A just-vacated seat on the Los Angeles City Council is up for grabs and California State Assemblyman Warren Furutani wasted little time in expressing his desire to occupy it. […]
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Korean American Recommended For Federal Judgeship in Illinois
A Korean American lawyer from Chicago has been recommended to be a federal judge in Illinois, according to the Korea Herald. John Z. Lee, 44, was recommended for one […]
Thursday's Link Attack: Winter Olympics, Ken Jeong, Korean Suicide
Persistence Pays Off as South Korean Town Wins Olympic Bid The New York Times If the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics were a coming-out party for a young democracy that […]
Irvine Mayor To Run For Congress
Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang announced Wednesday he intends to become just the second Korean American to hold a seat in Congress, according to the Voice of OC. Kang, […]
July Issue: Arrest of U.S. Journalists Was Planned Spy Operation
Photo credit: Mark Edward Harris When journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling were arrested by North Korean authorities for illegally entering the isolated country in March 2009, many wondered […]
Wednesday's Link Attack: Sung Kim, Sung Kang, NK Soccer
Obama’s nomination for Seoul envoy ‘great choice’: U.S. ambassador Yonhap News Outgoing U.S. ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens praised President Barack Obama’s nomination of Korean American Sung Kim […]
North Korea On Verge Of Famine, Smuggled Video Shows
North Korea could be on the verge of a famine similar to the one in the 1990s estimated to have killed well over one million people, according to video […]
Wednesday's Link Attack: Ban Ki-moon, Cartoonist Derek Kirk Kim, NK's Jong Tae-se
UN Gives Ban Second Term With Unanimity JoongAng Daily Ban Ki-moon secured a second term as secretary-general of the United Nations after the United Nations General Assembly unanimously re-elected […]
Asian Am Mayors Rep SF Bay Area
It’s a big month for Asian Americans in politics – especially up in Northern California. Jean Quan became the first Asian American female mayor of Oakland, as well as […]
Tina Tchen, Chief of Staff to First Lady
The White House announced on Wednesday that Christina “Tina” Tchen, formerly the Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Public Engagement, has been promoted to […]
Politicians Meeting in L.A.
Various Asian American elected officials will be gathering in Los Angeles June 5 for the second annual convention of the Korean American Democratic National Organization. Among those confirmed to […]
