by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com This is why we can’t have nice things. A couple from Farmington, Minn. has been charged with felony theft-by-swindle for making 135 […]
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2015 Chen Foundation Scholarship for California High School Seniors
High school seniors who plan to attend a California State University or California Community College as a first-year student in Fall 2015 are eligible to apply for a renewable […]
UCLA Needs More Asian Americans for an Alcohol Study
Here’s your chance to drink for science again. The Addictions Research Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at UCLA is looking for Asian Americans who drink alcohol to participate […]
South Korean Teen May Have Traveled to Syria to Join Islamic State
The Turkish border city of Kilis, where the missing Korean teenager met and vanished in an unmarked taxi with an unidentified man on Jan. 10. Photo courtesy of Yonhap. by […]
‘American Sniper’ Triggers Racist Arab and Muslim Tweets
American Sniper is currently the #1 movie in America and managed to make an impressive 89 million on MLK weekend. Despite the box office success, American Sniper received a huge amount […]
Prominent North Korean Defector Retracts Key Parts of His Story
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com A prominent North Korean defector, who has become something of a star with his remarkably gruesome story of surviving captivity in a prison […]
LINK ATTACK: Oscar Noms, Eddie Huang, ‘Fresh Off the Boat’
The Whitest Oscars Since 1998: Why the ‘Selma’ Snubs Matter For the first time in almost two decades, no person of color received an Oscar nomination for acting. The […]
President Park Offers to Meet Kim Jong-un Without Pre-Conditions
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Monday that she is open to holding a summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un […]
Why a Generation of Adoptees is Returning to South Korea
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story is excerpted from The New York Times Magazine article “Why a Generation of Adoptees is Returning to South Korea” by Maggie Jones. ___ by MAGGIE […]
South Korean Special Forces Train Shirtless in the Snow
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com While some of us are wrapping ourselves in parkas to keep warm this winter, about 200 South Korean soldiers are training in the […]
Korean Air’s First Class Experience
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com By now, you’ve all probably heard of Korean Air’s former vice president’s “nut-rage” tantrum. For those of you unfamiliar with bizarre case, Heather Cho, the […]
Fitbit Searches for Identity in a Crowded ‘Wearables’ Market
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Before James Park and Eric Friedman co-founded Fitbit in 2007, Park recalled watching people play Nintendo’s Wii and become excited about utilizing its motion control […]
Breaking the Asian Myth: No, Not ALL Asians Are Short
As title of this series suggests, our Breaking the Asian Myth stories seek to challenge absurd stereotypes about the Asian community. So far we’ve looked into the ridiculous assumption that […]
Former Korean Air Vice President Facing Indictment
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com The embattled former vice president of Korean Air is facing indictment over a bizarre incident, in which she forced a taxiing plane to […]
Defector Kills 4 People in China After Fleeing North Korea
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com A North Korean army deserter allegedly shot and killed four elderly residents as well as robbed a villager’s home in the border town […]
