by GRACE LEE | @grace_koream editor@charactermedia.com With the primary nominating election for the L.A. City Council less than a week away, Korean American candidates Grace Yoo and David Ryu […]
Tag: koreatown
Korean BBQ Chain Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong Turns Up the Heat in NYC
story by MICHELLE LEE photographs by VICTOR CHU Since opening its doors in December, Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong in Manhattan’s Koreatown has been inundated by adoring late-night dining crowds and visits from such […]
[VIDEO] NY Times Explores Hot Spots in LA’s Koreatown
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The New York Times recently gave a crash course on how to spend 36 hours in Los Angeles’ Koreatown, introducing readers to the […]
‘Ktown Cowboys’ to Premiere at SXSW Film Festival
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Ktown Cowboys will be making its world premiere at the 2015 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Directed by Daniel […]
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, […]
‘Ktown Cowboys’ Releases Teaser
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Musa Productions has dropped the teaser for their coming-of-age dramedy, Ktown Cowboys, which is slated to release in 2015. Based on a web series […]
Electoral Wins Signal New Political Center of Gravity
by JIMMY LEE Pictured above: Young Kim (left) and Michelle Park Steel, who won their respective races. (Photo courtesy of Young Kim for State Assembly) Early last week, at […]
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, […]
Far East Movement Releases K-Town Mini-Doc Ahead of New EP
by JAMES S. KIM Far East Movement has been touring all over the world and the United States in recent years, but they’re bringing their music back home to […]
We’re Giving Away Free Tickets To The K-Town Night Market & OC Block Party
We weren’t the only ones to have a blast at the first K-Town Night Market in April. Lots of people did. So many, in fact, that organizers are doing […]
Sisters Open Korean-Style Study Room in Manhattan
by RUTH KIM Anyone who’s ever needed a place to study for several hours at a time and been frustrated by the noise at coffee shops or libraries with lax security […]
Korean Fitness Trainers Take Home Top Prizes At Muscle Beach Competition
by HAEIN JUNG Look at dem washboard abz. Over two hundred strapping bodies entered the 15th annual Mr. & Mrs. Muscle Beach competition, and when the smoke cleared, two Korean trainers […]
Link Attack: Kim Jong-un Upset at Weather Guys; Korean Spa In Dallas; SKorean Prime Minister Nominee, Take Two
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un gets angry at the weather guys Washington Post Another week, another bit of absurdity from the world’s most isolated state. A report in the […]
The Line Hotel And Why It’s Cool To Be Korean In Los Angeles
Follow the Line Out of all the places to open a hip new L.A. hotel, why would one choose Koreatown? Because it’s apparently “cool” now to be Korean. by […]
Inaugural K-town Night Market Draws Thousands
article and photos by RUTH KIM Korean American comedian Walter Hong quipped, “We’re in Koreatown right now, but I feel like I’m a minority!” Playing event emcee, Hong was […]