by DAVE YOO | @davidyyoo A couple whom my wife and I are friends with recently moved into their first house. “Whatever projects, minor or major, you may have right now, try […]
Category: Commentary
First-World Problems: The Forbidden Fruit
by SUNG J. WOO |@sjwoo Costco is one of my mother’s favorite places in the world. As a child of the Korean War, scarcity has always carried psychological weight for her, […]
Serial Robber Targeting Korean Women in L.A.
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com Police are seeking a man suspected of assaulting and robbing four Korean women in Los Angeles between November and December of last year, […]
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, […]
15th Annual CAPE New Writers Fellowship
Attention aspiring screenwriters and television writers! The 15th Annual CAPE New Writers Fellowship is officially open for submissions, and the deadline is quickly approaching. For over a decade, the CAPE […]
KoreAm Seeks Winter/Spring Web Editorial Interns
KoreAm is seeking a Web editorial intern to write original blog posts on subjects that have a Korean American focus or angle for its website, charactermedia.com. The intern will […]
KoreAm Journal’s 2014 Covers
As 2014 draws to a close, KoreAm takes a look back at this past year’s cover stories. January 2014 Read Tiger JK’s cover story here. February 2014 Read Arden Cho’s cover […]
Free, Free Chol Soo Lee
Pictured above: Mourners laid down these roses, as they paid their respects to Chol Soo Lee at a Dec. 9 memorial service at the Yeo Lai Sah Buddhist Temple […]
NYC Public Schools Can Designate Lunar New Year as a Holiday
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com New York City’s Department of Education must consider making Lunar New Year a public school holiday, according to a new law signed […]
Korean American Rabbi Speaks at the White House Hanukkah Reception
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com On Dec. 17, President Obama celebrated the second day of Hanukkah at the White House with the Jewish community and invited Korean American […]
NYC Designates Jan. 13 as Korean American Day
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The New York City Council voted on Wednesday and approved to declare Jan. 13 as Korean American Day in the city, reports the […]
PSA: A New Way to Get Covered
Pictured above: Connie Lo (center, standing), a staffer with Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, helps with healthcare coverage enrollment. by DOREENA WONG, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles Obamacare means different […]
‘The Interview’ Screening Updates
Update: KoreAm Journal will unfortunately be canceling the advanced screening of The Interview, as requested by Sony Pictures. We apologize for the abrupt cancellation. As many of you may know, […]
A Show That Doesn’t Apologize: C3 Screens ‘Fresh Off the Boat’
by TAMMY TARNG Visual Communications, a non-profit media arts organization, hosted the 4th Conference for Creative Content (C3) on Dec. 6, featuring an exclusive panel for the upcoming TV show Fresh Off the Boat. After […]
Korean American Artists Explore Their Native Culture in ‘Interlaced’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com They take pride in their culture, but will their culture take pride in them? That’s the question three Bay Area-based Korean American […]
