by Elizabeth Shim
Meet Jason Kim. He’s Korean American, a Los Angeleno, and a filial son who’ll do near anything to please his demanding, immigrant parents. So during a business trip to Korea, he meets and serendipitously falls in love with a young, attractive business associate in Seoul. Upon his return to Los Angeles, he takes up an online relationship with his new love interest.
The gyopo-meets-FOB girl storyline may be familiar to some of you, but the comedic twists and turns that define Christine Yoo’s feature debut “Wedding Palace” will probably be what you remember most about a film we don’t regularly encounter, that rarest of beasts: a Korean American romantic comedy. Continue Reading »
The laugh-out-loud webseries about life in Ktown — think The Hangover with Asian dudes — is all the rage, recently lassoing in the Best First Feature award at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The episodes are directed by our friend Daniel DPD Park and the solid cast includes Danny Cho, Lanny Joon, Bobby “Big Phony” Choy, Bobby Lee and Justin Chon.
We sent iamKoreAm.com correspondent Jeanifer Hwang to the premiere of “Ktown Cowboys” at the DGA in Hollywood. Check out her interviews with the director, cast and audience members:
Did you happen to miss the event? Don’t worry. Another great opportunity to see this film is coming right up! Stay tuned for details.
A guest post by Peachies for VoteCPAF.org.
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Did you know that every 15 seconds a woman is beaten in the U.S.? That every two minutes someone in the U.S. is raped or sexually assaulted? And that 40 to 60 percent of Americans of Asian Pacific Islander descent fall into these statistics? It’s quite alarming, isn’t it? Continue Reading »
Hello all!
First blog here for iamkoream.com!
Since KoreAm is all things Korean American I want to start writing about things I run across, hear, partake in that concerns “Korean American-ness” (yes, I made that word up).
Have you all seen youtube vid, “Ktown Hotties”?
This is a really fun clip starring comedian Danny Cho (http://dannycho.com/comedy/), Chris Dinh, Sunn Wee, and a certain girl in yellow. Directed by Evan Leong of Arowana Films (http://arowanalife.com/), this vid has hit over 139,939 views and counting.
Enjoy!
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It’s the new year, and Yim Jae Beum is coming to town! After a sold-out show in Los Angeles last October, he is coming back to hold two U.S. concerts for the 2012 Lunar New Year. Everyone already knows this man can sing! He’s got an impressive resume, debuting as a rock singer back in 1986, releasing Korean classics, such as “For You,” and most recently, joining and winning first place twice on the MBC show, “I am a Singer.”
Seattle and New Jersey, get ready! We are happy to announce that we will be giving away TWO (2) pairs of tickets! read more
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