Spotlight
Sound The Alarm!
Fire Chief Helen Jo breaks through not one, but two, glass ceilings
Sightings
Heart Beats
James Kyson Lee gets down with love in Akira’s Hip Hop Shop
Sounds of Summer
Stars collide at mega talent show Kollaboration Acoustic
Is That Korean We Hear?
Hangeul invades the tube
Found in Translation
Chi-Young Kim brings Korean novels to English readers.
The Big Freeze
How activist Charles Lee is protesting against slavery without saying a word
What’s In A Name?
Korean Americans are known for having identical monikers, but that’s often where the similarities end
All The Rage
Stuff we love right now
The World According to Dave
Low Ceilings
Jane Says
Broken Language
In The News
Count Us In
We’re not all the same, bill suggests
Diversity in the Forecast
Census projections predict minorities will outnumber whites by 2042
On The Rise
Ilmoon Jo
Making noise on the airwaves
Job Interview
Animaniac
Sports
Medal of Honor
Whether they competed for South Korea or the United States, this year’s Korean Olympians made us proud. Here’s a roundup of the 2008 Beijing athletes that went home with something shiny.
Enterprise Zone
Generation Next
Marketing company Future Rockstars of America breaks through the yellow tape of the music industry
Artist's Trax
Strings Attached
Singer/songwriter Ken Oak plays a mean cello. And the chicks dig it.
He Said, She Said
Performance artist Soomi Kim deconstructs martial arts icon Bruce Lee in “Lee/gendary”
Feature Story
When Paths Collide
How an encounter between two wandering souls in the Big Apple triggered a breakthrough of Asian American literature during the darkest hours of discrimination
Meeting Of The Minds
Younghill Kang’s recollection of Thomas Wolfe, as told to K.W. Lee
Required Reading
Snoozed during English Lit? A quick look at the significant early works of Thomas Wolfe, Younghill Kang and Carlos Bulosan.
Home Sweet School
In a culture that values name-brand schools and academic competition, more Korean Americans are going against the grain by choosing to educate their children at home.
Homeschool Hall of Fame
Famous homeschoolers who took the road less traveled
Cover Story
The Boys Next Door
Amped with energy and armed with talent, actors Leonardo Nam, Aaron Yoo and Justin Chon join the hottest crop in Hollywood
Point Of View
Behind The White Hair
Why John McCain’s life is a story of conviction, courage and “country above all”
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First Person
Hope Floats
A woman finds healing on the open seas
Looking Glass
Sleep, Dream
By Skye Hwang
Koream Kitchen
A Slice of Heaven
The (deep) dish on Mr. Pizza Factory, a pizzeria that lays it on thick
Reelism
More Than Medals
Forever the Moment
Timepiece
Crossing Over
Sept. 17 marks Citizenship Day, a type of rebirthday for many naturalized Americans like Mindy Cho, 41, who lives with her husband and three children in Yorba Linda, Calif. Born in Seoul, she became a U.S. citizen on June 22, 1981 at the age of 14.
Community Network
KABA – Korean American Bar Association
KAC – Korean American Coalition
UNITED TODAY FOR A STRONGER TOMORROW
KACF – Korean American Community Foundation
KAC-WA – Korean American Coalition – Washington State
KAFSC – Korean American Family Service Center
PLAY THAT TUNE
KCCLA – Korean Cultural Center of LA
KCCD – Korean Churches for Community Development
KHEIR – Korean Health Education, Information & Research Center
KYCC – Koreatown Youth & Community Center
NAKASEC – National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, Inc.
Folkswinds
The Old Tiger And The Hare, Part 2
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