On Jan. 16, Susan Ahn Cuddy, a Korean American living legend who was the first Asian American woman to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, turned 100. On Tuesday, Los Angeles […]
Author: Suevon Lee
L.A. City Council Candidates: How They Fared
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com One thing about the Los Angeles City Council race for District 4 is clear: There will be a runoff election, since no candidate […]
Panel: Low DACA Application Rate Among Asian Americans
Pictured above: Attorney Bea Pangilinan, Juhee Kwon, Lilian Galedo, and Sheryl Munoz-Bergman (from left to right) spoke to journalists and activists as panelists for Friday’s roundtable discussion. (Photo courtesy […]
Ruling Knocks Down Challenge to 2012 L.A. Redistricting
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Just one week before the Los Angeles City Council primary races this coming Tuesday, a federal judge in California ruled against a group of […]
‘Super Sad True Love Story’ to be Adapted as TV Series
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Super Sad True Love Story, the best-selling novel from 2010 that chronicles the courtship between the middle-aged son of a Russian immigrant and […]
A Trend Towards a More Natural Look
by LISA WONG MACABASCO If you’ve ever flipped through a Korean fashion magazine or tuned into a singing competition on Korean TV, you’ve seen models and singers donning elaborate, […]
‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Brings Down the House at Watch Parties
by Suevon Lee | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com From a spacious nightclub in Times Square to a 190-seat auditorium in LA’s Little Tokyo district, Asian Americans coast to coast packed venues […]
LA City Council Candidate David Ryu Revamps Website
by Grace Lee | @grace_koream editor@charactermedia.com David Ryu, a candidate for the Los Angeles City Council District 4 seat, revamped his website last Thursday to make it more user-friendly […]
L.A. City Council Candidate Grace Yoo Holds Fundraiser
by GRACE LEE editor@charactermedia.com Grace Yoo, a longtime Koreatown attorney and activist seeking to unseat L.A. City Council member Herb Wesson in the upcoming election for Los Angeles City […]
Chang-rae Lee a Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Novelist Chang-rae Lee is among 30 finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards for the best books of 2014 for his dystopian […]
Did North Korea Hack Sony? The Jury’s Still Out
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Long after The Interview opened in some 300 independent theaters on Christmas Day and was made available to stream online following an unprecedented chain […]
Video Shows Broom Attack at Flushing McDonald’s
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Note: This post has been updated to include a statement from McDonald’s Corp. Last week, CBS2 in New York broadcasted the surveillance video, […]
Sony Pictures Announces Limited Release of ‘The Interview’
by Suevon Lee | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Call it an early Christmas surprise—Sony Pictures Entertainment said Tuesday it was planning a limited theatrical release of The Interview on Dec. 25 after […]
Electoral Wins Signal New Political Center of Gravity
by JIMMY LEE Pictured above: Young Kim (left) and Michelle Park Steel, who won their respective races. (Photo courtesy of Young Kim for State Assembly) Early last week, at […]
A Thanksgiving Round-Up
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com The beauty of Thanksgiving lies in the different forms it takes in each household. We may associate the holiday with turkey “and all […]
