After two days in Seoul for the G-20 summit, President Barack Obama left yesterday with an agreement on a broad set of economic guidelines for member countries, but also noticeably…
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Korean American Filmmakers Win Awards at the 2015 White House Student Film Festival
…students. President Barack Obama personally welcomed the selected winners, including Jason Kim and Anna Yeo, to the White House to have their films screened on Friday. Hollywood celebrities Steve Mcqueen,…
Korean American Recommended For Federal Judgeship in Illinois
…was raised in Chicago and finished his degree at Harvard Law School. Graduating cum laude in 1992, he studied close to the same time as U.S. President Barack Obama, who…
Dennis Rodman Says NKorean Leader’s Uncle Is Still Alive
…speak to U.S. President Barack Obama and that he “loves Americans.” “He really, really wants to talk to Obama. He can’t say it enough,” Rodman said. “He’s saying that he…
White House to host Singapore PM for state dinner
President Barack Obama will host Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for an official visit and state dinner on Aug. 2. The visit will be the first of its kind…
Sponsored Post: NAKASEC’s Summer of Youth Leaders in Action
…July 15, NAKASEC, KRC, and KRCC officially launched their national postcard campaign to urge President Barack Obama to take executive action on immigration reform after House leadership failed to take…
October Issue: Judge Lucy Koh Presiding
…Law School in the fall— Barack Obama had just graduated that summer—the political climate over the issue of minority faculty hiring was already a key issue. Koh joined the Asian…
KOH & KOH
When President Barack Obama set out in his first year to tackle two of the most daunting tasks confronting the nation—improving the health care of Americans and restoring the standing…
October Issue: The Political Adolescence of Asian America
…STUDY 3: COURTING THE ASIAN AMERICAN VOTE Asian American voters in Virginia would seem to be a fickle lot. In 2008, they went for Barack Obama over John McCain, 66…
Obama Wants Malia To Read Asian American Feminist Literature
In true Obama fashion, the president — a noted book lover — sat down with the New York Times last week to discuss what books mean to him. Obama has…
Artists Release ‘We The People’ Artwork for Trump’s Inauguration
If some of the artwork here seems familiar to you, it should. Shepard Fairey, the prolific graffiti artist and OBEY founder who crafted the Barack Obama “Hope” poster, recently collaborated…
Popera Singer Lim Hyung-joo to Receive U.S. Presidential Culture Award
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korean operatic pop tenor Lim Hyung-joo has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the U.S. Presidential Culture Awards, reports Yonhap. President Barack…
Korean American Actress Debuts in Buzzworthy Film Featured at Sundance
…reacts to them based on their race. “I think it is the first film that really talks about race in the post-2008, Barack Obama-being-elected-as-president [era],” Ko said. “[It’s about] what…
South Korea and U.S Sign Agreement Governing Return of Korean Artifacts
…its citizens.” The items were returned to their homeland when President Barack Obama visited South Korea for a summit with President Park Geun-hye this past spring. Photo courtesy of ICE…
US commemorates 63rd anniversary of Korean War armistice
In honor of National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, recognized each year on July 25, President Barack Obama issued a statement for veterans who served in the war. This year…
