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· Carl Samson
Sony is Making a ‘Spider-woman’ Movie Starring a Korean-American Actress
A new Marvel superhero movie starring a Korean-American character is reportedly in the works at Sony Pictures. Cindy Moon, who first appeared in 2014’s “The Amazing Spider-Man #1,” is a student in Peter Parker’s class present in the public demonstration of the safe handling of…
· Editorial Staff
Korean-American Man Reduced to Tears After Hearing What Obama Told Him on His Last Day of Work
Meet Gary Lee. He’s a Former White House Aide who worked with President Barack Obama during his tenure as president.
· Heather Johnson Yu
Meet the Korean-American Adoptee Who Celebrates God and Motherhood Through Rap
Christian. Rapper. Woman. Mother. Korean-American. Adoptee. HeeSun Lee is no stranger to stereotypes; instead of letting them defeat her, however, she’s risen above them, dismantling them one by one through her music.
· Ryan General
Korean-American Scientist Couple Discovers Major New Cause of Autism
A Korean-American couple may have found one of the causes of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a condition that has puzzled scientists from all over the world since it was first described in the 1940s. Harvard Medical School faculty member and former assistant professor at UMass…
· Benny Luo
Korean-American Whose Family Store Was Looted During the L.A. Riots Tells His Story in ‘Gook’
On March 3, 1991, taxi driver Rodney King was beaten by four police officers in Los Angeles following a high speed car chase. George Holliday, a witness on scene, videotaped the incident from his balcony and sent the footage to local news station KTLA, drawing outrage amongst…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Spiderman Actor Asks Korean-American How He Learned English, Awkwardness Ensues
During an interview promoting Spider-Man: Homecoming in South Korea, Tom Holland complimented Korean-American Eric Nam on his English and asked him how he learned it. According to Koreaboo, Nam, GQ Korea’s Man of the Year 2016 and Forbes 30 under 30 in Asia 2017, interviewed…
· Ryan General
Korean-American Store Owner Faces 8 Years in Prison For Killing Robber
A Korean-American store owner who shot and killed a suspected thief last year will be serving an eight-year jail term following a recent court decision in Washington. Devastated family members of 31-year-old Min Sik Kim were left in tears after the judge handed down the…
· Ryan General
Deported Korean-American Adoptee Found Dead of Apparent Suicide
Five years after being deported back to Korea, a Korean-American adoptee was found to have apparently jumped to his death from an apartment building in Ilsan, in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. According to Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link (G.O.A’.L), 42-year-old Phillip Clay…
· Khier Casino
The First Korean-American General in the U.S. Marine Corps Just Got Even More Badass
Daniel D. Yoo, the first Korean-American general in the United States Marine Corps, was recently appointed as the major general of the Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC). A change-of-command ceremony took place on Friday at Camp Smith in the Hawaiian town of Aiea on the…
· Carl Samson
Korean-American Snags Lead Role in RomCom Featuring a ‘Blasian’ Couple
A Korean-American man has won the lead role in a new romantic comedy movie that’s currently winning praise for its racial representation. William Jeon will star alongside black actress Stacey Malone to make up the lead couple in “I’m Having an Affair With My Wife”, which looks…
· Carl Samson
Korean-American Inspired By Obama Runs for a Seat on New York’s City Council
If he wins in the upcoming elections, Ronnie Cho would be among the first Korean-Americans to gain a seat on New York’s City Council. In an interview with NBC News, the 34-year-old revealed that his decision to run for office was partly inspired by former U.S. President Barack…
· Ryan General
Masked Man Attacks Korean-American Reporter on Live TV
A local TV reporter doing a beat assignment report of an attempted rape in New York City’s Lower East Side on Friday night was suddenly pestered by an assailant in a hockey mask. CeFaan Kim of ABC 7 NY was reporting live at Delancey St. when a man put an arm around his neck in…
· Carl Samson
Former Employees Sue Delta Airlines for Firing Them After Speaking in Korean
Four Korean ex-employees have sued Delta Airlines for firing them allegedly after speaking their native language. Lilian Park, Jean Yi, Jong-jin An and Ji-Won Kim had been working for a combined total of 50 years for Delta Airlines at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport before…
· Bryan Ke
Korean American Child Model Signs With YG, Will Most Likely Become a K-Pop Star
Korean American child model Ella Gross has reportedly signed a contract with The Black Label, a YG Entertainment subsidiary launched by producer Teddy. The news of her contract with the Korean entertainment label came to light when the 10-year-old model posted a selfie with…
· Khier Casino
Some People Are Upset There’s No Asian Male in Netflix’s New Film With Lana Condor
Jenny Han’s New York Times bestselling novel “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” has been adapted into a film and will land on Netflix on August 17, but not everyone is thrilled. The teen romance movie follows Lara Jean Song Covey, played by Lana Condor, who made her film debut…
· Carl Samson
New Netflix Film is One of the First Films Led By an Asian American Woman in 25 Years
Netflix released a teaser trailer for “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,” an upcoming film based on the young adult novel of the same title starring Lana Condor. The movie follows the story of Lara Jean Song Covey, a Korean-American girl who writes letters to her crushes and…
· Editorial Staff
Amy Tan Speaks Spanish to Share a Simple Message to Racists on Twitter
Renowned Asian American author Amy Tan gave her response to the recent story of a U.S. border patrol agent stopping and demanding identification from U.S. citizen simply because she spoke Spanish. That story comes just a week after a New York lawyer was caught on video berating…
· Carl Samson
Why You’re an Idiot If You Think People Should Only Speak English in America
In the wake of rampant and terrifyingly blatant racism that transports us into an alternate reality stuck in the previous century or older, we become curious of socio-cultural events that would somehow explain the roots of such idiocy. For starters, the least one can do is get…
· Khier Casino
Ben Baller Threatens Lil Tay’s Dad’s ‘Job at Panda Express’ Over ‘Caillou Lookin Ass Boy’ Comment
Lil Tay, a.k.a. the “youngest flexer of the century,” is back at trolling Ben Yang, but this time she went after his facial features. Also known as Ben Baller, the 45-year-old Korean-American jeweler and actor has had enough of the 9-year-old “lil turd” after she commented…
· Carl Samson
Teacher Proves Students Aren’t ‘Stupid’ if They Can’t Express Themselves in English
A lawyer who once didn’t understand English shared the heartwarming story of a former teacher who proved that he was not stupid and transformed his life as an immigrant in the U.S. The lawyer, who goes by the initials T.K., moved from Korea to Los Angeles in 1997. At the time,…