Better known for his roles in Harold & Kumar and Star Trek Into Darkness, Korean American actor John Cho is back with a new gig! Cho will be staring in ABC’s new […]
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SXSW Hosts More Music From Korea
Love x Stereo performs at the Seoulsonic Showcase at SXSW on March 13. Photo via Seoulsonic Facebook page. by JONATHAN CHA The Seoulsonic Showcase at Icenhauer’s proved the strength and […]
SNL Korea Issues Apology for Offensive Adoptee Sketch
SNL Korea, which came under scrutiny recently for poking fun at Korean American adoptees in a recent sketch, issued a formal apology for its insensitive and tasteless content that […]
Korean American LAPD Officer Killed in Crash
Colleagues of Nicholas Choung Lee will remember the recently deceased veteran Los Angeles police officer for his lasting legacy. Lee died in a severe car crash on March 7 when a big rig […]
Lady Gaga Attends ‘K-Pop Night Out’ at SXSW, Headlined by Jay Park, HyunA
by JONATHAN CHA K-pop fans were treated to the second manifestation of “K-Pop Night Out” on Tuesday night as part of the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in […]
Chloe Kim Becomes Youngest World Snowboard Tour Overall Champion
Chloe Kim landed on the podium at the last major snowboarding event of the season, making her the youngest-ever World Snowboard Tour overall champion. Chloe, 13, came in third at the […]
Korean Record Label to Build ‘YG Land’ in Southern California
Only a few months after SM Entertainment announced the opening of its SMTOWN Museum in Los Angeles, YG Entertainment has released news of its own outpost in California. The South Korean […]
Ethnic Korean Foreigners at Record Level in South Korea
A Korean Chinese family living in Yanbian, China. South Korea now has more ethnic Koreans with foreign passports residing in its country than ever before, according to statistics released […]
Documentary About Korean American Adoptee Meeting Twin Brother Premieres
Last year, Korean American adoptee Dan Matthews began searching for his birth parents. He had considered it a long shot, but less than a month after he filed the paperwork, […]
Too Young For Olympics, 13-Year-Old Snowboarder Chloe Kim Sets Sights on Pyeongchang
Chloe Kim gets air at the women’s snowboarding superpipe final at the Dew Tour iON Mountain Championships on Dec. 14, 2013, in Breckenridge, Colo. She placed third. Up In […]
Korea’s Hip-Hop Legend Tiger JK is a Rebel with a Cause
Against the Flow Pioneering hip-hop artist and producer Tiger JK has long defied convention, so KoreAm decided to take an unconventional approach to covering him. First we look back at this […]
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 […]
Korean American Actress Debuts in Buzzworthy Film Featured at Sundance
Naomi Ko, starring in the highly anticipated Dear White People, talks about how race still matters in 2014. by JAMES S. KIM When 23-year-old actress Naomi Ko was in Los […]
November Cover Story: An Adoptee Meets His Birth Family And Gets the Surprise of His Life
Is There Anybody Out There? This past spring, L.A.-based rapper and Korean American adoptee Dan Matthews began searching for his birth parents. What he found would change his life. […]
Danny Lee, North Korean American
The 25-year-old defector from North Korea adjusts to life as an American citizen, but hasn’t forgotten about his friends— or the sunsets—back home. story by STEVE HAN photograph by […]
