On Sunday, passengers of an overbooked United Airlines flight in Chicago watched a bleeding man being forcibly dragged out of a plane by a police officer. The unidentified man […]
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Parachute Alights on Chicago’s Dining Scene
by JAMIE MORGAN As Beverly Kim and her husband and chef-partner Johnny Clark mark the one-year anniversary of Parachute, the Chicago restaurant they opened last May, the Korean American half of the pair recalls […]
Korean Language Enrollment at U.S. Colleges Sees Sharp Rise
by COURTNEY LEE courtney@charactermedia.com According to a recent study, the Korean language is one major exception to the overall downhill trend in foreign language enrollments across U.S. college campuses […]
Link Attack: Roy Choi in Watts; Dogs Rescued From Meat Farm; Custom Emoji Keyboard
Video: Roy Choi Wants the Next Food Revolution to Start in Watts The first location will be in Watts at a site that used to be smoke shop and […]
Chicago Man Faces Lawsuit Over Leaving Behind Injured Passengers in Car Accident
by JAMES S. KIM A Chicago man is being sued by three passengers who were in his car when he allegedly drove his BMW off a road, crashed it, […]
SKorea Wins Little League World Series Championship
by JAMES S. KIM It’s called Little League, but if the 2014 Little League World Series tournament showed us anything, it’s that there’s nothing small about the heart, hard work […]
Hye Min Choi, Missing University of Illinois Student, Found Safe
by JAMES S. KIM A 19-year-old Korean American student from the University of Illinois has been found and reunited with his family after disappearing on Saturday, the Chicago Tribune […]
Asian American Woman Verbally and Physically Abused by Police
A lawsuit was filed in Chicago in 2013. Chicago police are accused of committing a hate crime for physically and verbally abusing an Asian American woman, Jianqing “Jessica” Klyzek, […]
The University of Chicago
One of the world’s premier academic and research institutions, the University of Chicago has driven new ways of thinking since our 1890 founding. Today, UChicago is an intellectual destination that draws […]
Audrey’s Days of Summer | Summer Hotspots of Chicago
With America is still stuck in one of the biggest recessions since The Great Depression, days and nights of eating out have been hard to come by. We get […]
Chicago Area Woman Arrested For Sex With Minor
Photo via TribLocal Police arrested a 24-year-old Chicago area woman on Saturday after she was found naked in a parked car with a 15-year-old boy, according to news reports. […]
KA Adoptee Charged With Manslaughter After Race-Charged Brawl
A Korean American adoptee from Chicago has been charged with involuntary manslaughter following a racially-motivated fight that occurred during the Fourth of July weekend, according to news reports. James […]
Korean American Recommended For Federal Judgeship in Illinois
A Korean American lawyer from Chicago has been recommended to be a federal judge in Illinois, according to the Korea Herald. John Z. Lee, 44, was recommended for one […]
Chicago Filmmaker Wins Student Oscar
A graduate film student at Columbia College in Chicago was awarded a Student Academy Award in the documentary category last Saturday. Wonjung Bae accepted the Student Oscar for her […]
June Issue: John J. Kim Talks About His Pulitzer-Prize Winning Photos
PHOTOJOURNALIST EKES OUT AN OLD-FASHIONED WIN 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting spells victory for long-form journalism and Chicago Sun-Times Photographer John J. Kim by Elizabeth Eun IT WAS […]
