by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com With just one week left until the premiere of Fresh Off the Boat, ABC has launched a social media campaign, inviting the audience […]
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KoreAm U Weekly Roundup
Temple University student dies after falling eight floors Family and friends mourn and pay tribute to Rebecca Kim (photo above) – ‘a humble, kind, intelligent girl.’ UPDATE: Third person […]
2015 Chen Foundation Scholarship for California High School Seniors
High school seniors who plan to attend a California State University or California Community College as a first-year student in Fall 2015 are eligible to apply for a renewable […]
UCLA Needs More Asian Americans for an Alcohol Study
Here’s your chance to drink for science again. The Addictions Research Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at UCLA is looking for Asian Americans who drink alcohol to participate […]
‘RAISE’ Scholarship for Undocumented Asian American Youth
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Undocumented Asian American youths can be hard-pressed to find financial aid, even if they knew where to look. The RAISE Scholarship, the […]
LINK ATTACK: Oscar Noms, Eddie Huang, ‘Fresh Off the Boat’
The Whitest Oscars Since 1998: Why the ‘Selma’ Snubs Matter For the first time in almost two decades, no person of color received an Oscar nomination for acting. The […]
Margaret Cho Mocks North Korea at the Golden Globes
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Well, we should have seen this coming. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler kicked off last night’s Golden Globes with jokes about the cyberattack […]
‘Fresh Off the Boat’ to Premiere Tuesday, Feb.10
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com After months of waiting, ABC has finally announced the air date for the family sitcom Fresh Off the Boat. The new Asian American comedy will […]
New York City to Vote on Korean American Day
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com New York City will vote on a resolution on Monday to designate Jan. 13 as Korean American Day, reports the Queens Chronicle. […]
Chol Soo Lee, Who Sparked Early Pan-Asian American Movement, Dies at 62
Pictured above: Chol Soo Lee (left) and K.W. Lee pose for a picture after paying respects at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King tomb at the […]
Vote, Vote, Vote!
Polls are open across the nation. If you haven’t already done so, please get out there and make your voices heard! Don’t think your vote will make a difference? […]
Ellis Law Diversity Scholarship Award for Undergrad and Law Students
Calling all law students and undergraduate students studying law! Andrew Ellis and the Ellis Law firm announced the first Ellis Law Diversity Scholarship Award, which will be available to […]
John Cho of ‘Selfie’ Talks About Being an Asian American Actor in Reddit AMA
by JAMES S. KIM What’s the difference between John Cho and Henry Higgins, the character Cho plays on ABC’s Selfie? Not much, apparently. Cho says he’s “pretty curmudgeonly about […]
Survey: Asian Americans Still Support Affirmative Action, But Korean American Opinions Less Clear
by EUGENE YI It’s survey time again. More than two thirds of Asian Americans in California support affirmative action, according to new figures released this week by the National […]
20 Years Later, Margaret Cho Looks Back on ‘All-American Girl’
All Grown Up Margaret Cho reflects on All-American Girl, 20 years after its primetime debut on ABC. by MICHELLE WOO photo by LINDSEY BYRNES In the history of network television, […]
