by RUTH KIM For Ki Hong Lee, it all started at camp. The Korean American actor first flexed his acting muscles while performing a skit at a church retreat. “I […]
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Exhibition Takes a Nostalgic Look at 1970s Korea
by RUTH KIM Take a step back into a Korea of a bygone era at the upcoming exhibit titled, “Sketches of Korean Rural Life in the ’70s: A Peace […]
Google To Launch Campus Seoul, A Community Hub For Startup Entrepreneurs
by RUTH KIM Get excited, Korean entrepreneurs. “Campus is coming to Seoul,” announced Google on its Asia Pacific Blog, and it’s going to bring a wealth of resources and global […]
South Korean Man Who Retweeted from North Korea’s Twitter Acquitted
by RUTH KIM A South Korean man arrested and charged in 2012 for retweeting posts from North Korea’s official Twitter account was acquitted Thursday by South Korea’s supreme court, […]
Singer Rain Gets Personal in His ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Video
by RUTH KIM There’s no stopping the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the latest viral trend to flood social media platforms. Just last week, the campaign crossed overseas to South […]
Study Forecasts South Korea May Become Extinct by 2750
by RUTH KIM Just as it seems like Korea is taking over the world with its pop culture and technology exports, a new report suggests that the nation that […]
The BuzzFeed Staff Is Back, This Time Learning K-pop Dance Moves
by RUTH KIM After their amusing first-time experiences eating Korean snacks, the BuzzFeed staff took on a more adventurous–and slightly more exhausting–challenge: K-pop. “Your upper body is stable, but […]
Corporate Spending on Sexual ‘Entertainment’ Exceeds $1 Billion in SKorea
These South Korean females stand in “window shops” where men can look and choose one for sexual services. (Photo via here.) by RUTH KIM Beneath South Korea’s facade of conservatism, sheen […]
COMMENTARY: In Asia, Cheating to the Test
by ANDREW LAM, NEW AMERICA MEDIA CNN recently reported that college applications from Chinese foreign students to the U.S. sounded exactly the same. In fact, one admission officer read a […]
Pic of the Day: Pope Francis Rolls Through South Korea in a Kia Soul
by RUTH KIM Only real men ride in cute, tiny cars. When Pope Francis arrived in South Korea Thursday morning, the humble pontiff ditched the Popemobile for an unostentatious […]
‘Comfort Women’ Statue Stands Its Ground in Court Ruling
by RUTH KIM After more than a year of controversy, the “comfort women” statue in the city of Glendale, Calif., that sparked a lawsuit calling for its removal is […]
Former Apple Employee Sam Sung Auctions Off Business Card For Charity
by RUTH KIM Looking for Sam Sung at the Apple store? You’re out of luck. It’s been months since Sam Sung parted ways with Apple. We’re talking about former […]
2 Former ‘Comfort Women’ Meet With White House Officials
Lee Ok-Seon (front left) and Kang Il-chul (front right) pose with Paulette Aniskoff (back left), the director of the Office of Public Engagement and another White House official during […]
VIDEO: Be Mesmerized by the Skillful Hands of These South Korean Ceramics Masters
by RUTH KIM A rather small city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, Icheon (not to be confused with the much larger city of Incheon) boasts a big achievement: the […]
‘Bongsunhwa,’ A Play About the Korean ‘Comfort Women,’ to Be Performed in Chicago
The Seoul Metropolitan Theatre will be bringing “Bongsunhwa,” a play depicting the experiences of the Korean “comfort women,” to the North Shore Center for Performing Arts in Skokie, Ill., this Saturday, […]
