…about the politics of the Korean War, little attention has been paid to the event’s personal meanings for Korean Americans—an omission that led Ramsay Liem, a Boston College psychology professor,…
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Where is Home?
…homeless youth. The Il San orphanage was built and run by Harry Holt, an American farmer who launched a post-Korean War adoption movement that placed thousands of Korean children in…
June Issue: A Warrior Turned Activist
…was a child in Korea during the Korean War. Things were difficult when she grew up, and something as simple as food—which many Americans take for granted—she continues to have…
Thursday’s Link Attack: SKorea Detains NKorean Boat; Korea-Japan Relations; BigBang Reaches Milestone
…the 1950-53 Korean War concluded with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, which means the two sides technically remain at war. [ad#336] South Korea captures a North Korean fishing…
Homeland Tour for Biracial Adoptees
…1953, as thousands of Korean children were left parentless and/or homeless by the Korean War, while many others were born to Korean women and fathered by American GIs or soldiers…
Historic Steps: Kim Jong Un Strides Across Korean Border
GOYANG, South Korea — The leaders of North and South Korea vowed Friday to seek a nuclear-free peninsula and work toward a formal end to the Korean War this year,…
North Korea Warns of War With South After Artillery Fire
…mine-strewn DMZ is a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the Korean Peninsula still technically in a state of war….
Wednesday's Link Attack: North Korea, North Korea and North Korea
…War The Telegraph (U.K.) North Korea is safe enough to resume searches for the remains of thousands of Americans killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, according to the Pentagon. Kim…
Patricia Park’s Korean American Retelling of ‘Jane Eyre’
…You either are one or you aren’t.” After reading Brontë’s 19th-century tale, Park realized that her mother’s generation of Koreans—those who grew up during the Korean War—perceived orphans as outcasts…
‘Han in the Upper Left’: A History of KA Immigration to the Pacific Northwest
…reads, “First Korean War Bride Speechless at City’s Greeting.” Jung explains that this war bride, Yung Soon Morgan, came to American shores with much fanfare and was even greeted by…
Dramabeans Duo Spills the Beans on K-Dramas
…made into a film and TV drama, tells the story of a woman widowed during the Korean War.) Thanks to the phenomenon known as Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, by…
October Issue: Korean Adoptee Explores Roots In One-Woman Show
…Australia since the end of the Korean War. These children often contend with issues of loss, race and culture on a complex level, and even the most loving adoptive families…
Returning to Ukraine
…different from the story of Korea, when it was divided in 1945, followed by the Korean War. With Russia’ s annexation of most of the southern peninsula known as Crimea,…
Monday's Link Attack: KA On Trial For Leaks, North Korean Cannibalism
…action in the Korean War. At the time, he joined an infantry troop instead of serving as an interpreter by pretending he did not speak Korean. Photo via Chosun Ilbo…
Their Last Hope
By Ellyn Pak Photos courtesy of Saemsori In just a few moments, Samuel Kim lost everything that he had known in his 19 years of age. The Korean War began…
