Yul Kwon, Google Senior Director of Production Management and the first Asian American winner of the CBS reality show Survivor, will join the Korea Society to share his diverse career trajectories in product management, technology, law, and media. Yul has worked with major government agencies and private companies including Google, Facebook, the Federal Communications Commission,…
After 31 years of working in television, Korean American actor Daniel Dae Kim has been tapped to star in the second season of the successful thriller The Hot Zone, an American anthology drama television series, based on the 1994 non-fiction book of the same name by Richard Preston. Daniel Dae Kim, previously of Lost and Hawaii Five-O, and most recently of…
After a near two year break from competitions, Chloe Kim continues her reign at the X Games in Aspen Still just 20 years old, Korean American Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim sat out the entire 2019-20 competition season to focus on her first year at Princeton. As if her studies didn’t have her busy enough,…
2021 John Newbery Medal Goes to Korean American If you don’t know who Tae Keller is, you should. Korean-American Tae Keller has just won the 2021 Newbery Medal, the most prestigious honor for children’s literature, for her book When You Trap A Tiger. Her children’s book When You Trap A Tiger details a story about…
Free Food for Millionaires by Korean American author Min Jin Lee, will be the first Asian American 1-hour television drama in Hollywood history. Netflix is developing the novel as a period piece set in 1990s Manhattan on the heels of the popularity of Bridgerton and The Queen’s Gambit, Variety reported today. Free Food for Millionaires…
Sung Kim, a lifelong diplomat, has been appointed acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, which makes him one of the highest ranking Korean Americans in the federal government today. In his new job, Kim will oversee policies involving South Korea, China, Japan and the East Asia and…
[Updated with video on 1/22/21] In 2005, the US Congress passed a resolution to commemorate Jan. 13, as the day the first wave of Korean immigrants arrived in Hawaii in 1903 to work on sugarcane plantations. Korean American Day is an opportunity for all of us to recognize the significant impact of Korean Americans in…
Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.), who last year became one of the first Korean American women to win election to Congress, was sworn in on Sunday wearing a traditional Korean hanbok. Strickland’s office said she is the first representative to wear a hanbok during her swearing-in ceremony, doing so in “honor of her maternal heritage.” “As a woman of both…
Meet the Newest Artemis Team Member Jonny Kim U.S. Navy SEAL, Doctor, Harvard Graduate, and now Astronaut Dr. Jonny Kim is the first Korean-American to become an astronaut. Before becoming an astronaut, Dr. Jonny Kim was a U.S. Navy SEAL who had completed over 100 combat operations and was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze…
The Impressive NFL Journey of Younghoe Koo It’s no surprise that the National Football League (NFL) continues to dominate TV ratings. But with the regular season officially over you may be surprised to learn that Younghoe (pronounced Young-Way) Koo, a Korean-born kicker for the Atlanta Falcons, led the league in total points scored. Here’s a…