Bolstered by an outpouring of support by the Los Angeles Korean American community and its supporters, the construction of the nation’s first Korean American National Museum is on the horizon. […]
Category: Commentary
Asian American groups condemn ‘racist’ campaign ads
A group of Asian American advocates in Missouri criticized what they called “xenophobic” political ads used in the state attorney general race between Sen. Kurt Schaefer and Josh Hawley. […]
Chinese American advocates denounce fortune cookie gimmick by Ohio Senate candidate
One Ohio Senate candidate’s decision to use hand-out fortune cookies deriding his opponent as “the best senator China’s ever had” outside the Republican National Convention has the Chinese American […]
Filipino dark comedy about American dream to have NY premiere
A story of the American dream as imagined and chased after by a Filipino blue-collar worker, “TOTO,” will make its New York premiere at the coming annual Asian American […]
Asian American advocates, leaders call for end to hateful violence
In the wake of a series of tragedies that struck the nation this week — which left five Dallas police officers shot dead, seven injured and two civilians also […]
Hundreds of strangers have come together to pen an open letter to their Asian immigrant parents
“Dear Mom, Dad, Uncle, Auntie: Black Lives Matter to Us, Too,” an open letter, penned by hundreds of internet strangers who came together on Google Docs following this week’s […]
10 facts about Asian Americans in 2016
Everything you wanted to know about Asian Americans this year. AAs… 1. …are still the fastest-growing racial group in the U.S. Between 2009 and 2014, the Asian American population […]
APA orgs praise Supreme Court affirmative action ruling
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of affirmative action Thursday on Fisher v. University of Texas, a group of more than 160 Asian and Pacific Islander American […]
The Kore: Comedians discuss the Asian American stance in Hollywood
Kore invited three stand-up comedians — Hollywood Laugh Factory mainstays Walter Hong and KT Tatara, and Kristina Wong, famous for her tour “Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” — […]
The End of An Era: Last KoreAm and Audrey Print
THE END OF AN ERA KoreAm Journal and Audrey Magazine have defied the odds for years, fighting off a declining print industry so that we could continue to highlight the […]
Dr. Esther Oh on the Hazards of Marijuana
by DR. ESTHER OH Recently, a 15-year-old male patient told me about his occasional habit of smoking marijuana with his friends. “Everyone uses it at my school. It’s not […]
First-World Problems: Love Love and Porn
by SUNG J. WOO From time to time, at a slightly greater frequency than a visit by Halley’s Comet, people ask me what my second novel, Love Love, is about. I […]
Redemption Song
story and photography by JIMMY LEE Steven Kim begins his presentation with a question: What words do you associate with gangs? Even amongst this group of youth counselors and […]
Green Green Grass: Jump
story and illustration by KAM REDLAWSK “Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of fear is freedom.” – Marilyn Ferguson I was fine on the drive up and felt mostly OK […]
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 […]
