by GRACE KANG For the crowd that gathered at Los Angeles sports bar Busby’s East on Saturday evening, the surroundings may not have been what they originally had in […]
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Joyce Meng and Jennifer Q. Chen Show Anyone Can Pay It Forward With Givology
The idea of Givology came to Joyce Meng in a dream in 2008, when she was still an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. A child of […]
Check Out This Badass Wedding Shoot in China
Traditionally when a couple gets engaged, the following ensues: the bride and groom to-be typically jet off to some romantic destination with a scenic background of hilltops, mountains, […]
‘Bongsunhwa,’ A Play About the Korean ‘Comfort Women,’ to Be Performed in Chicago
The Seoul Metropolitan Theatre will be bringing “Bongsunhwa,” a play depicting the experiences of the Korean “comfort women,” to the North Shore Center for Performing Arts in Skokie, Ill., this Saturday, […]
How Technology Helped a Chinese Soldier Marry the Love of His Life
In this day and age, with the rapid development of technology, pretty much anything is possible. We’ve seen everything from hologram waiters to virtual girlfriends in Japan, and […]
North Korea Says It Allows Religious Freedom, Lambasts U.S. for ‘Hypocrisy’
by TONY KIM North Korea staunchly denied the veracity of a U.S. State Department report that criticized the isolated country for its “absolute prohibition of religious organizations” and “harsh […]
Exhibition Shows Off the ‘Tomorrowland’ Visions of a NKorean Architect
by TONY KIM Whenever a movie set in the future premieres, it’s always interesting to what the director envisions society will look like decades or centuries from today. In such films, […]
Parents of 3-Year-Old Left in Hot Car Say Child Must Have Snuck Into Van
by TONY KIM A Fullerton, Calif., couple accused of leaving their 3-year-old in a hot car this past Sunday says that the child must have snuck into their Nissan […]
Want to be Part of Ariel’s World? This Philippine Academy Shows You How
Some fifteen years ago, little girls all over the U.S., myself included, had our eyes glued to the television watching The Little Mermaid and praying that one day we would […]
Yoo Byung-eun: The Bizarre Billionaire Figure Tied to the Sewol Disaster
by JAMES S. KIM The story of the search for the mysterious billionaire patriarch blamed for the Sewol disaster is already bizarre enough. The largest manhunt in South Korean history had 10,000 police officers […]
Korea For The First Time: Q&A With The Guardian Writer Colin Marshall
by STEVE HAN A white guy living in L.A. like it’s Seoul. That’s Colin Marshall. Living in the Koreatown district of Los Angeles, a city where people drive to […]
LIFE Magazine Recalls Moving Wartime Tale of Boy Who Wouldn’t Smile
by TONY KIM In the spring of 1951, American patrols from the 7th Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division made their way to a war-torn village just north of Seoul. It had been […]
Student Survivors of Sewol Disaster Testify of Crew Negligence
As some 30 high school students lined up to get to an emergency exit while the ship they were on tilted violently, there were no crew members in sight […]
Southern California Couple Arrested After Leaving Toddler in Hot Car
by JULIE HA Thanks to a concerned passerby and the quick actions of local police, a Southern California girl left in a hot car was able escape without serious physical […]
Chinese Doctors Bow For An 11-Year-Old’s Selfless Decision
These bowing doctors are not the only ones in awe of 11-year-old Liang Yaoyi. This image, along with its inspiring story, has been circulating all throughout China. Everyone seems […]