The KT has a write-up on Manhattan’s Koreatown. Might be of interest to some.
(HT to readers)
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New York Koreatown
February 29, 2008 – 9:08 am
Well, I Guess We Know When Gyopo are Foreigners Now
February 22, 2008 – 8:42 am
From the Korea Times:
Investigators expressed deep distrust in the Korean-American businessman Kim. Moon Kang-bae, an assistant prosecutor of the special team, summarized the BBK scandal as an incident where people were cheated by “a black-haired foreigner.” The term “black-haired foreigners” refer to Korean Americans who set up companies or funds in tax havens and purchase [...]
Trail of Crumbs . . .
February 21, 2008 – 9:23 am
Kim Suneé, Korean-born orphan, traveler, gourmand, magazine editor and now author has a memoir/travel log Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home. One plug for her new book reads:
Kim Sunée’s mysterious origins have given her both the exile’s curse and the exile’s charmed life. This coming of age memoir is brave, [...]
KoAm Girl Claims She Burnt Sungnyemun, Lights Fire in Front of Gate
February 18, 2008 – 8:23 pm
Police arrested a 24-year-old Korean-American woman, identified by her family name of Sin, after she poured paint thinner on the grass in front of the volunteer tent near Sungnyemun and lit it on fire with a lighter.
The fire was put out immediately. Police say Sin had been loitering around the gate all day claiming she [...]
America: Paradise for Korean Sex Perverts
February 18, 2008 – 9:18 am
Alas, that’s not the kind of headline you’re likely to see gracing the New York Times, the Party Pooper points out.
Looking for a Few Good Gyopo (Who Speak English)
January 31, 2008 – 9:32 pm
If you’re going to turn Korea into the best English-speaking nation in Asia, you need teachers.
Problem is, Korea doesn’t have any. Or perhaps better put, it has English teachers. Plenty, in fact.
They just can’t speak English.
Anyway, LMB thinks ethnic Koreans overseas might provide part of the solution by coming back to Korea for a year [...]
Mr. Pizza Factory Goes LA
January 31, 2008 – 5:43 pm
In LA Weekly, Jonathan Gold goes to Mr. Pizza Factory in LA Koreatown. Yummy.
(HT to reader)
[MUST SEE] Korea in Nyu Yok
January 25, 2008 – 9:40 am
The NYT’s Seth Kegel brings his video camera along to Korea Way and Flushing in New York — very cool stuff.
Be sure to check out the accompanying article, too.
(HT to readers)
Korean-Americans Learning English, Korean
January 23, 2008 – 8:52 am
In the WaPo, Pamela Constable goes to Fairfax, where older Korean immigrants are learning English, while their American-born children are learning Korean:
The Washington region’s large Korean American community, long one of the area’s most organized and affluent immigrant groups, is moving belatedly but aggressively to break through its final barrier to successful immersion in American [...]
So, Does This Mean I’ll Get My Knish?
December 18, 2007 – 9:22 am
Well, if you can’t beat the Wall of Jews ™, join ‘em! And just for reference, does this mean her kids have both the Ivy League AND Berkeley markets cornered? (BTW, she’ll be appearing at the New Asia Restaurant in San Francisco on Christmas — HT to reader)
More ‘The Jews Control America’ Shit
December 17, 2007 – 1:03 pm
In the Dong-A Ilbo, Kim Dong-suk of the New York-New Jersey Korean-American Voters Council New York correspondent Gong Jong-sik writes how “the Jews control the United States” (to quote the headline), even making Washington act contrary to US national interests. Nice image, too. Maybe Kong is just upset about the Wall of Jews ™? (HT [...]
Mother Arrested for Killing Adopted Korean Daughter
December 16, 2007 – 10:01 pm
Meanwhile, in the United States, an Indiana woman has been arrested for killing her 13-month-old adopted Korean daughter. Terrible. BTW, just in case you didn’t know the woman was white, Newsis helps with its headline, “White Adopted Mother Arrested on Murder Charges in Death of Adopted Korean Child.”
Flood of Applications to Adopt Girl Abandoned by Dutch Diplomats
December 16, 2007 – 9:51 pm
Yonhap reports that there has been a flood of people from Korea, the United States and Thailand, applying to adopt the 7-year-old Korean girl abandoned by her adoptive parents — Dutch diplomats — in Hong Kong. Hong Kong social services is also talking with Korean couples in Hong Kong, who have apparently been granted priority. [...]
Adoptee Group Demand Action
December 14, 2007 – 1:14 pm
Concerning this outrage, GOAL — the Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link — is questioning the legality of the adoption and demanding accountability from the Korean and Dutch governments.
Korean Student at Virgina Tech Found Shot Dead
December 14, 2007 – 11:20 am
A Korean (or Korean-American — the story doesn’t make it clear) senior at Virginia Tech was found shot dead in his car on Dec 9, a relative said Wednesday.
The circumstances of his death have yet to be released, but police told relatives they believe the death to be a suicide, pointing to the fact that [...]
I Guess Having a Korean Wife Really DOES Help
November 29, 2007 – 11:49 am
The Fairfax Times looks at how the Korean-American vote help Democrat Chap Petersen win state senatorial elections in Virginia. Petersen has close ties to the Korean community through his wife, a Korean-American. Obviously something I need to remember should I ever run for public office in Arlington, Virginia (where — sit down for this — [...]
KoAms Get Election Fever
November 28, 2007 – 1:43 pm
Ye Olde Chosun reports that Korean-Americans are getting into the Korean presidential election spirit.
More Virginia Tech Stuff from the KT
November 27, 2007 – 1:03 pm
Granted, I’m not an associate professor at the University of Maryland, but I must say, these attempts to link the Virginia Tech shooting to problems within the Korean-American community make me quite uncomfortable.
Angry Asian Man in the CBC
November 23, 2007 – 9:35 am
The Ceeb takes a look at the angry Asian man, an “emerging cultural figure in North America.”
“All Asian guys are angry,” says Shigematsu, a stand-up comic and former CBC radio host who made Yellow Fellas over seven years, with only $5,000. “It’s just a question of whether they’re in touch with it or not.”
The image [...]
“Cutting Corners”
November 20, 2007 – 11:05 am
The Kim Kyung-jun case is not really well chronicled here. I have only half paid attention to it since it suspiciously looks like a smear campaign, and because, let’s face it, “corruption” stories in Korean newspapers might as well be weather reports (morning light extortion and influence peddling, leading to bribes and price fixing in [...]