Monday's Link Attack: Undocumented KA, Park Ji-sung, more

Undocumented and Korean at UC Berkeley
New American Media

When Ju Hong stepped before his class at UC Berkeley to discuss his status as an undocumented immigrant, the response was telling. “A lot of the students were surprised at seeing a yellow face,” says the soft-spoken 22-year-old, who notes there is a trend among many of his peers to equate undocumented with Hispanic.

Man In Critical Condition After Found At The Bottom Of Pool
Fox News New York

A man attending a party is in critical condition after he was found at the bottom of pool.

Suffolk County Detectives say 21-year old Dale Ahn was attending a party at 3 Farmview Drive in Dix Hills when he discovered by two partygoers who pulled Ahn from the pool around 12:40 a.m. Sunday morning.

A South Korean’s unwanted war legacy from Japan
Los Angeles Times

In 1944, he was abducted from his village by Japanese soldiers and forced to dig tunnels at a World War II camp. In 2005, he learned he was mistakenly listed among Japan’s war dead at a Tokyo shrine.

Korea through retrojournalism
globalasianculture.com

Here are some amazing and rare color photos from the Korean War, which spanned 1950 to 1953.

Bank software company invests in its people
Austin American-Statesman (Tex.)

This is a nice business profile of a small banking software company in Austin, Tex. with a very worker-friendly environment.

A sign hanging in the game room of Banker’s Toolbox sums up the software maker’s workplace motto: Be Nice or Get Out.

The 11-year-old company, which moved to Austin from Los Angeles last year, has grown by emphasizing a close-knit, team-driven culture, said founder Daniel Cho. Every day, its 45 employees gather for a catered lunch in the cafeteria. Everyone gets an individual office. And when the company makes money, it is shared by all.

The result, Cho said, has been steady revenue and profit gains, without raising any money from outside investors.

“It’s simple — I believe happy employees will create happy customers,” Cho said. “We try really hard to make work fun, and we also believe in sharing what we earn.”

Film Review: Where the Road Meets the Sun
Variety

To call “Where the Road Meets the Sun” a juggling act would suggest that all the figurative balls stay in the air. But quite the opposite is true in this ambitious but scattered multi-character drama, which aspires to Altmanesque complexity and ends up merely addled. The bright young cast may end up giving Mun Chee Yong’s debut feature a level of posthumous celebrity, a la “Empire Records” (“Look who was in this movie!”), but its own lifespan will be comparatively short and sparsely attended.

Dotted Lines [OPINION]
The Daily Californian (U.C. Berkeley)

Annual trips to Korea in my childhood gave me glimpses into the crowded streets of Seoul, where morning and night blend together and life thrives incessantly on the main streets of the city. I’ve seen the red tents that pop up in the early evening and stay up late into the night, under which steaming vats of street food are sold to tired students and drunk businessmen alike. If I think carefully, I can hear the way the roar of the trucks and the murmurs of sleepless youth meandering through the streets below slip through the window of my grandparents’ 30th floor apartment.

Park Ji-sung Renews ManU Contract
Chosun Ilbo

Park Ji-sung has renewed his contract with Manchester United in the English Premier League until at least the end of the 2012/13 season, the team announced on its website Friday.

Son Heung-min Scores in Hamburg-Hertha Berlin Game
Chosun Ilbo

Korean striker Son Heung-min scored a goal for Hamburg in a 2-2 draw against Hertha Berlin in the German Bundesliga.

Historic Korean figure gets the Broadway treatment
NorthJersey.com

“Hero: The Musical” will be performed at Lincoln Center from Aug. 23 to Sept. 3.

“I want to wow the audiences in New York,” said Ho Jin Yun, producer and director.

The vehicle with which Yun hopes to dazzle ticket buyers is based on the story of a Korean martyr, An Chunggun, who fought Japanese annexation of Korea, killing a high-ranking Japanese official. He was executed in Japan in 1910.

“The subject is very heavy,” said Yun. “But it is a musical, after all, so it has humor and action as well. And Korean shows provide a bigger spectacle than Broadway does.”

MTY Foods to acquire Koryo Korean BBQ assets
Montreal Gazette

Canadian restaurant holding group MTY Foods Group said it would acquire Korean Canadian restaurant chain Koryo Korean BBQ for $1.8 million, according to the Montreal Gazette. Koryo Korean operates 20 restaurants across Canada.

KAC national leaders gather in Dallas for 2011 KAC National Convention
Miju Daily

Young Korean-American leaders from across the nation gathered in Dallas last week for the annual 2011 Korean American Coalition National Convention.

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