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 […]
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Shinzo Abe Urged to Clearly Apologize for Sexual Slavery, War Crimes Before U.S. Trip
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com As all signs point to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe making a trip to the United States later this spring, several activists […]
Uber Korea Employees Charged with Operating Illegal Taxi Ring
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com South Korean authorities arrested nearly 30 people in a raid at Uber South Korea’s offices, Yonhap News Agency reports. According to police, the […]
South Korea’s Elderly Poverty Rate Highest Among OECD Countries
South Korea has the highest poverty rate for elderly citizens among 34 advanced nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according a report released on Sunday. […]
Racism Alert: University of Maryland Kappa Sigma Frat’s Email Leaked
What is it with racism and colleges nowadays? This past Friday, an e-mail from a member of University of Maryland’s Kappa Sigma Fraternity leaked and it is horrifying. Warning: […]
Protecting Youth from ‘Culture of Drinking’
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com Our living room wasn’t very big. It was just spacious enough for a 16-inch analog television and a couch, but in that small space, my […]
Suspended Brig. General John M. Cho Will Not Be Reinstated
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Brig. Gen. John M. Cho, who was suspended from his post at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) after an investigation found that he […]
South Korean and Japanese Students Talk About English-Language Education
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com On this side of the Pacific, we often hear about our friends and peers heading over to Asia to teach English. But […]
Link Attack: Yeon-mi Park, Racist Frat Email, Tokyo Students Say “We’re Friends” with Koreans
The Woman Who Faces the Wrath of North Korea Yeon-mi Park is a 21-year-old North Korean defector who has devoted herself to revealing the brutal truth about the country, […]
Margin of Votes Widens in Tight L.A. City Council Race
by GRACE LEE and SUEVON LEE editor@charactermedia.com | editor@charactermedia.com In a close race for the Los Angeles City Council District 4 seat, David Ryu, a community health executive running in his first […]
Barack Obama and Kim Jong-un Impersonators Take on Los Angeles
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com President Obama was in Los Angeles yesterday, creating a traffic nightmare for commuters. News sources said he was making a guest appearance […]
North and South Korea Face Increasing Linguistic Gap
Pictured above: North Korean defector Pak Mi-ok speaks during an interview in Seoul. (AP Photo/Hyung-Jin Kim) by HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — On one side […]
Feds Arrest Leaders of Alleged Student Visa Fraud Ring in L.A.
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Federal authorities arrested three Los Angeles-area residents Wednesday for allegedly running a “pay-to-stay” visa scam that enabled foreign nationals to stay in the […]
Los Angeles County Declares ‘Susan Ahn Cuddy Day’
On Jan. 16, Susan Ahn Cuddy, a Korean American living legend who was the first Asian American woman to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, turned 100. On Tuesday, Los Angeles […]
South Korea to Penalize Kaesong Firms Complying with North’s Wage Hike Demand
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The South Korea government announced Tuesday that it will penalize firms operating in an inter-Korean industrial complex that comply with North Korea’s unilateral […]
