New York’s celebrated chefs Junghyun Park of Atomix, David Shim of Cote, and Jihan Lee of Nami Nori gather to create a culinary masterpiece to benefit the Korean American community. Last week, top Korean American chefs from acclaimed NYC restaurants combined their superpowers to serve up an unforgettable meal, all in the name of helping…
All Koreans love their moms’ kimbap recipe, but what if you have to make it on your own? This was my husband’s dilemma as he weighed his love of kimbap with his aversion to cooking. Contrary to what Korean ajummas will tell you, kimbap takes a ton of work. I prefer to leave kimbap making…
There’s really no question the appeal surrounding Korean dramas, aka K-Dramas. So many people are watching them and if they aren’t watching, they’ve heard of them; look no further than the explosion of offerings on Netflix and other streaming platforms. The K-Drama global phenomenon is real. I’ve even started bringing them into my clinical work. It all…
The restrictions on travel to Korea are finally easing up and although I was just a couple weeks shy of taking advantage of the upcoming changes, I’m here in Gwangju and nearly finished serving my time in quarantine. I felt that a visit to my family was well deserved after the craziness of 2020 and…
A pleasant bonus surprise was that my children also started watching these Kdramas with me. They didn’t seem to mind the subtitles, and in fact, my teen-aged daughter begged me for weekly Korean language tutoring. I blame the pandemic for many things, a long and sad list which includes my metamorphosis into a legit, full-blown…
Friday is my favorite day to make a yummy snack to kick off the weekend and there is no better Korean snack than rabokki. What is rabokki? Rabokki combines the words ramyun and tteokbokki and refers to a relatively new but very popular Korean street food that is commonly served in Korean bunsik restaurants. Tteokbokki…
There was a funny scene in an episode of the hit Korean Canadian sitcom Kim’s Convenience, where the father asks his daughter’s date when the Korean War started, just to test the suitor’s Korean-ness and make sure he is worthy of a date with his daughter. Passing a test like this may not be a…
Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon discusses his new book Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World on its release, in conversation with Korea Society board chairwoman Ambassador Kathleen Stephens and with a welcome by Korea Society president and CEO Tom Byrne. This event is co-hosted with the Korea Economic Institute of America. Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided…
A refreshingly non-slick Korean boy band called Korean Soul got a standing ovation for their silky smooth cover of ‘All My Life’. The group got through the first round with a unanimous ‘yes’ vote from all four judges, Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara and Howie Mandel. “America’s Got Talent” Season 16 is now underway…
Exclusive, unique, and dominant. That is how industry experts describe David Chun’s Equilar, the largest provider of executive compensation information in the country. As the man behind the company, David Chun is the Korean American entrepreneur who created this enterprise back in the year 2000 when no such industry existed. In an ever growing race…