Today, on the 13th anniversary of 9/11, KoreAm revisits articles from our October 2001 issue. Below are the stories of two casualties of the deadliest terrorist incident in U.S. […]
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Peter Suh Appointed as Fort Lee’s First Korean American City Councilman
by REERA YOO Peter Suh has been appointed as the first Korean American city councilman in Fort Lee, N.J., which has the second highest Korean-American density of any municipality […]
Queens Public School Accused of Segregating Asian Kindergarteners
by REERA YOO The parents of school children at a Queens, N.Y., public school with a racially diverse makeup are up in arms, demanding to know why one kindergarten […]
I Am KoreAm: Michael Hong
Describe your background. I was born in Pusan, South Korea, and grew up in Chicago. My parents worked hard and didn’t have a lot of money when we first […]
I Am KoreAm: Shannon Iris (Soo-Young) Buckley
Describe your background. I am half-Korean, half-Caucasian. My mother is Korean and my father is Caucasian. I live in Kentucky where Asians are strongly outnumbered by any other minority […]
Student Spotlight: Boston College’s David Chang
What’s the best thing about your school? The Jesuit tradition. I didn’t really know what that meant before college but I see BC does not aim to produce doctors, […]
Eric Sharp Draws on His Personal Adoptee Experiences for Debut Play ‘Middle Brother’
story by REERA YOO photos by DENIS JEONG for GAZILLION VOICES Middle Brother is a deeply personal work for seasoned Minnesota theater actor Eric Sharp. It follows the story of Billy, […]
Candy Koh Opens Up About Controversial Facebook Letter That Derailed Politician Dad’s Campaign
Above photo: Candy Koh, as a child, with her father and younger brother. (Courtesy of Candy Koh) by STEVE HAN In America, we’ve grown accustomed to seeing adult children […]
‘A One and A Two’: One Part Love Story, One Part Reflection on a Divided Korea
by HAEIN JUNG When graduate film student Sungho Ahn came across a news article about a North Korean student studying in the U.S. a few years ago, the sheer thought […]
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 […]
Introducing New Columnist Sung J. Woo: Here to Entertain You, Dear Reader
“FIRST-WORLD PROBLEMS” by SUNG J. WOO Hi there. My name is Sung, and if you’ve been a longtime KoreAm reader, you may have read some of my essays in the […]
Euny Hong Explores How Korea Got So ‘Cool’ in New Book
by TONY KIM When Psy’s mega-hit “Gangnam Style” was starting to blow up on the web, journalist Euny Hong did not want to have anything to do with it. After […]
I Am KoreAm: Emily Bristol
Describe your background. My mother is 100% Korean and born in South Korea and my father is Caucasian. I was born in the U.S. in the state of Georgia. […]
Note to Our Print Subscribers: KoreAm Goes Bimonthly
Photo by Mark Edward Harris/KoreAm Editor’s Note, as it appears in KoreAm‘s August/September print magazine, which features cover man Shin-Soo Choo of the Texas Rangers: Hello, it’s been a while […]
‘Movie Night’ for KoreAm Columnist Dave Yoo
by DAVID YOO Years back I wrote about how we’d made a concerted effort to keep our firstborn away from the TV, along with our iPhones and laptops, too. […]
