by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com On Tuesday, Universal Pictures released the trailer for Jurassic World, the fourth installment of Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park series, and if you blink, you may […]
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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 […]
Kim Jong-un Sings Katy Perry in Final Trailer for ‘The Interview’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Sony Pictures has released its final trailer for the upcoming action-comedy film The Interview, starring Seth Rogen, James Franco and Randall Park. Written and […]
Dramabeans Duo Spills the Beans on K-Dramas
story by MICHELLE WOO photographs by MIKE LEE A man on a motorcycle zooms through the streets of Seoul, zipping past concrete buildings and busy market stalls. He looks into […]
Beatboxer Sung Lee Wins Kollaboration Star 2014
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com On Saturday, Nov. 15, six performing artists competed for the title of Kollaboration Star 2014 and the grand prize of $10,000 at the […]
SXSW 2015 Features Korean Musicians
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South by Southwest (SXSW) recently announced the second round of artists to be included in the 2015 SXSW Music Festival lineup, and it […]
Simon Bai Returns to Asian Roots at Bao
by STEVE HAN | @stevehan editor@charactermedia.com Simon Bai speaks Dutch and Creole. His Spanish is also “all right,” he says. MEGA 94, Miami’s local Latin music station targeting its massive […]
Take a Look at Upcoming Indie Feature: ‘Seoul Searching’
by TAMMY TARNG Seoul Searching, set to release in 2015, is directed by Benson Lee and is an ’80s-set youth dramedy based loosely on Lee’s experience at a government […]
Expelled Student Facing $100K in Debt Sues Cornell University
by JAMES S. KIM An expelled Cornell University student facing more than $100,000 in “retroactively rescinded grants” and other fees is suing the school after she was forced to […]
‘Serial’ Revisits Murder of Korean American Teen
By SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com The Oxford English Dictionary may have recently released its “Word of the Year,” but the one buzzword on everybody’s lips these days seems […]
Margaret Cho Busks for San Francisco’s Homeless
by REERA YOO | @reerabo editor@charactermedia.com Margaret Cho has launched a two-month-long busking tour in San Francisco to raise awareness and funds for the homeless. On Monday, the Korean American […]
Christina Kim Wins Lorena Ochoa Invitational
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Christina Kim won the Lorena Ochoa Invitational on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title in nine years, beating Shanshan Feng in a playoff after losing […]
Online Food Delivery App Taps into L.A.’s Koreatown
by SUEVON LEE Ordering delivery from a slew of neighborhood restaurants, all from the convenience of your smartphone or mobile device, has never been easier thanks to apps like Seamless, […]
Producer Glen Choi’s Music Makes K-pop Fans “Go Crazy!”
by REERA YOO It’s no secret that the K-pop industry thrives on the good looks and talents of hundreds of teen idol groups. But where did the term “idol” […]
Riverside County Superior Court Appoints Its First Female Korean American Judge
by REERA YOO Susanne Cho, 48, became Riverside County Superior Court’s first female Korean American judge after her appointment was announced Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown, according to the […]
