…the presidency last December. How did that happen? by EUGENE YI It starts, as it should, with a fight between my parents and me when discussing Park Chung-hee, South Korea’s…
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April Issue: Will LA’s Korean American Community Back City Council Candidate John Choi?
…by JIMMY LEE and EUGENE YI | photographs by JIMMY LEE A pathetically low 20 percent of registered voters in the City of Los Angeles made it to their localpolling…
Tokimonsta Making Her Mark in the Electronic Music Scene
On her latest record, L.A. DJ and beatmaker Jennifer Lee, a.k.a. TOKiMONSTA, urges us to do just that. It’s a strategy that’s worked for her so far. by EUGENE YI…
Andy Marra Shares Her Story
A Single Spark A Korean American adoptee, transgender woman and LGBT activist, Andy Marra has found that sharing her story carries the power to move and inspire. by EUGENE YI…
Let’s Head Down South: Here’s the San Diego Asian Film Festival 2022 Lineup
…Ham Tran, who helmed “Maika: the Girl From Another Galaxy,” Haya Waseem (“Quickening”) and Julie Ha and Eugene Yi, who served as co-directors for “Free Chol Soo Lee.” As for…
Violinist Rachel Lee Priday Talks About Growing Up a Prodigy
…EUGENE YI The wall clock in the rehearsal studio read 6:52. The second hand froze at, very nearly, 29 seconds. Or, rather, had frozen, on some forgotten day long past….
Asian Americans In California To Benefit From Redistricting
by Eugene Yi It looks like the political clout of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities has improved due to California’s grand experiment in political redistricting. The California Citizens Redistricting…
For You Book Lovers
…to leave a valid email address. Earlier this month, KoreAm’s Eugene Yi spoke with Lee in New York as he was launching his book tour, and that interview will be…
June Issue: Challenging Wesley Yang's Paper Tigers
…author Wesley Yang is loving every minute of it. by Eugene Yi A FRIEND OF MINE once took a class on the art of magazine writing. The instructor on the…
July Cover Story: The Hines Ward Factor
…America is just beginning by Eugene Yi Dancing with the Stars is a staggeringly popular reality show on ABC about has-beens. The fact that it regularly pulled in 22 million…
August Cover Story: Kung Fu Panda Master
…she’ll likely return as master of the Panda universe. story by Eugene Yi photograph by Eric Sueyoshi SHE’S A GIRL. Kung Fu Panda 2 director Jennifer Yuh Nelson said she…
October Issue: Chef Rachel Yang Speaks the Language of Food
The Language of Food Chef Rachel Yang never quite felt comfortable in the U.S. But then she started cooking. by Eugene Yi Rachel Yang grew up a parachute kid, her…
November Cover Story: Harold, Kumar and the State of Asian American Media
Are We There Yet? The third Harold and Kumar film has the titular characters grappling with adulthood. Has Asian American media itself come of age? By Eugene Yi So you’re…
December Issue: LAPD Gives Jindo Recruits the Boot
Photo credit: Hyungwon Kang by EUGENE YI It would have made a wonderful story. South Korean Jindo dog enthusiasts donated two puppies to the K-9 division of the Los Angeles…
Frenemies Forever: Kim Ki-duk vs. Jang Hun
Filmmaker Jang Hun discusses the tension between him and his mentor, Korean auteur Kim Ki Duk. By Eugene Yi Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk recently emerged from a self-induced exile in…
