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 […]
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Nancy Pelosi Urges Abe to Apologize for Japan’s Wartime Sex Slavery
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday to acknowledge and apologize for the sexual slavery committed […]
North Korea Fires 4 Short-Range Projectiles Into West Sea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea fired short-range missiles into the West Sea for a second consecutive day on Friday in an apparent protest against the ongoing […]
Women’s Group Gets North Korea’s Approval to Walk Across DMZ
by CARA ANNA, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea has decided to support a proposed walk across the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas by prominent women […]
South Korea Charges a Woman with Attempted Rape for the First Time Ever
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com A 45-year-old woman has been indicted for attempting to rape a man, making her the first woman to face such charges in South […]
LACMA, Hyundai Forge Major 10-Year Partnership
Pictured above: James Turrell,”Light Reignfall” (2011), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Hyundai Motor as part of The Hyundai Project: Art + Technology at LACMA in honor […]
South Korea Details Sewol Compensation, Victims’ Parents Shave Heads in Protest
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com As the one year anniversary of the tragic Sewol ferry sinking draws near, the South Korean government has announced that it would pay […]
South Korean Man Indicted in Knife Attack on U.S. Envoy
Pictured above: Kim Ji-jong, the assailant who slashed U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert’s face, lies on the ground after the attack. (Photo courtesy of AP) by KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press […]
Korean Air Heiress Pleads for Leniency in ‘Nut Rage’ Appeal
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Heather Cho, the eldest daughter of Korean Air’s chairman, asked an appeal court on Wednesday to overturn her conviction for disrupting a flight […]
Shinzo Abe Invited to Address Joint U.S. Congress Session
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will speak before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress on April 29, reports Yonhap News Agency. […]
North Korea Arrests 2 South Koreans for Spying
Pictured above: Kim Kuk-gi (left) and Choe Chun-gil were accused of spying on behalf of South Korea’s spy agency. (Photo courtesy of Kyodo) by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com […]
South Korea to Join China-Led Infrastructure Investment Bank
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea announced on Thursday that it will join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as one of its founding members, despite Washington’s […]
Chol Soo Lee Day of Remembrance Draws Intimate Crowd in L.A.
Back row, left to right: Warren Furutani, Charlie Park, K.W. Lee, Tom Byun, Jai Lee Wong, Greg Murakami, Mike Suzuki, Kent Wong, Duncan Lee; first row, left to right: Grace and Luke […]
Reporter Discovers How Much Plastic Surgery He Needs to Look Like G-Dragon
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea is the mecca of plastic surgery, with about one in five Korean women going under the knife, according to a 2009 […]
North Korea Reopens Pyongyang Marathon to Foreign Runners
by REERA YOO |@reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea has reopened the Pyongyang Marathon to overseas runners after ending a travel ban on foreigners over Ebola fears, according to Reuters. Koyro […]
