…the latest season of America’s Next Top Model. While her Seoul-based brand is inspired by old Hollywood glamour, Kim took a decidedly more old-fashioned route to shoe designer stardom. A…
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Slavery Thrives on South Korean Island Salt Farms
…his mother in Seoul. His mother then contacted Seo Je-gong, a Seoul police captain, and the two visited the island posing as tourists. They rescued Kim after arresting Hong, who…
Where is Home?
…with real envy. And then I was left on the street by myself.” In 1962, when Morrison was 6, he landed in an orphanage near Seoul that housed roughly 700…
Q&A: Jessika Van Gets Into the Holiday Spirit With ‘A Hollywood Christmas’
…Max yesterday, Dec. 1, and stars “Seoul Searching” actress Jessika Van as holiday film director Jessica. Her orderly set gets upended by the arrival of a network executive, Christopher (Josh…
Hollywood’s “20 Hottest Asian Actresses” Are So Much More Than Hot
…in Audrey’s Spring 2015 issue. In addition to speaking about her role in the romantic comedy Seoul Searching, Van also spoke about important life lessons she has picked up over…
Meet the Korean American Sisters Behind Dating App Coffee Meets Bagel
…event.) Born and raised in Seoul and educated in the United States from high school onward, the Kang sisters head up one of the most promising online dating companies of…
Dynamic Duo
…other lately, having just returned from a weeklong publicity tour through Seoul, Bangkok and Taipei to promote their new movie Dragonball Evolution, a live-action adaptation of the cult manga comics…
Korean Artist Creates Whimsical Self-Portraits Sans Photoshop
…University in Seoul, Lee creates simple yet surrealistic worlds that blur the line between reality and fantasy—and without the use of Photoshop! Although she lives in a tiny 3-by-6-meter studio…
November Issue: Faces of Adoption, a Photo Essay
…family meet their daughter for the first time, or witness an adoptee reunite with her birth mother after searching for seven years. These experiences directly affected my own adoption story….
Friday’s Link Attack: Anthony Kim, Dr. Sammy Lee
…Their features were obscured since they wore helmets,” Heru said. Detectives were still searching for a motive, Heru said. All of Hyein’s property was accounted for, mooting assumptions that the…
Authorities Search Cult Compound Seeking Leader Linked to Ferry Disaster
by STEVE HAN Authorities in South Korea are searching the compound of a religious cult seeking the arrest of the three men in charge of the company that operated the…
In Conversation
…geriatric. Pregnancies after 35 are considered high-risk. During my last appointment, my gynecologist told me, “Your eggs are old.” I got old eggs! Anderson: I was just in Korea, searching…
November Cover Story: An Adoptee Meets His Birth Family And Gets the Surprise of His Life
Is There Anybody Out There? This past spring, L.A.-based rapper and Korean American adoptee Dan Matthews began searching for his birth parents. What he found would change his life….
11 Bodies Recovered Near Sunken SKorean Fishing Boat
…Associated Press. The bodies were found by fishermen searching for debris of the sunken Oryong 501, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry. Sajo Industries, the firm that owns the sunken vessel,…
SAT Cheating Investigation: The Latest Scandal in SKorean Education
…pressure of school. Test scores and intensive education may have made sense during the “age of industrialization,” said Lee Ju-ho, an academic at a think tank in Seoul and former…
