A prominent Asian American Seattle community and civil rights activist died Monday at the age of 67 after a public two-year battle with cancer. Alan Sugiyama, an outspoken advocate […]
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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, […]
Marriage Equality Ruling Resonates Among Korean Americans
Pictured above: The White House is lit up in rainbow colors in commemoration of the Supreme Court’s ruling to legalize same-sex marriage on Friday, June 26, 2015, in Washington. […]
‘Simply Not Good Enough’: House Rep. on Handling of Daniel Chong Aftermath
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com A day after new details surfaced regarding the exceedingly light measures taken against Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents who forgot about a University of […]
Korean American Filmmaker Grace Lee’s Documentary Wins Peabody Award
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Korean American filmmaker Grace Lee’s documentary, American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, has been named as one of the winners of the 74th annual Peabody Awards. […]
Free, Free Chol Soo Lee
Pictured above: Mourners laid down these roses, as they paid their respects to Chol Soo Lee at a Dec. 9 memorial service at the Yeo Lai Sah Buddhist Temple […]
Chan Ho Park Pays Visit to L.A. Exhibit That Celebrates Diversity in Baseball
story by STEVE HAN photographs by MARIO GERSHOM REYES / RAFU SHIMPO As Chan Ho Park strolled into the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, with his […]
Renewing the Legacy of Vincent Chin for A Younger Generation of Asian Americans
This week, KoreAm joins other Asian American organizations in commemorating the hate crime killing of Vincent Chin. This story, marking the 30th anniversary of the landmark case in Asian American […]
