by KARIN CHAN editor@charactermedia.com Two South Korean pals are cycling across America to raise awareness for the Korean “comfort women” who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese […]
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Luke Kim, Community Activist and Pioneer in Cultural Psychiatry, Dies at 85
Pictured above: Dr. Luke Kim stands by a garden. This photo was taken in November 2002. (Photo by Eric Sueyoshi) by JULIE HA julie@charactermedia.com Dr. Luke Ik Chang Kim, […]
Q&A with Christine Ahn, Co-organizer of Women’s Walk for Peace Across DMZ
Pictured above: Christine Ahn, shown here with Gloria Steinem, at a United Nations news conference on March 11 announcing plans for a walk across the DMZ. (Photo courtesy of AP Photo/Bebeto […]
North Korean Defector Drops ‘The Interview’ in Pyongyang
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Although North Korean defector Lee Min-bok found the controversial Hollywood comedy The Interview to be vulgar and admitted that he could not watch the film […]
Chol Soo Lee Day of Remembrance Draws Intimate Crowd in L.A.
Back row, left to right: Warren Furutani, Charlie Park, K.W. Lee, Tom Byun, Jai Lee Wong, Greg Murakami, Mike Suzuki, Kent Wong, Duncan Lee; first row, left to right: Grace and Luke […]
Activists Postpone Dropping ‘The Interview’ via Balloons Into North Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korean activists announced on Monday that they will delay their controversial campaign to fly thousands of DVD copies of The Interview, a Sony […]
North Korea Applauds Knife Attack on U.S. Ambassador
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea has applauded the South Korean assailant’s knife attack on U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert, calling it a “deserved punishment” […]
South Korea Celebrates 96th Anniversary of the March First Movement
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo reerayoo@gmail.com South Koreans on Sunday celebrated the 96th anniversary of the March First Movement, also known as the Sam-il Movement, a series of demonstrations […]
Activists to Drop ‘The Interview’ in North Korea via Balloons
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com The Interview is going to North Korea. Human rights activists in South Korea plan to fly DVDs of the Seth Rogen comedy into […]
SKorean Activists Vow to Send More Leaflets Across Border
by HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean activists vowed Thursday to launch balloons next week carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border into North Korea, […]
Commentary: Renewing the Promise of America For All Families
Above photo: Paul Song’s maternal grandfather, Sang Don Kim, 1961. (Courtesy of Paul Song) Today’s fight for immigration reform belongs to all families, whether we trace our immigration history […]
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 photographs by […]
