Family Ties In a groundbreaking new book, Asian American studies professors Grace Yoo and Barbara Kim explore how the adult children of Korean immigrants are dealing with the challenges of caring for […]
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‘My Love, Don’t Cross That River’ Wins Documentary Award at L.A. Film Fest
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Here’s one more reason to watch possibly the most popular South Korean documentary of 2015: My Love, Don’t Cross That River and its director, […]
South Korea’s Elderly Poverty Rate Highest Among OECD Countries
South Korea has the highest poverty rate for elderly citizens among 34 advanced nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according a report released on Sunday. […]
Scammer Posing as a NYC Social Worker Sentenced to Prison
by JAMES S. KIM The president of the Korean Social Service Center in New York, who posed as a social worker and made false promises of low-income housing, pleaded […]
‘Well-Dying’ Courses Offered in SKorea to Counter High Suicide Rate Among Elderly
by JULIE HA It’s well-documented that South Korea has the highest suicide rate among developed countries. But if you parse the numbers, there’s this equally disturbing discovery: it also has […]
