by EUGENE YI I. SEPTEMBER 18, 7 P.M. WOMEN FOR CHO MEETING. RIDGEWOOD, N.J. The first thing one notices is the giant flag. It’s building-sized, for outdoor use, best seen […]
Category: Commentary
Record Number of Asian Pacific Americans on November Ballot
Above photo: Roy Cho, a candidate for New Jersey’s 5th Congressional District (Photo courtesy of Roy Cho for Congress) Korean American candidate Roy Cho from New Jersey is one […]
Body of Rutgers Student Paul Kim Found in Hudson River
by JAMES S. KIM Authorities recovered the body of a 20-year-old Rutgers student from the Hudson River in New York City last week and later determined the manner of […]
UCLA Needs Asian American Subjects for an Alcohol Study
Do you have drinking down to a science? If it were a science, would you have a Ph.D. in the subject? If you think so, this study at the […]
Columnist Sung J. Woo on Missing What’s Loved and Lost
by SUNG J. WOO Last week, my wife Dawn and I were two streets away from our home in Washington, New Jersey. We were behind several cars, waiting for […]
L.A. Subway Stop Named After the Late Mover and Shaker Alfred Song
Above photo by Gary Leonard by JIMMY LEE Countless people will discover the name of Alfred Hoyun Song. At one of Los Angeles’s busiest intersections—the crossroads of Wilshire and […]
I Am KoreAm: Grace Han Wolf
Describe your background: My parents both immigrated from Korea right after the war, so I am 100% Korean American. What issues going on in the world, and/or in the […]
Commentary: Rejecting Violence in Our Daily Lives
by KRISTINA RIM BARTEK We celebrated Jung’s graduation with cake, Korean food and many warm wishes. Jung and her son David (pseudonyms) entered our domestic violence transitional shelter facilities […]
Student Spotlight: Tulane University’s Gabriel June Choi
Tell us about what you’re up to! I took the least amount of classes while I was abroad to travel and, in general, to relax. Now I am swamped […]
Sponsored Post: Korean American Coalition Welcomes New Oregon Chapter
On Aug. 22, the newly organized KAC-Oregon group celebrated the launch of the chapter with 80 friends and supporters gathered at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Downtown Portland. Sponsored […]
Sponsored Post: Finding Hope at KYCC’s Menlo Family Apartments
Above photo: Brandi Kelly drops off her daughter Brielle at Menlo Family Apartments’ afterschool tutoring program. Residential social programs provide on-site services. Eighteen months ago, Brandi Kelly was at […]
Kheir’s Sponsored Post: A One-stop Shop For Information, Education and Access
by Damian Kelly Conducting community outreach at local schools, libraries, churches, day labor centers or nonprofits usually consists of distributing brochures/pamphlets with information about the organization and its available […]
For Novelist and TV Writer Leonard Chang, It’s All About Connecting
story by CHARSE YUN photographs by MIKE LEE IN 2009, PHILIP ROTH pronounced the death of the novel. “I give it 25 years,” Roth said. When asked if he’d […]
‘Spa Night’ Explores the Story of a Closeted Korean American Teen
by STEVE HAN Spa Night is not your typical coming-out film, said writer-director Andrew Ahn of his Kickstarter film. The film follows the story of David Cho, a closeted 18-year-old […]
Top 10 Reasons Malala Yousafzai Is An Inspiration
1. She is the youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner Recently, Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize alongside Indian children’s rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi. This […]
