story by JULIE HA photographs by ALEX COREY/EL NUEVO SOL Dressed in yellow jackets, black T-shirts, dark slacks and sneakers, Park Hye-young and Hong Young-mee sat at the head […]
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The First Anniversary of the Sewol Ferry Sinking
by COURTNEY LEE courtney@charactermedia.com Today (April 16), South Koreans mark the one-year anniversary of the Sewol ferry sinking, which killed more than 300 passengers–a majority of them high school […]
Vladimir Putin Beats 2NE1’s CL in TIME 100 Reader’s Poll
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Russian President Vladimir Putin and K-pop artist CL have been running neck-to-neck in this year’s TIME 100 Reader’s Poll, but poll results are […]
S. Korea Lifts Travel Ban on Japanese Journalist Charged with Defaming President
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com South Korea announced that it has lifted the travel ban on Tatsuya Kato, a Japanese journalist charged with defaming South Korean President […]
Gunmen Open Fire on South Korean Embassy in Libya
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Unidentified gunmen fired shots at the South Korean embassy in Libya’s capital Tripoli on April 12, killing two local security guards, reports Reuters. […]
Top Stories of the Week: Randall Park Shares His Poetry and Anna Akana Tells Us Her Greatest Fear
1) Haikus With Hotties: Randall Park [READ HERE] 2) Japan’s Latest Beauty Trend May Have You Looking Sick [READ HERE] 3) […]
Link Attack: East West Players Honors Susan Ahn Cuddy; North Korean Soccer; Amadeus Cho in ‘Avengers’
Interesting reads from around the Internet. Take a gander! East West Players Honors Susan Ahn Cuddy in ‘Born to Lead’ Above photo: The 100-year-old veteran attended the performance along […]
Audrey Hepburn’s Son to Create ‘Sewol Memorial Forest’ in South Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com As the one-year anniversary of the Sewol ferry sinking approaches, the oldest son of the late Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn plans to create […]
Seoul to Strengthen Education on ‘Comfort Women’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The South Korean government announced on Wednesday that it will make efforts to further educate its elementary school students about Japans’s sexual enslavement […]
North Korea Expels ‘Plot-Breeding’ Korean American Aid Worker
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea has deported a Korean American aid worker, accusing her of using her humanitarian status as a cover to produce anti-North Korean […]
South Korean Brides and Grooms Hire Fake Wedding Guests
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Spring wedding season is here. As engaged couples in South Korea prepare their special day, fake wedding guests are on the prowl for […]
North Korean Students Connect with ‘Harry Potter’ Characters
Pictured above: Suki Kim teaches the sons of North Korea’s most privileged families. (Photo courtesy of Suki Kim) by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com When Suki Kim, the author […]
South Korea Honors American Nurse Who Founded First Nursing School in 1903
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com The South Korean government posthumously awarded the Order of Civil Merit to Margaret Jane Edmunds, an American nurse who founded the first […]
Abe Expected to Mention Japan’s Wartime Sex Slavery During U.S. Trip: U.S. Congressman
Pictured above: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his official residence. The meeting was in Tokyo, Japan on April 3, 2015. (Photo courtesy […]
South Korean President Considers Raising the Sunken Sewol Ferry
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korean President Park Geun-hye pledged Monday to consider salvaging the Sewol ferry that sank off Jindo Island last year and killed more […]
