[PHOTOS REMOVED AT REQUEST OF PHOTOGRAPHER] The materialistic and image-conscious culture of South Korea has been the driving force behind its innovation in the field of plastic surgery, which, in […]
Category: Commentary
May Issue: How K-Town Lost and Won
Photo by Eugene Yi How K-Town Lost, and Won Politics is dirty. Local politics is dirtier, and redistricting is as dirty as it gets. This spring, Koreatown fought back. […]
April Issue: LA Riots, In Our Own Words
A view of Vermont Avenue in Koreatown, with smoke clouds in the background. ©HYUNGWON KANG SAIGU: AN ORAL HISTORY KoreAm retraces the days and nights of the 1992 Los Angeles […]
April 2012 Issue: Reflections on the Riots 20 Years Later
Photo credit: Hyungwon Kang Reflections, 20 Years Out Views on what’s changed in the past two decades and what hasn’t. Raising Consciousness “I think the most important lesson is […]
April Issue: K.W. Lee Challenges the Grandchildren of the LA Riots
Family and Friends of Eddie Lee, the lone Korean American fatality of Saigu, marched at the Korean American peace rally the Saturday after the riots carrying Eddie’s portrait. Photo […]
Video Roundup: Adele Cover, Dumbfoundead, K-pop Tot
Here’s a look at some of the videos we are watching this week at KoreAm. 15-Year-Old Korean Girl Covers “Rolling in the Deep” On KPOP Star, an American Idol-esque […]
Share Your Story!
What’s your story? Where were you on April 29, 1992, the day the Los Angeles riots erupted? Did the events 20 years ago change your life, change your community? […]
September Issue: KA Woman Shares Her Abortion Story
My Decision It is estimated that one in three American women will have an abortion in their lifetimes. Yet we rarely hear of Korean American women telling their stories. […]
Miss Korea Believes In Aliens, Wants To Be An Oyster
Miss Universe hopeful Sora Jung said she believes that aliens exist and if she could be an animal she would like to be an oyster or an elephant, according […]
Asian Americans In California To Benefit From Redistricting
by Eugene Yi It looks like the political clout of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities has improved due to California’s grand experiment in political redistricting. The California Citizens […]
British Teen Has Tongue Surgery To Help Speak Korean
by Christine Kim A 19-year-old British student recently went under the knife in order to perfect her Korean pronunciations, according to the U.K.’s Daily Mail. Rhiannon Brooksbank-Jones, who wants […]
August Issue: We Are Kyopo
© CYJO We Are Kyopo Visual artist Cindy Hwang a.k.a. CYJO brings the diversity that is Korean America into focus. by Helin Jung WHAT DOES BEING Korean American mean […]
L.A. Riots: Goodbye Los Angeles, Hello Orange County
Over the years, KoreAm has documented the impact of the 1992 Los Angeles riots on ours and other communities, and urged an understanding of lessons learned. As we count […]
KOCCA’s Korean American Hollywood Mentor Seminar
The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) will be hosting a seminar on July 21 to discuss the inner workings of the Hollywood system. The leading Korean Americans currently working […]
Momofuku Chef David Chang’s New Gig
The inaugural issue of Momofuku chef David Chang’s new quarterly food journal Lucky Peach is set to hit newsstands next week as the popular maker of Korean and Asian […]
