In 2008, the Dragon Boat Festival or Duanwu became an official holiday in China, but it’s been a popular folk holiday throughout the Chinese-speaking world for centuries. The festival’s […]
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Q&A with Elise Hu, NPR’s Korea/Japan Correspondent
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com If you’ve tuned into NPR in recent months, chances are you’ve noticed the number of on-air pieces out of Korea, whether about the mokbang […]
A Perpetual State of Searching
story and illustration by KAM REDLAWSK While genes alone aren’t the only building blocks to a person’s life narrative, they are a pretty good start, as they mark the beginnings to our story. Like so […]
A Family Portrait Triggers Adoptee Nathan Nowack’s Life-Changing Journey
FOR much of his life, Nathan Nowack defined his nuclear family as a clan of four. As a 5-month-old, he was adopted from Korea by Caroline and Gerhard Nowack, […]
Top 10 Life Lessons from ‘Fresh Off the Boat’
by ARIANNA CARAMAT Even though it’s only been about a week since Fresh Off the Boat‘s season one finale, we’re already missing it. For once my family had a ritual […]
Sponsored Post: KFAM’s Integrated Service Management Model (KISM) Provides Integrated Care to Koreans in L.A. County
Since 2013, Korean American Family Services (KFAM) has partnered with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) to provide culturally appropriate mental health services to uninsured and […]
Can Women Really Have It All? It Depends On Whom You Ask
It used to be that “having it all” meant you could bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan. And read to your kids. And engage with […]
Survivors, Victims’ Families of Sewol Tragedy to Meet With Pope Francis on Friday
by TONY KIM A group of 10 Sewol ferry survivors and victims’ relatives will be meeting privately with Pope Francis during his much publicized trip to South Korea, their representatives […]
Police May Have Found Corpse of Fugitive Billionaire Wanted in Sewol Disaster
by TONY KIM The exhaustive two-month manhunt to capture billionaire Yoo Byung-eun, the fugitive tycoon wanted in connection with the Sewol ferry disaster, may be coming to a close. South Korean police believe […]
One Korean American Dad’s Guide to High School
by PETER HONG If you are lucky enough to be the parents of teenagers going to academically competitive schools, you’re also likely to be in an environment full of […]
Most Incredible Family Photos EVER
Trust us, you’ve never seen family photos this creative or this cute. Wedding photographer Jason Lee began taking pictures of his two daughters when his mom was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins […]
November Issue: Mom and Dad Are Moving In. A Reverse Recession Story
One More Shot The Great Recession has led many young adults to move back in with their parents. But for actress-comedian Kat Ahn, it was her parents who moved […]
After the Divide
By Alice K. Kim Photo Illustration by Eric Sueyoshi TOLEDO, OHIO — It has been about 16 months since Andrew Jung’s parents left the United States for Korea, and […]
