According to the Washington Post, women in South Korea make 38 percent less than their male counterparts, making it the largest gap in the developed world. This news story […]
Category: Commentary
More thoughts on Kim Yu-Na
By Jay Yim So it’s official now. You can believe the hype. Kim Yu-Na is the gold medalist in Ladies Figures Skating. Her performance at last night’s free skate […]
Another Reason to Love H Mart
As a Bay Area resident, I hadn’t experienced the glorious wonder that is H Mart until this past year while visiting some SoCal relatives. Growing up in the Midwest, […]
Free download: Margaret Cho’s "My Lil Wayne"
What can’t this woman do? Margaret Cho has conquered stand-up, television, movies, books and burlesque theater. Now she forays into music. Margaret has been working on a new comedy […]
Special Delivery
In the beginning, there was a fig leaf; now, it’s dirty boxers. But a Blacksocks underwear subscription ensures your man always has a fresh pair delivered to his door. Men […]
Tiger apologized. Should we care?
At long last, Tiger Woods, with his mother sitting front row, broke his silence Friday morning with a prepared 14-minute speech in which he apologized for his infidelity and […]
KOH & KOH (pt. 2 of 2)
Harold Koh formerly clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun and has championed international human rights and the U.S. adoption of international norms, such as a ban on […]
Who’s Who in the Obama Administration (cont’d)
We’re profiling the twelve KAs in the Obama Administration. This is part 3 of 3. Read part 1 here. The Confidante Lucia Cho Her office being housed in the Pentagon, Lucia Cho […]
KOH & KOH
When President Barack Obama set out in his first year to tackle two of the most daunting tasks confronting the nation—improving the health care of Americans and restoring the standing […]
Lexicon: Expression of the Month
UNTIL YOUR HAIR TURNS INTO LEEK ROOTS. (Gumeun meoriga pabburi toedorok) What it means: Till death do you part. Explanation: A stock phrase cited by a wedding officiator. Leek roots are white and […]
Who’s who in the Obama Administration
We’re profiling the twelve KAs in the Obama Administration. This is part 1 of 3. Born to Serve David S. Kim You might say David S. Kim works for an […]
Who's Who in the Obama Administration (cont'd)
We’re profiling the twelve KAs in the Obama Administration. This is part 2 of 3. Read part 1 here. Concensus Builder Chris Kang In his parents, immigrants who worked in special […]
UCLA seeks former students who were interned during WWII
Imagine being a college student suddenly forced to end your education and then being incarcerated behind barbed wire for no crime of your own. That’s what happened to an […]
'The Great American Story'
by Suevon Lee Photo courtesy of Ronnie Cho It’s eight days before the Iowa caucuses, and dozens who’ve campaigned nonstop for long-shot candidate Barack Obama are gathered in a […]
Did You Know…
……that 2010 is the year of not just any tiger, but the white tiger? Every 60 years, we greet the White Tiger year, which is supposed to bring forth […]
