KoreAm Journal -- Korean America's Premier Magazine » July 2009

The Korean Fusion Revolution

KoreAm — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:00:19 +0000

Bulgeogi pizza? Why not? By Michelle Woo When the Kogi BBQ truck first rolled into Los Angeles earlier this year, introducing the universe to their now-famous Korean tacos, the hungry masses went wild. And why not? Tacos? Good. Korean marinated meats? Good. Together? Goooood. Now everyone’s talking about “Korean fusion” dishes. We’re ambivalent about the [...] Related posts:

Welcome to Hotlanta Y’all

KoreAm — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:14:14 +0000

Photo illustration by Eric Sueyoshi In a city known for sweet tea and blinged-out rap stars, Koreans are carving their own niche—and it sure is peachy! By Lola Pak “DO you guys call it ‘Hotlanta?’” a man from New Jersey once asked me upon introduction. Though the sun definitely scorches from April to October, I [...] Related posts:

Crankin’ It

Bring Them Home

KoreAm — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:50 +0000

By Michelle Woo Photographs by Elizabeth Kim Euna Lee and Laura Ling were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea. Back home, their anguished families plead for their return. She loves movies. Michael Saldate recalled the first movie he saw with Euna Lee, a woman he met at church. “It was Shall [...] Related posts:

Why North Korea Matters

Kai Ma — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:38 +0000

By Kai Ma Photos by Mark Edward Harris ONE of the few memories I have of my father has to do, strangely, with North Korea. We were on an airplane together; I was a child, much too young to know where we were going or where we’d gone. But I do remember what he’d [...] Related posts:

Faces of the North

KoreAm — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:38 +0000

By Hyungwon Kang North Korea has long been a subject of my curiosity, but also represented a place of inaccessibility for journalists like myself. However, in the mid-1990s, a number of Americans and other foreigners were being granted permission to visit, so with my then Los Angeles Times editors’ blessings, I journeyed there in 1995 [...] Related posts:

Kogi By the Numbers

KoreAm — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:25 +0000

By Janice Jann $2: cost of a Kogi taco 9: hours it takes to prepare for a day’s rounds 500: pounds of meat prepared each day 50 to 60: pounds of onions peeled each day 5: minutes it takes to make a Kimchi Quesadilla, the most complex dish 3 p.m.: time the trucks go out for the [...] Related posts:

Underground Artist

KoreAm — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:21 +0000

By Helin Jung Photographs by Miru Kim Miru Kim is walking through the Upper West Side via Amtrak tunnel, navigating a mostly-dark, cavernous space, watching for the occasional train to rumble past. She avoids a small puddle and says, “I don’t like the water.” “I have a lot of phobias, actually.” Kim is an [...] Related posts: