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North Korea’s state run news agency said Friday that Pyongyang will release Korean American missionary Robert Park.
Park, a United States citizen, was arrested on Christmas Day after illegally entering the communist nation in order to raise awareness about North Korea’s human rights abuses. The 28-year-old was reportedly carrying a letter for dictator Kim Jong-il, calling for him to release all political prisoners.
“The relevant…
If you’re able to read what I’m writing here (in English) and a little bit of Korean, you’re automatically proficient in a new language! Called Suggu, it’s a project of Google Creative Lab’s Creative Director Ji Lee and Sue Park.
from Suggu.com:
Suggu (“Mix” in Korean) is a new alphabet mixing Hangul(Korean Alphabet) and Roman Alphabet. Because they are both Phonetic Alphabets—a writing system based on a set of symbols representing different sounds—mixing the two…
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This is your chance to be on the cover of KoreAm!
KoreAm is looking for Korean Americans based in Los Angeles to be on our March cover. No modeling experience necessary. If interested, please contact the photo editor, Eric Sueyoshi, at eric4sueyoshi@gmail.com. Shoots will take place in Gardena, Calif. on Feb. 7th, 11th, and 16th. We are looking for KAs of both genders and all ages (we are especially in need of kids, people 40+ and…
Better keep them safe, cause Whitney is coming to town. It’s already too late for these two.
By Kai Ma
Where does love find us? Often on the Internet. Sometimes, in a crowd. But for those who are very lucky, it finds us in the most romantic, surprising way—in a massage parlor or love motel, through the accidental reunion or in another country. It doesn’t always find us at first sight, and it can take years—even decades—before you realize that you’ve known your true love all along. As the oft-quoted Rumi wrote, “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”
Meeting a beloved is nothing short…
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In November of last year, North Korean Workers’ Party finance director Pak Nam-gi, implemented a currency change with the hopes of curtailing the market activities in North Korea. However, the change has been an economic disaster for the socialist state, as it has made a bad situation even worse. There have been reports of increased starvation, and even civil unrest when security forces have attempted to stop individuals from trading or smuggling food.
The North Korean…
Photos courtesy of UN Photo/Marco Dormino
By Karin Fischer
Dartmouth College is one of several American universities to announce it is sending faculty members with medical and global health expertise to Haiti to help with relief efforts following last month’s devastating earthquake.
But the Ivy League institution’s president, Jim Yong Kim, may be unusual among higher education leaders in the depth of his ties to the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Dr. Kim, who became Dartmouth’s president…
In his recent Slate review of B.R. Myers’ book The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters, English-born writer Christopher Hitchens refers to North Korea as a nation of racist dwarves. I’m not paraphrasing; the title of his article is A Nation of Racist Dwarves.
If you’re unfamiliar with Hitchens, he frequently contributes to Vanity Fair by waterboarding himself and declaring that women aren’t…
By Oliver Saria
Illustrations by Katherine Yum
Well, another Valentine’s Day is upon us. Given the state of the economy, we’re guessing you’ll hold off on that Tiffany bracelet and opt to stay at home and pop in a DVD. So we’ve compiled a list of the top 10 sex scenes in Asian cinema to help get you in the mood. We span various genres and cover a range of erotica—from chaste love, to soft-core porn, to Whoa!-What-is-this? Watch an entire movie, or rent a bunch and fast forward to…
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Far East Movement is finally coming back to Colorado for the Winter X Games 2010 in Aspen and need CO reppin FM with 3 Fingers up!
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