‘House’ exec: ‘Charlyne Yi is perfect casting’
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House creator David Shore has claimed that new cast addition Charlyne Yi is “perfect” for her role.
The Knocked Up actress will appear in the medical drama’s eighth season as a junior doctor who joins House’s diagnostic team.
Yi’s father is Korean and Caucasian, her mother is Filipino.
Q&A with Singer/Songwriter Clara Chung
theotherasians
OA: What does it mean to be Korean American to you? How strongly do you identify with your background?
CC: I’m very much Korean-American. As far as music goes, I haven’t felt any stigma, put downs, or obstacles for being Korean or Asian. I am part of a local community of LA singers and songwriters and I feel really accepted.
Seoul Warns of Latest North Korean Threat: An Army of Online Gaming Hackers
New York Times
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has found a novel way of raising badly needed cash, according to the South Korean authorities: unleashing young hackers on South Korea’s immensely popular online gaming sites to find ways to rack up points convertible to cash.
Despite its decrepit economy, North Korea is believed to train an army of computer programmers and hackers. The police in Seoul said Thursday that four South Koreans and a Korean-Chinese had been arrested on charges of drawing on that army to organize a hacking squad of 30 young video gaming experts.
Hyun-a’s Latest Music Video Too Racy for TV Censors
Chosun Ilbo
The sexy dance moves of 19-year-old Hyun-a, one of the members of girl band 4minute, has caused Korea’s TV watchdog to place a partial ban on screenings of the pop video for her latest song, “Bubble Pop.”
Top 5 Korean Diet Trends
CNNGo
Even though the largest sizes at most clothing stores in Seoul seem to run equivalent to a U.S. size zero, Seoulites are constantly on the lookout for the newest-fangled ways to shed kilos and get that perfect body.
Bridgewater [N.J.] crash victim dies; other driver facing careless driving, drug charges
mycentraljersey.com
A man involved in a serious car accident on July 29 died due to his injuries Thursday, when police also announced that the other driver in the incident is facing three drug charges and a charge of careless driving.
Byung S. Kim, 37, of South Korea succumbed to severe head trauma he suffered during the accident, according to police officer Allen Mele of the Bridgewater Police Department’s Traffic Safety Bureau. The other driver, 18-year-old Alexandra Gerraputa of Massapequa, N.Y., is facing charges of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of narcotics in a motor vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia and careless driving, Mele said.
Students get to be Korean for a day
JoongAng Daily
Kim Bong-gon, 44, brought his best manners to Sungkyunkwan University last week, when he led a workshop on traditional Korean etiquette for a group of students from overseas who were in Korea to attend an international, student-organized forum.
Kim is a renowned etiquette instructor who has just made a new film that he hopes will help further his mission of introducing students, both Korean and foreign, to traditional Korean culture. The students at the forum were among the first to see the film, which Kim will also present overseas in the fall.
Unwanted Missiles for a Korean Island [OPINION]
New York Times
Gangjeong, a small fishing and farming village on Jeju Island 50 miles south of the Korean peninsula, is a pristine Unesco-designated ecological reserve where elderly Korean women sea divers, haenyo, still forage for seafood. It is also the site of a fierce resistance movement by villagers who oppose the construction of a South Korean naval base on the island that will become part of the U.S. missile defense system to contain China.
Daniel Dae Kim in ‘Arena’ Trailer
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