By Michelle Woo Photographs by Elizabeth Kim Euna Lee and Laura Ling were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea. Back home, their anguished families plead […]
Category: TV
Her Name is Boa
BoA. The name conjures up so many images: a financial institution, a type of serpent, a long stole of feathers draped around a woman’s neck. It’s a bizarre set […]
Dynamic Duo
By Michelle Woo Photographs by Eric Sueyoshi • • • The moment Joon Park arrives at the KoreAm headquarters for his photo shoot with actress Jamie Chung, he unloads his wardrobe options onto some office […]
Unforgettable: Seventh Heaven
By Audrey Sunu Photographs by Eric Sueyoshi, Mas Chae and Tada Chae Seven. Pythagoras thought it was the perfect number. Slot-machine gamblers have long pursued it in sets of […]
KA Reality Stars
By David Yi From fighting off island mosquitoes to designing runway-worthy creations to schmoozing with The Donald, Korean Americans have done it all for instant fame (or at least […]
The Boys Next Door
By MICHELLE WOO | photos by ERIC SUEYOSHI Three guys walk into the KoreAm headquarters and from then on, you could forget about volume control. “What’s uuuuuuup, mother f-ckers!” one […]
If You Build It, They Will Come
By Julie Ha In many ways, what Paul “PK” Kim does as a stand-up comedian and the founder and organizer of the annual Kollaboration talent show couldn’t be more […]
Commercial Appeal
By Corina Knoll Photograph by Eric Sueyoshi Inside a tiny Italian restaurant just a skip from the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, one very familiar face is eulogizing the work of […]
JUST THE 10 OF US
By Michelle Woo “Come heeere!” Kate Gosselin squeals giddily, as the tiny feet of a toddler scamper toward the spectacle du jour. “Is that your poopie right there? Oh […]
Unforgettable: Puttin’ On The Glitz
By Michelle Woo Photographs by Chiuling Chen, Erik Ginn, Eric Sueyoshi and Ho J. Yun It was beginning to look a lot like a star-studded Christmas at KoreAm Journal’s sixth […]
Hollywood Insider
By Nina Ahn Photographs by Eric Sueyoshi “I read Cosmo,” says Michael Yo, his face lighting up with a playful grin. “I’m not gonna lie. I read Glamour. My job is to […]
Real American Hero
By Corina Knoll Photograph by Eric Sueyoshi He can’t bend space and time like his best friend Hiro, and even though he’s pretty much relegated to the role of sidekick, […]
Kickin’ It With Bobby Lee
By Michelle Woo Photographs by Eric Sueyoshi Photo courtesy of Yari Films Group For comedian Bobby Lee, working on his new film “Kickin’ It Old Skool” (due out April […]
ABSolute Resolve
By Ki-Min Sung > Photographs by Eric Sueyoshi Yul Kwon holds court over dim sum in Los Angeles three weeks after winning the physically and mentally grueling CBS reality show “Survivor.” Anything cooked […]
