18, and they include four Asian Americans. They are: Cynthia Dai, a Democrat […]
Free Citizenship Workshop
A group of Asian Pacific American organizations is sponsoring a free workshop this Saturday, Nov. 20, to help immigrants with their citizenship applications and learn more about the naturalization […]
Farewell, Seoul
After two days in Seoul for the G-20 summit, President Barack Obama left yesterday with an agreement on a broad set of economic guidelines for member countries, but also […]
A Brilliant Rivalry: Victor Cha and David Kang
David Kang (left) with Victor Cha, outside USCs Korean Studies Institute. In an age of partisan politics and one-upmanship, “hawk” Victor Cha and “dove” David Kang—two top Korea experts—have written […]
Activist Jailed in NK Breaks Silence
Robert Park, the Christian activist who was jailed in North Korea for 43 days after crossing the border from China last December, broke his silence this week and revealed […]
Fighting for Our Rights
Photo: Stewart Kwoh (far left), pictured here with his co-authors of a new book about race, has been leading the Asian Pacific American Legal Center for 27 years. I […]
And Her New Coach Is…
Olympic gold medalist Kim Yuna announced today that she has asked former U.S. pairs skater and Olympic bronze medalist Peter Oppegard to guide her in this next chapter of […]
Northern Succession
Photos apparently of Kim Jong-eun from a South Korean newspaper. Photo: AFP At a much-anticipated political convention in Pyongyang, the youngest son of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il was […]
Still Just a Dream
The DREAM Act, which would have given hundreds of thousands of young people the chance to gain legal status in the U.S., perished in the Senate this week, as […]
Dialogue on the L.A. Riots
K.W. Lee will be speaking at tomorrow’s town hall. Photo by Hyungwon Kang The Asian American Journalists Association is inviting members of the community to take part in an […]
Pilseung Condoms and Diapers!
South Korea is no stranger to the fan fervor that comes with the World Cup, but recent studies showing a spike in adult diaper and condom sales have caught […]
Chasing Dreams
Olympian. Bronze medalist. American. Any of those monikers describes short-track speed skater Simon Cho, and yet, the 18-year-old is embracing a less popular identity: formerly undocumented. By Julie Ha […]
The Hidden Population
Thanks to some innovative data crunching, we already know a large part of Los Angeles Koreatown is not participating in the 2010 census. The silver lining: It’s not too […]
