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North Korea Says It Allows Religious Freedom, Lambasts U.S. for ‘Hypocrisy’
by TONY KIM North Korea staunchly denied the veracity of a U.S. State Department report that criticized the isolated country for its “absolute prohibition of religious organizations” and “harsh […]
KA Pastor Loses in Bid to Lead Southern Baptist Convention
by RUTH KIM In a closely watched election, the Rev. Dennis Kim lost in his bid to become the next president—and first Asian American one—of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the largest […]
Tuesday’s Links: NKorea Building Disaster; New SKorean PM; Dan Matthews at UW
North Korea building disaster reveals regime vulnerability Japan Times It may have taken the collapse of an apartment block in an exclusive district of the North Korean capital to […]
Asian Americans Shifted Most Strongly Toward Democrats Since 2000
by JAMES S. KIM Above photo: President Obama meets with Dae Joong Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) in May 2013 to […]
Tuesday’s Link Attack: Kimchi Fines, Hollywood Missionary, Hines Ward
Restaurants Sour on Rules Over Kimchi Wall Street Journal Lidea Park, owner of Duck Hyang restaurant in Queens, says she makes kimchi with trepidation. Ever since she received seven […]
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 […]
Group Of KA Churches Oppose Ordination of Gay Clergy
Former Army officer Dan Choi has been a vocal proponent of gay rights. A group of more than 400 Korean American Presbyterian churches have come out in opposition of […]