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What’s Your Korean Age? Use The Korean Age Calculator And Find Out!
by HAEIN JUNG Think you know your age? What about your Korean age? Here in the U.S., we start our journey in this world at age zero. In Korea, […]
Travel Writer Jimmy Im Feels At Home Anywhere in the World
Away With Im Bet you wish you had this guy’s job! Jimmy Im is a travel writer, who makes his home away from home 165 days out of the […]
11 Inspiring Graduation Speeches By Asian Americans
by MICHELLE WOO Ah, Commencement Day. With graduates struggling to wave to Mom and Dad in the sea of camera flashes while simultaneously planning their after-party routes and trying […]
KoreAm Archive: One Mother’s Journey Toward Healing After Death of Her Youngest
Photos Courtesy of Brenda Paik Sunoo Author Brenda Paik Sunoo (pictured here engaging children on the roadside in Hoi An, Central Vietnam, where she currently resides) penned her memoirs […]
April 2014 Cover Story: E.J. Ok Is One of the Greatest Point Guards You Never Heard of
One of the Greats Long before Linsanity, crowds in Louisiana were chanting “EJ! EJ!” for a 5-foot-6 basketball talent from South Korea. E.J. Ok would become one of the […]
In Wake of Tragedy, How Do We Talk to Our Children?
Pictured is one of the young survivors of the South Korean ferry sinking. (Photo via Getty) As many of us—parents especially—empathize deeply with the pain of the families of […]
April 2014 Issue: KA Teens From SoCal Take Part in Elite Cyber Defense Contest
Issac Kim (with glasses) and Isaac Kim, in front of North Hollywood High School, where they are part of the cyber defense team, Azure. The Defenders Two Korean American teens are part of a Southern […]
March Issue: Something Worth Fighting For
Soo Woong Lee, center, and his students pose with their tournament trophies, circa 1968-1969. To the left of Lee is Phillip Cunningham, followed by Furman Marshall; this pair would found the […]
March Issue: Beauty of the Korean Language
Body Language Hangeul + modern dance. photos by MARK EDWARD HARRIS How does one convey the beauty of the written Korean language through the human body? These pictures answer that question. South […]
February Issue: 100 Years of Susan Ahn Cuddy
Above photo: A pencil portrait of Susan Ahn Cuddy by artist Ming Tu (Tu-2). compiled by JULIE HA with PHILIP “FLIP” CUDDY and JOHN CHA Actually, the Korean American […]
February Issue: Gay Rights Activists in Korea Step Up to Support LGBTQ Youth
Photo by Amanda Slavinsky. Somewhere Under the Rainbow Queer rights activists in South Korea step up efforts to support and protect LGBTQ youth, with plans to build a long-term […]
January Issue: Journalist Turned Immigration Activist Jose Vargas Speaks From the Heart
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, immigration rights activist and self-declared undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas testifies on Capitol Hill on Feb. 13, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on comprehensive […]
Elderly Korean Americans Settle Dispute With Queens McDonald’s
Photo via New York Daily News. by Y. PETER KANG The dispute over a group of elderly Korean Americans who lingered for hours at a McDonald’s restaurantin Flushing, Queens, N.Y., ended […]
November Issue: Inspired Korean Adoptee Starts Mentorship Program for Adopted Youth
Brian Conyer. Photo by Manuel Umo/Newlogiccine.com. Lean on Me Inspired by the influence of his older adoptee sisters, Brian Conyer starts a mentorship program for adopted youth. by YOUNG […]
