by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Korean singer-rapper Yoon Mirae was not amused when she heard her song “Pay Day” briefly play in the controversial Seth Rogan comedy The Interview. “When […]
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North Korean Defector Drops ‘The Interview’ in Pyongyang
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Although North Korean defector Lee Min-bok found the controversial Hollywood comedy The Interview to be vulgar and admitted that he could not watch the film […]
Activists Postpone Dropping ‘The Interview’ via Balloons Into North Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korean activists announced on Monday that they will delay their controversial campaign to fly thousands of DVD copies of The Interview, a Sony […]
Randall Park Pitches ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ to Everyone, Including Kim Jong-un
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com If you haven’t watched ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat yet, Randall Park is here to tell you why it’s a show you […]
[VIDEO] Randall Park Talks About Odd Jobs on ‘Jimmy Kimmel’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com On Feb. 11, Fresh Off the Boat star Randall Park made his first-ever late-night talk show appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. During the interview, Park revealed […]
Activists Threaten to Drop ‘The Interview’ in North Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com A South Korean activist group led by a North Korean defector vowed on Tuesday to send Pyongyang a massive number of DVDs of […]
President Park Offers to Meet Kim Jong-un Without Pre-Conditions
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Monday that she is open to holding a summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un […]
[VIDEO] Diana Bang, Unibrows and Butt-Kicking Ajummas
by ARIANNA CARAMAT What happens when you have two bored sisters, two butt-kicking Ajumma puppets and a tambourine? Pure comedy. Looks like the funny gene runs in the Bang family. […]
“Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” by Barbara Demick
Between The Interview debacle and Margaret Cho’s controversial impersonation of a North Korean general at the Golden Globes, North Korea has been a popular topic in the media as […]
Margaret Cho Mocks North Korea at the Golden Globes
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Well, we should have seen this coming. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler kicked off last night’s Golden Globes with jokes about the cyberattack […]
Netflix Says It Wants to Stream ‘The Interview’
by DAVID BAUDER, AP Television writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Netflix wants to make Sony’s The Interview available to its 53 million worldwide subscribers, the streaming service’s chief content […]
South Korea Says North Korea Has 6000-Member Cyber Army
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea said on Tuesday that North Korea has boosted its cyber army to 6,000 troops, twice the number of cyberwarfare specialists Seoul […]
Get to Know ‘The Interview”s Charles Rahi Chun
Looking back at 2014, there was no movie quite like The Interview. A comedy about a fictional assassination attempt of North Korean’s current sitting leader Kim Jong Un, The […]
Get to Know Charles Rahi Chun of ‘The Interview’
by AMANDA WALUJONO Looking back at 2014, there was no movie quite like The Interview. A comedy about a fictional assassination attempt of North Korean’s current sitting leader Kim Jong […]
KoreAm Journal’s 2014 Covers
As 2014 draws to a close, KoreAm takes a look back at this past year’s cover stories. January 2014 Read Tiger JK’s cover story here. February 2014 Read Arden Cho’s cover […]
