United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Canada’s Elia Yi Armstrong as the director of the U.N. Ethics Office. At age 54, Armstrong succeeds Joan Elise […]
Author: Reera Yoo
North Korea Warns of War With South After Artillery Fire
Pictured above: President Park Geun-hye visits the headquarters of Third Army in the city of Yongin, just south of Seoul, on Aug. 21, 2015, amid heightened tensions raised by the […]
The Comedy Comedy Festival Kicks Off Aug. 27 in L.A.
by KoreAm Staff Looking for a good laugh and some excellent storytelling in Los Angeles next week? If your answer is yes, then you should head to The Comedy […]
Magnolia Bakery Opens in Seoul
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Let them eat cake! Magnolia Bakery has debuted its first Korean branch inside the Hyundai Department Store in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province. It is […]
South Korean Woman Gets Plastic Surgery to Evade Arrest for 6 Years
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com A South Korean woman who evaded police for six years after undergoing plastic surgery was arrested on Aug. 12, reports the Korea Times. […]
Korean American Animator Will Kim Creates Moving Watercolor Tales
by KARIN CHAN There is no space to walk around Will Kim’s home studio in South Pasadena, Calif. due to a mosaic of watercolor paintings lying on the floor […]
Rolling Stone Names CL as One of the ’10 New Artists You Need to Know’
Rolling Stone has named CL of K-pop girl group 2NE1 as one of the “10 New Artists You Need to Know” of August 2015. The music magazine described CL as […]
A Meal and a Webcam Form Unlikely Recipe for South Korean Fame
Pictured Above: Kim Sung-jin, 14, broadcasts himself eating delivery Chinese food in his room at home in Bucheon, south of Seoul. Better known to his viewers by the nickname […]
‘Assassination’ Becomes South Korea’s Biggest Film of 2015
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Over the Liberation Day weekend, Assassination became South Korea’s top film of 2015, garnering a total of 10.79 million admissions, according to the Hollywood […]
‘Show Me the Money 4’ to Hold Concerts in L.A. and NYC
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com After much speculation, Mnet has confirmed that popular Korean hip-hop competition series Show Me the Money 4 will be holding concerts in two U.S. cities […]
Super Junior Wins Choice International Artist at 2015 Teen Choice Awards
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Super Junior on Sunday became the first Korean artist to ever win a Teen Choice Award. The 2015 Teen Choice Awards took place […]
‘Right Now, Wrong Then’ Wins Top Prizes at Locarno Film Festival
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo‘s film Right Now, Wrong Then took home two prizes at Switzerland’s 68th Locarno Film Festival on Saturday. Right Now, Wrong […]
N. Korea Threatens Strikes Over South’s Propaganda Broadcasts
by FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday threatened to attack South Korean loudspeakers that are broadcasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda messages across their shared […]
5 Things to Know About Korea’s Liberation Day
by KARIN CHAN editor@charactermedia.com Today marks the 70th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, which liberated the Korean Peninsula from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. In South Korea, […]
Korean American Documentary on ‘Comfort Women’ Premieres in L.A.
by ALEX HYUN | @ahyundarkb4dawn editor@charactermedia.com The Last Tear, a documentary film about Asian women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese imperial army, premiered at CGV Cinemas in Los […]
