by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com In the past, South Korea sought granting citizenship to imported foreign players to imported foreign players in order to improve its national soccer […]
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5 Things to Know about Team Korea before the 2015 Asian Cup
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han steve.han@msn.com Last summer, fans threw a barrage of yeot candy at the Korean national soccer team players with a sign that read, “Korean soccer […]
Serial Robber Targeting Korean Women in L.A.
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com Police are seeking a man suspected of assaulting and robbing four Korean women in Los Angeles between November and December of last year, […]
Former Korean Air Vice President Facing Indictment
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com The embattled former vice president of Korean Air is facing indictment over a bizarre incident, in which she forced a taxiing plane to […]
Defector Kills 4 People in China After Fleeing North Korea
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com A North Korean army deserter allegedly shot and killed four elderly residents as well as robbed a villager’s home in the border town […]
Slavery Thrives on South Korean Island Salt Farms
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com It was an ordinary night for Kim Seong-baek in July 2012. He was sleeping in the corner of a subway station in Seoul, […]
KoreAm Seeks Winter/Spring Web Editorial Interns
KoreAm is seeking a Web editorial intern to write original blog posts on subjects that have a Korean American focus or angle for its website, charactermedia.com. The intern will […]
South Korea Bans Leftist Political Party
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com South Korea chose to disband a pro-North Korean party on Friday, marking the first time the country has outlawed a political party since […]
Activists to Drop ‘The Interview’ in North Korea via Balloons
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com The Interview is going to North Korea. Human rights activists in South Korea plan to fly DVDs of the Seth Rogen comedy into […]
Fully Recovered, Shin-Soo Choo is Ready to Rebound in 2015
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com After signing a lucrative $130 million contract, nothing went right for Texas Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo Choo in 2014. Playing through injuries, Choo hit […]
South Korea’s First Female UFC Fighter Loses via Decision
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com South Korea’s first ever female UFC fighter Ham Seo-hee withstood three gruesome rounds in her debut, but her gritty efforts against Joanne Calderwood […]
South Korea Refuses to Share 2018 Winter Olympics with Japan
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com South Korea announced Friday that it will not share its right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang with Japan after the […]
Kim Kwang-hyun Rejects Offer from San Diego Padres
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com There goes another one. South Korea’s star left-hander Kim Kwang-hyun will not be pitching in the major leagues next year after he failed […]
Seoul Philharmonic’s President Accused of Sexual Harassment
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com Park Hyun-jung, the first female president of South Korea’s most renowned orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic, is under public scrutiny after her employees accused […]
Suki Kim Faces Backlash for North Korea Memoir
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com Suki Kim may have captivated her readers with her latest book, Without You, There Is No Us, which chronicles her six-month journey of […]
