A Hometown Hero Sonny Kim, a veteran police officer killed in the line of duty, impacted his community in more than one way—as a friend, confidante, sensei and mentor. […]
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Palisades Park Appoints Its First Korean American Police Sergeant
by KARIN CHAN editor@charactermedia.com Palisades Park, a New Jersey borough where more than half of its residents are of Korean ancestry, welcomed its first Korean American police sergeant on […]
SBS Documentary Reveals Inconsistencies in the Lee Jung-hee Case
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com A new documentary segment shedding light on the controversy surrounding Lee Jung-hee and her two unnamed American-born sons is raising serious questions […]
Lee Jung-hee Booked on Suspicion of Child Abuse
Above image: Lee Jung-hee (center) appears in a June 23rd YouTube video with her two sons. by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Lee Jung-hee, a South Korean woman […]
Seoul Police Team Up with Facebook to Launch Missing Child Alerts
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Facebook to help find missing children through […]
How the Police of Bangkok Inspired a New York City Dress Shirt Company
Normally, National Public Radio (NPR) is considered at the forefront of distributing news and cultural programming, not as a media outlet for fashion. But one podcast is beginning […]
Police: South Korean Professor Forced Former Student to Eat Feces
Pictured above: Seongnam Jungwon police station in Gyeonggi-do Province. (Photo courtesy of hyolee2/Wikimedia Commons) by HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police said Tuesday […]
Gunfight in Cincinnati Street Leaves Officer, Suspect Dead
by LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A gunfight erupted on a city street Friday between a suspect and police responding to a 911 call about an […]
Seoul Police Arrest Korean American for Taking Upskirt Photos
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com A Korean American man was arrested in Seoul’s Yeongdeungpo District for allegedly taking upskirt photographs of a woman near a subway station […]
Seoul Police Reject Application for LGBT Pride Parade
Pictured above: Korean LGBT supporters snap a group photo after submitting their application for the 2015 pride parade. by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Seoul police stations have banned […]
Link Attack: Roy Choi in Watts; Dogs Rescued From Meat Farm; Custom Emoji Keyboard
Video: Roy Choi Wants the Next Food Revolution to Start in Watts The first location will be in Watts at a site that used to be smoke shop and […]
Truck Driver Charged with Manslaughter for Killing LAPD Officer in Crash
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com The driver of a big rig truck that struck and killed an LAPD officer last year in Beverly Hills has been charged […]
Mexican Police Rescue 129 ‘Abused’ Workers in South Korean Factory
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Mexican authorities rescued 129 workers on Feb. 4, who claimed that they were exploited and physically abused at a garment factory run by […]
Meet La Palma’s First Korean American Police Captain
by REERA YOO Sgt. Terry Kim became the first Korean American police captain of the La Palma Police Department in Orange County on Thursday, according to The Korea Times. […]
Kiosk Disguised As An ATM Machine Helps Indian Women Report Rape Without Fear
There have been countless efforts to try and decrease rape cases in India where terrifying studies show that a woman is raped every 30 minutes. Although all these efforts […]
