by ALEX HYUN | @ahyundarkb4dawn editor@charactermedia.com North Korea on Monday released a video footage of a detained Korean Canadian pastor purportedly confessing before a Pyongyang church congregation that he […]
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Korean LGBTQ Festival Kicks Off Despite Protests and MERS
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The 16th Korea Queer Cultural Festival (KQCF) held its opening ceremony at Seoul City Hall Square as planned, despite fierce protests from non-affirming Christian […]
Seoul Police Reject Application for LGBT Pride Parade
Pictured above: Korean LGBT supporters snap a group photo after submitting their application for the 2015 pride parade. by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Seoul police stations have banned […]
South Korea Honors American Nurse Who Founded First Nursing School in 1903
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com The South Korean government posthumously awarded the Order of Civil Merit to Margaret Jane Edmunds, an American nurse who founded the first […]
China Formally Arrests Korean American Aid Worker
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Chinese authorities formally arrested Peter Hahn, a Korean American aid worker who lived near the country’s border with North Korea, on Friday, […]
Chinese Authorities Detain Aid Worker Assisting NKoreans
by JAMES S. KIM A Korean American aid worker was arrested by Chinese authorities on Tuesday on suspicion of embezzlement and possession of fraudulent receipts, reports the New York Times. Peter […]
Seoul Mayor Wants South Korea To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
by STEVE HAN Park Won-soon, the mayor of the South Korean capital Seoul, openly admitted that he supports same-sex marriage, sparking fierce debate in the country that still remains […]
Yoo Byung-eun: The Bizarre Billionaire Figure Tied to the Sewol Disaster
by JAMES S. KIM The story of the search for the mysterious billionaire patriarch blamed for the Sewol disaster is already bizarre enough. The largest manhunt in South Korean history had 10,000 police officers […]
NKorea Sentences SKorean Man To Life Of Hard Labor
by STEVE HAN North Korea has sentenced a South Korean man to life of hard labor for committing “hostile acts” against its people, according to the state-run Korean Central News […]
Church Leader Resigns After Offensive Remarks About SKorean Ferry Victims
by JULIE HA One of the leaders of a conservative Protestant church association resigned Friday, just days after his controversial remarks about the South Korean ferry sinking drew public […]
Audrey’s One to Watch | Gifted on West East
It’s not often that you come across an Asian American Christian rapper. But Gowe (Gifted on West East) is unique for reasons greater than the myriad of adjectives that […]
October Issue: The Hipster Pastor
Pastor Gage Jung, founder of Hipster Church in Queens, New York, is reimagining worship to make it exciting and relevant for a new generation. story by David “Rek” Lee […]
Man On A Mission
By Janet Kwon Photographs by John Pai With his wispy black hair and slight build, the Rev. Phillip Jun Buck, 68, rested his hands momentarily on the frosty fiberglass pulpit, […]
