…Korean War spanned fighting at the frontlines of the most dangerous areas of Europe with the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat team, which were composed primarily of…
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Before K-pop Hit U.S. Shores, The Kim Sisters Were An American Musical Sensation
…couple. Their mother, Lee Nan-young, rose to stardom prior to the Korean War with her sentimental ballad “Mokpo Tears.” Their father, Kim Hai-song, was a well-respected composer and orchestra conductor…
December Issue: The Making of an Oscar Contender
…the last days of the Korean War. Ragged units of the North and South fight over a hill called Aero K, which has changed hands so many times that the…
Planning for Peace
It’s been 60 years since the start of the Korean War, which left families and a nation painfully divided. While a great deal of time has since been devoted to…
A Brilliant Rivalry: Victor Cha and David Kang
…trip to North Korea in April of 2007, joining New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to negotiate the return of the remains of U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War. After…
Star-studded ’Operation Chromite’ premiere lights up K-Town
…in the Korean War for the South. South Korean actor Jung-jae Lee attends the Los Angeles red carpet premiere of “Operation Chromite” on Aug. 10, 2016, at CGV Cinemas. (Victor…
Korean American advocates say divided families bill needs community support
…able to contact their loved ones in the North since the 1953 armistice agreement ended the Korean War, and includes engaging in diplomatic talks with North Korea and consultations with…
Dog Tales
…more hard times followed with the Korean War (1950-1953) and decades of poverty and reconstruction. When Koreans emerged from this turmoil, the Sapsarees, or Sapsar-gae, whose name literally means “the…
South Korean Violinist Wants Border Concert With North Korea
…to a concert at the border village of Panmunjom, where an armistice ended the three-year Korean War in 1953. Won and his German partners are pushing for that formal go-ahead…
Homeless Youth Among North Korean Defectors
…way into North Korean lexicon in the aftermath of the Korean War, when thousands of war orphans roamed the streets of Pyongyang and elsewhere in search of food. There are…
L.A. Forum Highlights Korean American Adoptee Experiences
…white families in North America, Europe and Australia, since the end of the Korean War. The number of intercountry adoptions remained high even after Korea emerged as an economically stable…
4 Questions
…oral history research exploring the legacy of the Korean War for Korean Americans: Many Americans think that North Korea is irrationally paranoid and hostile towards the U.S. and, therefore, an…
A Line in the Sea
…long contested this Northern Limit Line unilaterally drawn up by the United Nations Command in August 1953, after the Korean War; the North insists the border should be further south….
Korea’s Plastic Surgery Boom Attributed to Rise of K-pop
…Western look, though the reasons are complex. “The double eyelid surgery actually happened in Korea as a result of U.S. occupation after the Korean War, when U.S. military doctors were…
North Korean Refugee Act
…Sang Man (Sam) Han-Schneider (Han-Schneider Foundation) was separated from his family in 1950 at six years old during the outbreak of the Korean War. In 1961, Dr. Arthur Schneider adopted…
