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Remembering the ‘Korean MLK’ on Korean Independence Day
Today marks Korean Independence Day. Sixty-nine years ago, the nation celebrated its hard-won liberation from Japan, after 35 years of colonization. It was a day that leading independence fighter Dosan […]
South Korea Holds Its First Butt Pageant
by MICHELLE WOO As a generalization, Asians aren’t known for having award-winning posteriors. (Norwegian-Thai model Chrissy Teigen once lamented to Esquire magazine, “It sucks for me. I have a little […]
Pic of the Day: Pope Francis Rolls Through South Korea in a Kia Soul
by RUTH KIM Only real men ride in cute, tiny cars. When Pope Francis arrived in South Korea Thursday morning, the humble pontiff ditched the Popemobile for an unostentatious […]
Heartwarming Video Of Chinese Soldiers Dancing With Young Yunnan Earthquake Victims
How does one pick up the pieces and resume his or her life after experiencing a traumatic earthquake with a 6.5 magnitude? On August 3, this became the […]
Video of the Day: Korean Children Taste Warheads Sour Candy For The First Time
An English teacher in Korea thought he could make a fun video by introducing his students to Warheads, those disc-shaped candies sour enough to make your eyelids twitch and […]
Survivors, Victims’ Families of Sewol Tragedy to Meet With Pope Francis on Friday
by TONY KIM A group of 10 Sewol ferry survivors and victims’ relatives will be meeting privately with Pope Francis during his much publicized trip to South Korea, their representatives […]
First Chinese Woman To Successfully Climb K2, One of the World’s Deadliest Mountains
For those of you unfamiliar with Mount Godwin-Austen, also called K2, it is the second highest mountain in the world following Mount Everest. With a peak elevation of 8,611 […]
China Targets Christian Charity Groups Along NKorean Border
by JULIE HA Christian charity groups operating near the China-North Korea border are reportedly living in an environment of fear, as the Chinese government appears to be cracking down […]
‘Comfort Women’ Statue Stands Its Ground in Court Ruling
by RUTH KIM After more than a year of controversy, the “comfort women” statue in the city of Glendale, Calif., that sparked a lawsuit calling for its removal is […]
Sponsored Post: KFAM Provides L.A. County’s First Korean-Language Foster Family Program
This article is a sponsored post and appears as part of KoreAm’s Community Network section. In L.A. County, there are some 800 abused and neglected Asian Pacific Islander foster children. […]
Indonesian Girl Reunites with Family 10 Years After Tsunami
In December 26, 2004, thousands of lives were lost in the Indian Ocean Tsunami. As one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded in history, the tsunami’s powerful […]
NYC Tutoring Center Catering to Korean Students Charged With Abuse
Police arrested two women in the Little Neck neighborhood of Queens, New York, last Wednesday after they were accused of beating four children at a tutoring center targeting young Korean students, […]
Link Attack: Lubricant-loving Kim Jong-fun, the ‘100%’-Nervous Win of Miriam Lee Over Inbee Park & Kakao Terrorism Talk
What we’re reading right now. Leave it to Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert to make the most of this heavily circulated picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-eun beaming […]
Four North Koreans Seek Asylum in U.S.
by STEVE HAN Four North Korean defectors are now seeking asylum in the U.S., Voice of America reports. The refugees arrived in the U.S. via Thailand last month, according to […]
