YouTube officially announced that BTS’s “Butter” set a new 24-hour record, breaking the previous record held by their own “Dynamite” music video. BTS now occupies the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on YouTube’s All-Time Top 24 Hour Music Debuts. BTS also took to the Billboard Music Awards stage on Sunday for the television debut…
Korean dads are hard to shop for because they always say they don’t need anything. Well, that’s where you come in to provide Dad with just the thing that he didn’t even know he needed. As the pandemic eases its grip on the world, our hardworking dads deserve some serious R & R and we’re…
2021 SUMMER SESSION June 1 – August 9, 2021 The Korea Society’s Korean language classes are a great way to learn Korean in a small-class setting from university-affiliated and native-speaking instructors. Registration Registration is now open for our Summer 2021 Korean language classes. As per usual, the Summer Session features classes in a wide variety…
A list of this year’s 2021 Baeksang Award winners has been released! All the nominated Korean dramas are currently available to stream in many regions but the films are not yet available as of this writing. Here are this year’s Film & Television winner and nominee highlights with links for where to watch the ones…
My love affair with the Korean drink, makgeolli, started after a visit with a friend to Washington State. We were off visiting different restaurants and partaking in the various cuisines that Seattle is famous for. On one particular outing, we were dining at a restaurant that was notable for its homemade kombucha. My friend and…
Dr. Stephanie Han leads this class on the events and personalities crucial to Korean American culture and history. Explore the narrative of Korean America and examine how our community contributes to the United States and exerts global influence. Part II of this session will cover Post War Korea-1965, LA Riots ‘Saigu’, and the present. Are…
Doljanchi 돌잔치 is the beloved Korean first birthday celebration. Dol 돌 means 12 months have come around, and janchi 잔치 means banquet or feast, so doljanchi technically means birthday party. The term always refers to the first birthday party, but this event is also sometimes called “cheot” dol, 첫돌, or “first” birthday. Koreans celebrate a first birthday…
I have two teenage daughters who swear to me they will never have children. They say that they, like all children, are a drain on the life of their mother. Why would they want to put themselves through that, they challenge us to answer. I have nothing to say to this. We men may be…
CKA’s Arts, Culture, Entertainment, and Sports (ACES) Initiative will be hosting a discussion with Korean American leaders in the NFL. They will be sharing their stories of how they became pioneers in their field. Moderated by Gloria Lee, Partner of Rutan & Tucker, LLP, the panel will feature ESPN’s award-winning journalist, Mina Kimes, Atlanta Falcons…
In 1995, when I read Chang-Rae Lee’s impressive debut novel Native Speaker, I was inspired to read every new novel written by a Korean American as it was published. That was not such a difficult task in the 90s, but in the course of the new century, there has been such an explosion of excellent…