by REERA YOO This past weekend, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon visited Los Angeles to tap the city’s expertise on emergency preparedness, reported The Los Angeles Times. Park, a potential […]
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Meet La Palma’s First Korean American Police Captain
by REERA YOO Sgt. Terry Kim became the first Korean American police captain of the La Palma Police Department in Orange County on Thursday, according to The Korea Times. […]
Seoul Plans to Build Its Own High Line Park
by REERA YOO Downtown Seoul will have its own grassy elevated park similar to New York’s High Line Park by the end of next year, said Seoul Mayor Park […]
North Korea Confirms Kim Jong-Un’s Deteriorating Health
by STEVE HAN It’s no secret that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is overweight. Since taking power of the world’s most secretive regime in 2011, he seems to have […]
U.S. Excludes Korean Peninsula From Pledge to Destroy Land Mines
by REERA YOO The White House announced on Tuesday that it would eliminate all stockpiles of anti-personnel land mines except those in the Korean peninsula, reported Yonhap. The State […]
Thomson Reuters Predicts Two Korean Researchers to Win Nobel Prizes
by REERA YOO Thomson Reuters, a multinational media and information firm, announced its 2014 Nobel Prize predictions earlier today and named two Koreans as top contenders to win Nobel […]
Survey: Asian Americans Still Support Affirmative Action, But Korean American Opinions Less Clear
by EUGENE YI It’s survey time again. More than two thirds of Asian Americans in California support affirmative action, according to new figures released this week by the National […]
South Korea to Buy 40 F-35A Fighter Jets for $7 Billion
by REERA YOO South Korea announced on Wednesday that it plans to buy 40 F-35A fighter jets from Lockheed Martin for about $7 billion, reported Retuers. South Korea agreed […]
How KakaoTalk Founder Became SKorea’s Rarest Billionaire
by STEVE HAN In South Korea, where every one of its top 10 richest people had abundance of inherited wealth to begin with, mobile messaging app KakaoTalk founder Kim […]
Words Can Be Weapons: Powerful Chinese Campaign Links Teenage Crime to Emotional Abuse
It’s scary to think that a number of parents and adults don’t realize they verbally abuse children. It’s even scarier once we take a look at the potential consequences of this […]
More SKorean Women In Their 20s Have Jobs Than Ever Before, But Future Remains Uncertain
by STEVE HAN South Korean women in their 20s are outpacing their male counterparts in the country’s job market at the highest ever recorded rate, according to recent data […]
Flash Your Writing Prowess with ‘First Draft’
Anyone with a basic education can use words, but it takes trained, talented writers to harness their power. If you are an aspiring writer in any professional capacity—essayist, journalist, […]
John Kerry Urges NKorea To Shut Down Prison Camps
by STEVE HAN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded the North Korean government to close its prison camps that “bring shame” on the country on Tuesday, reported Reuters. […]
Vancouver’s Hapa-Palooza Festival Celebrates Mixed Heritage
The term “Hapa” generally refers to an individual who is of mixed race with some Asian or Pacific Islander roots. Needless to say, growing up and identifying as […]
Former Navy Corpsman Awarded Silver Star for Saving Marine Under Heavy Fire
by REERA YOO A former Navy hospital corpsman was awarded a Silver Star, the U.S. military’s third highest decoration for valor, at Camp Pendleton for saving an injured Marine […]
