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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

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Soaring Rent Drives Many Korean Americans out of Their Own Neighborhood

As cost of living in Los Angeles Koreatown, Southern California’s densest neighborhood, continues to rise, a legion of Korean-Americans are rapidly migrating to the...

Korean-American Leadership Foundation Held Proud Korean Award Ceremony

Korean-American Leadership Foundation held its 11th Proud Korean Award ceremony. This year’s honors went to South Korea’s Boeun County mayor Jeong Sang-hyuk (second from the...

Purple Dots on Phelps’ Back Spotlight Cupping Therapy

Viewers of the ongoing Rio Games who saw American swimmer Michael Phelps win his record-breaking 19th career gold medal last Sunday were asking one...

Conmen Selling “Cure-All” Medication to Elderly Korean-Americans in Koreatown

A group of fraudsters acting as salespeople in Los Angeles Koreatown are targeting elderly Korean-Americans, who are persuaded into buying false medication that is...

Nostalgic Korean Snacks Winning Hearts of Consumers

South Korean snack foods have become one of the largest growing imports from its country over the last decade. In the last 10 years,...

Zhoo…Way…Noh…Dig 

  A brightly colored poster with the Ojibwe phrase "Zhoo...Way...Noh...Dig" in children's handwriting hangs art the Indian Women's Resource Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This indigenous...

BlogHer16 Revisits the Meaning of Family Through Online Contents

Blogs can go really personal. From your everyday outfits to a list of things you ate in a day, you can cover the whole...

APALA Launches the Not Your Model Minority Pledge

Over the last couple of months, horrible hate crimes have threatened the marginalized communities across the United States. In the worst forms of violence,...

LA Media Roundtable on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

New America Media (NAM), Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles (AAAJ-LA), Ready California, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the White House Initiative...

A Destined Silicon Valley Beauty Queen

  "It was destiny," YoonJin Chang said of her love affair with technology startup companies. Chang, the 2010 Miss Korea Sun and co-founder of Silicon Valley...