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A Vital LiNK: How One Group Is Helping Change the Narrative on North Korea
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee Before he ever set foot in America, Joseph Kim had to learn how to pass for an American teen. Be loud and rowdy […]
#GoodMuslimBadMuslim’s Taz Ahmed Shakes Up the Mainstream Narrative
Story by Jean Ho Photo by Les Talusan Sometimes the best ideas arise from outlandish jokes shared between friends – something so silly and farfetched that you’d never […]
What Happens When A Millenial Quits Social Media For a Month?
If you’re a Millennial, you’ve probably been told that you’re obsessed with social media. And even if you deny it, there’s some part of you that knows this is […]
North and South Korea Find a Way to Avoid Disaster, Reach Deal
Above photo: South Korean National Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin addresses reporters in Seoul shortly after 2 a.m. following three days of “marathon talks” with North Korea. (Reuters) by HYUNG-JIN […]
Seoul Takes Hard Line as Talks Between Rival Koreas Drag On
by FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president vowed a hard line on Monday as marathon negotiations between senior officials of […]
U.N. Appoints Korean Canadian as Director of Ethics Office
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Canada’s Elia Yi Armstrong as the director of the U.N. Ethics Office. At age 54, Armstrong succeeds Joan Elise […]
North Korea Warns of War With South After Artillery Fire
Pictured above: President Park Geun-hye visits the headquarters of Third Army in the city of Yongin, just south of Seoul, on Aug. 21, 2015, amid heightened tensions raised by the […]
South Korean Woman Gets Plastic Surgery to Evade Arrest for 6 Years
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com A South Korean woman who evaded police for six years after undergoing plastic surgery was arrested on Aug. 12, reports the Korea Times. […]
U.S. Senators Introduce Legislation to Expand Korean War Veterans Memorial
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim james@charactermedia.com Two U.S. senators have proposed expanding the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. to include a “Wall of Remembrance.” The wall […]
N. Korea Threatens Strikes Over South’s Propaganda Broadcasts
by FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday threatened to attack South Korean loudspeakers that are broadcasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda messages across their shared […]
5 Things to Know About Korea’s Liberation Day
by KARIN CHAN editor@charactermedia.com Today marks the 70th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, which liberated the Korean Peninsula from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. In South Korea, […]
South Korean Women Strive for ‘Apple Hips’
by YOUNG-WOO KANG Thin legs, a slender waist and pale skin have been the ideal beauty standard among Korean women for a long time. However, these aspects of a […]
Tinder Claims It Has North Koreans Users
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Tinder threw a public tantrum on Twitter earlier this week in response to a Vanity Fair article that criticized the app’s hook-up culture and […]
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Stops Short of Apology for World War II
Pictured above: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Screenshot captured via Reuters Video) by KEN […]
