Profile by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Sue-Jin Kim is one of the toughest students at camp—she’s not afraid to talk back or throw a kick at any guy […]
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France Chosen Over South Korea to Host FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com FIFA announced earlier today that France will host the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup instead […]
Minority Share Deal with South Korean Group Could Value Dodgers at $3 Billion
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com The New York Yankees have been baseball’s most valuable team for 17 years, according to Forbes in 2014. The pinstripes were valued […]
Uber Korea Employees Charged with Operating Illegal Taxi Ring
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com South Korean authorities arrested nearly 30 people in a raid at Uber South Korea’s offices, Yonhap News Agency reports. According to police, the […]
South Korea’s Elderly Poverty Rate Highest Among OECD Countries
South Korea has the highest poverty rate for elderly citizens among 34 advanced nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according a report released on Sunday. […]
10 Reasons Why Koreans Are the Irish of Asia
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! While the holiday is not widely celebrated by South Koreans, you’ll find that there are a few common traits both Ireland and South Korea share, […]
[VIDEO] 100 Years of Korean Beauty in One Minute
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com In the latest episode of its 100 Years of Beauty web series, YouTube channel Cut highlights the evolving beauty trends of North and South […]
South Korean and Japanese Students Talk About English-Language Education
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com On this side of the Pacific, we often hear about our friends and peers heading over to Asia to teach English. But […]
North and South Korea Face Increasing Linguistic Gap
Pictured above: North Korean defector Pak Mi-ok speaks during an interview in Seoul. (AP Photo/Hyung-Jin Kim) by HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — On one side […]
South Korea Develops Smartphone Apps to Help Curb Student Suicide
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com The South Korean government has been developing a number of smartphone apps to help warn parents when their child might be at […]
Justin Chon Does His Own ‘Seoul Searching’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com When actor Justin Chon spoke to KoreAm months ago about his role in Revenge of the Green Dragons, he seemed considerably more excited […]
Homeland Tour for Biracial Adoptees
Hapa Mosaic Tour participants, including Katherine Kim (in hat), at Haemil School. story by KATHERINE KIM and DAWN TOMLINSON photographs by DENIS JEONG International adoption began in South Korea […]
President Park Geun-hye Visits Injured U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday made a surprise visit to the hospital to see U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert, who was knifed […]
Prosecutors Investigates North Korean Ties with U.S. Envoy Knife Assailant
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com South Korean prosecutors are looking into whether the knife attack on U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert had a “mastermind” behind it, Korea Herald […]
North Korea Applauds Knife Attack on U.S. Ambassador
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea has applauded the South Korean assailant’s knife attack on U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert, calling it a “deserved punishment” […]
