Parents lie about a lot of things—the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, baby-carrying storks. Or that picking your nose will make it fall off. Well, did you know that Asian […]
Category: Commentary
In memoriam: Gina Hotta
Gina Hotta, an Asian American radio journalist, died on September 28 of a heart attack. Gina (shown far right in the photo) was a leader in the community—the executive […]
Substitute Men For Hire
A man buys fake eyelashes for one of his clients (via GlobalPost) Need someone to kill a bug or hang with Gramps? In South Korea, you could hire a […]
Academic Success at Any Cost?
By Joseph E. Yi Photograph by Eric Sueyoshi As you enter the doors of Harvard Square Academy, framed black-and-white posters on the walls depict the prestigious Ivy League college […]
The Book of Daniel
By Michelle Woo One of the travails of working on a hospital drama, as Daniel Henney has learned, is having to master words like “hepatomegaly” and “serum ammonia.” “If […]
What’s On The Tube
By Oliver Saria Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Thursdays, 9 p.m. ET/PT What it’s about: The fifth season of this medical soap ended in a heart-rending cliffhanger. Viewers were left wondering […]
Dude, Where's My Seat?
by Soomi Rho If Gramps lives in Los Angeles Koreatown, it’s likely he frequents a bench outside McDonald’s on the bustling corner of 7th and Western. Or rather, he […]
Jim Yong Kim Q&A: Changing the World
Oh, the Places He’s Gone As the 17th president of Dartmouth College and the first Asian American to lead an Ivy League school, Dr. Jim Yong Kim is betting […]
A Greener Seoul
Story and photographs by Bill Stephens When you think Seoul, you envision a bustling capital city, with tall buildings, shopping centers, chainrestaurants and car-packed streets. The concrete jungle, in fact, […]
Outspoken
By Sung-Min Yi Photographs by Elizabeth Kim On June 28, 2009, President Barack Obama hosted a White House reception commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion, a police-raid-turned-riot […]
Welcome to Hotlanta Y’all
Photo illustration by Eric Sueyoshi In a city known for sweet tea and blinged-out rap stars, Koreans are carving their own niche—and it sure is peachy! By Lola Pak “DO you guys […]
Why North Korea Matters
by KAI MA photos by MARK EDWARD HARRIS ONE of the few memories I have of my father has to do, strangely, with North Korea. We were on an airplane together; I […]
Underground Artist
By Helin Jung Photographs by Miru Kim Miru Kim is walking through the Upper West Side via Amtrak tunnel, navigating a mostly-dark, cavernous space, watching for the occasional […]
Schooling Fathers
This story appeared in our June 2009 issue. A growing number of Korean immigrant men are searching for the answer to the fundamental question: What does it mean to […]
Freeing Minds
Story and Photographs by Kathleen Richards From the moment you step inside the sparse, fluorescent-lit classroom, it’s clear that this isn’t your typical college history class. And it’s not […]
