Sonny looked around the poolroom at the Green Dragons and sized them up: they had fancy clothes, and money, and beepers, and did not go to school. They had […]
Tag: New York
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 […]
Student Spotlight: Parsons School of Design’s Noelle Sangyoo Lee
Give a little description of your background (where did you grow up, etc.). Born in South Korea. My parents were living in NY but my mom moved to South […]
NYC Tutoring Center Catering to Korean Students Charged With Abuse
Police arrested two women in the Little Neck neighborhood of Queens, New York, last Wednesday after they were accused of beating four children at a tutoring center targeting young Korean students, […]
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 […]
Family Of Jiwon Lee To Launch Memorial Scholarship Fund In Her Honor
Image via Facebook The family of Jiwon Lee, the 29-year-old Columbia University student found dead Saturday afternoon in the Hudson River, will be using the donations they received from a GoFundMe […]
Jiwon Lee, Missing New York Dental Student, Found Dead In Hudson River
Image via Facebook Jiwon Lee, the Columbia dental student first reported missing on April 2, was found dead Sundayafternoon in the Hudson River, according to a police report. Lee, 29, was wearing a […]
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For more than 250 years, Columbia has been a leader in higher education in the nation and around the world. At the core of our wide range of academic […]
Korean Senior Alleging Race-based Attack Files Lawsuit Against McDonald’s
This file photo from the New York Daily News, taken in January 2014, shows Korean American seniors involved in an earlier dispute with a Queens McDonald’s. A Korean American senior citizen in […]
New York Woman Still Missing After More Than a Week
Authorities are still searching for a Columbia University dental student who has been missing since April 1, when she left her New York apartment and never returned. Jiwon Lee, […]
Parents Sue School District Over Fifth Grader’s Dodgeball Injury
by RUTH KIM Everyone knows a game of dodgeball isn’t complete without a few bruises, but when it’s a broken and deformed nose, has it gone too far? The […]
Audrey’s Days of Summer | Summer Hotspots of New York
With America still stuck in one of the biggest recession since The Great Depression, days and nights of eating out have been hard to come by. We get it, […]
October Issue: The Hipster Pastor
Pastor Gage Jung, founder of Hipster Church in Queens, New York, is reimagining worship to make it exciting and relevant for a new generation. story by David “Rek” Lee […]
Korean American Woman Jumps To Death In Manhattan
A 29-year-old woman died Wednesday after jumping from the 18th floor of a luxury condo in New York City’s upper East Side, according to the New York Daily News. […]
Korilla BBQ Represents on ‘Great Food Truck Race’
by David “Rek” Lee Sometime in the last couple of years, food trucks have witnessed a renaissance of sorts. These “mobile kitchens” went from providing the convenient lunchtime alternative […]
