Tuesday 25th July 2017,
By Olivia Wolf
AsAmNews Intern
As we previously reported on our Facebook page, Two Korean American actors, Grace Park and Daniel Dae Kim, left the CBS crime series Hawaii Five-O after being denied pay equal to White co-stars Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan.
The final amount offered to Park and Kim was still … Read more
Seung-Whan Choi
Seung-Whan Choi, an internal relations professor and U.S. citizen born in Korea, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the University of Illinois at Chicago for alleged race discrimination, reports the Chicago Tribune. The lawsuit states that Choi had filed a complaint in October to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and had received … Read more
Irvine Mayor Donald Wagner
Congratulations to Mayor Donald P. Wagner and Councilmembers Christina L. Shea & Melissa Fox; all were sworn into office this evening. pic.twitter.com/7gL97pkBXS
— City of Irvine (@City_of_Irvine) December 14, 2016
While Irvine became the largest city in the United States with more Asian than White residents, it also elected an all-White … Read more
Lee Ann Kim
By Mandy Day
San Diego’s Pacific Arts Movement (Pac Arts), the organization behind the West Coast’s largest Asian Film Festival, will have a new Executive Director in 2016. Founder and Executive Director Lee Ann Kim announced to members, friends, and supporters of the organization that she will be transitioning out of the … Read more
George Takei, John Cho and Garrett Wang at the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention 2011
Korean American actor John Cho, who portrays character Hikaru Sulu in the rebooted Star Trek series, has revealed in a video exclusive with Entertainment Tonight that Sulu has a daughter in the upcoming film Star Trek Beyond, the third … Read more
Governor Larry Hogan at the Hilton and Convention center in Baltimore, MD with his wife Yumi and Joseph Andrucyk
Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland issued a statewide proclamation Monday to recognize tomorrow as Korean-American Day, according to Afro.
Governor Hogan and First Lady Yumi Hogan hosted a reception at the State House in Annapolis … Read more
A-Town Boyz is a documentary that will blow the Asian model minority myth to smithereens, according to NBC News.
It follows the lives of Asian American gang members in Atlanta, GA and their struggle to assimilate. It’s “a story of the American dream derailed,” as described on the film’s website.
In her interview with … Read more
Fourteen-year-old Chloe Kim of La Palma, California became the youngest competitor to win X Games gold on Saturday when she dominated the Women’s SuperPipe in Aspen, Colorado, reports US Snowboarding.com. The Orange County teenager, who trains at Mammoth Mountain, beat snowboarding legends Kelly Clark of Vermont and Australia’s Torah Bright.
Visibly banged up from … Read more
Jin Kim is determined to snip away at poverty, one Korean soup bowl at a time (Photo by Squirrel83).
The 38-year-old Korean American man from Flushing, N.Y. has started a charity with his wife that focuses on helping out impoverished individuals in Flushing, which is a neighborhood of the New York City borough of … Read more
Virginia House Delegate Mark Keam is offering his apologies “to anyone who read my quote” and “who was offended” about his prediction for the first Asian American president.”
In an interview with the Korean Times and reported on by AsAmNews earlier today, Keam predicted a Korean American would be the first Asian American elected US … Read more
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Ally said:
RE: First Asian American signs with Jay Z's Entertainment Company: Good for him! And am glad he never changed who he was nor ...
The other said:
RE: Ex describes Financier as self-hating Asian in Explosive Trial: You know he's the type of guy who projects his self hate ...
Michael S. Teruya said:
RE:Chasing Lovely: Two Hapa Girls Sing about Things We Don't Talk About: Hey, not all Asian-Americans are able to lead the fi ...
The other said:
RE: Mea Culpa: Article by Asian American White supremacist Likely Fabricated: Yeah, the article hit every anti AW talking poi ...
Richard Chen said:
RE: Mea Culpa: Article by Asian American White Supremacist likely Fabricated: Excellent journalistic credibility here so than ...
doug chang said:
RE:Fashion spread accused of using Racist imagery: **has Asian sellout wife** ...
Joe said:
RE: Of course, his wife is Asian and thinks it's okay, so that must mean all Asians should be ok with it. ...
pck01 said:
RE: Fashion spread accused of using racist imagery: After reading the response from Billy Kid Studio lemme just say this: Wow ...
