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'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @koreamjournal)http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/82e654fdbc7d66c3f1dc20179be07a9e/tumblr_mic53jFEgC1r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>I Am KoreAm: Rebecca Kelley</span></p>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43261324099http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43261324099Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:57:19 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreaniamkoreamwww.iamkoream.com<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/33a23513a84045c3a9b30ba03a7b21f2/tumblr_mic4zvRH651r6d7dfo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Friday’s Link Attack: Kim Jong-un; Road Rage Gunman Arrested; K-pop Meets Country Music</span></p>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43261164766http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43261164766Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:55:06 -0800Fridays Link AttackKoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comkpopcountrymusicLast StandArnold SchwarzeneggerKim Jong UnBibimbap<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7fc83eb5f3695fd6ae6103282fff14f2/tumblr_mic4uex0h81r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>Psy To Be Featured On Korean Postage Stamps</span></strong></p> <blockquote> <p><span>Philatelists rejoice as your prayers have been answered.</span></p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43260923723http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43260923723Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:51:49 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.compsykpopGangnam Style<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b173b7dd26c30762d7921c5bfaff4506/tumblr_mic4p0ZKio1r6d7dfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>Thursday’s Link Attack: South Korea Flexes Military Muscle; Bus Groper Deported; K-pop Star Ailee</span></p>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43260690713http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43260690713Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:48:35 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comaileekpopthursday link attacksouth koreavalentine's day<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/619be423f9660288b844a02a4899aeb1/tumblr_mi88586VuU1r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>Daniel Henney, ‘Shanghai Calling’ Cast Celebrate Opening Of Award-Winning Film</span></strong></p> <blockquote> <p><span>The sharply dressed cast of </span><em>Shanghai Calling</em><span>, an award-winning rom-com starring Korean American actor Daniel Henney, made their way to Los Angeles on Tuesday night, where they screened the film at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The movie opens in Los Angeles and New York City on Feb. 15.</span></p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43092829163http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43092829163Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:12:43 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comDaniel HenneyShanghai CallingLos AngelesHollywoodmovie<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2a75c28760fd05093752f1c5e759d2ee/tumblr_mi8802mBLk1r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>February Issue: Sung Kang Keeps It Real With Hollywood</span></strong></p> <blockquote> <p><span>Sung Kang can check one</span><span> </span><span>more thing off of his bucket list: co-starring in a Sylvester Stallone movie.</span></p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43092644033http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43092644033Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:09:38 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comFebruary IssueSung KanghollywoodmovieSylvester Stallone<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1e3ae3b62d657f4a7b2cc88638388b46/tumblr_mi87t5vOAQ1r6d7dfo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Korean Actresses Investigated in Prescription Drug Scandal</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><span>Four Korean female celebrities, including popular actress Park Si-yeon, are being investigated by prosecutors in Seoul for illegally taking the same powerful painkiller that contributed to the death of Michael Jackson, according to news reports.</span></p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43092399671http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43092399671Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:05:29 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comKoreanActressPark Si Yeonplasticsurgerydrugsscandal<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e080cff1bbb3edf067d296ee3eb4e0ae/tumblr_mi6syxku6D1r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Korean American Hip-hop Group Inks Deal With Record Label of Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj </strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Korean American hip-hop group Aziatix signed a deal with a major record label which is home to some of the genre’s biggest stars, according to news reports.</p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43044315453http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43044315453Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:47:21 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comhip hopAziatixYoung MoneykoreanamericanmusicNicki MinajLil Wayne<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e994cf6b573285ce227ad66dce354779/tumblr_mi6as2qGR21r6d7dfo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><strong><span>February Issue: Randall Park Falls Ass Backwards Into True Love</span></strong></p> <blockquote> <p>My 8-month-old daughter <span>Ruby couldn’t give a crap about Valentine’s Day. But there will come a time when she’ll desire a Valentine, and some young douchebag will trot to her doorstep, hand her a fistful of flowers and ask her to be his. </span></p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43015943513http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/43015943513Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:14:25 -0800February IssueKoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comrandall parkvalentine's dayvalentineHow I Met Your Mother<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b072d7cae0026f7c32dc4b367018e1cd/tumblr_mi53o7ka231r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong> February Issue: From Ivy League to Slums of Kenya, Eddo Kim Tackles Global Poverty </strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Lacrosse players with their sticks pitched over their shoulder walking to practice; girls dressed to the nines in Lilly Pulitzer and Ralph Lauren; peers lounging on picturesque quads reading Aristotle. </p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42976632777http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42976632777Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:43:18 -0800February IssueEddo KimKoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comLenanaslumspovertyKenyaivy league<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/409aa911903cdcefe0949f2edad17e77/tumblr_mi53b1xnfd1r6d7dfo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Tuesday’s Link Attack: Kim Jong-un Seeks Credibility; Obama ‘First Asian American President’?; Lim Yoon-taek Dies </strong></p>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42975971086http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42975971086Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:35:25 -0800Tuesday Link AttackKim Jong UnObamaAsian AmericanLim Yoon TaekOoh La La SessionNorth KoreaSouth Koreanmichelle wiepark jong-wooTaekwondoISU<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e3578715c98448fe93b5d5f1760733ab/tumblr_mi52zllAIy1r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>‘Star Trek’ Actor John Cho Welcomes Baby Girl With Wife Kerri Higuchi</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Actor John Cho is a dad … again!</p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42975390107http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42975390107Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:28:32 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comJohn ChoKerri HiguchiStar TrekMatthew PerryGo On<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1fdfe7164b56761cfd931a10ca168c53/tumblr_mi52rpq4mU1r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Professor Receives Oscar for Hollywood Special Effects Technique</p> <blockquote> <p>A Korean American college professor was awarded an Academy Award for technical achievement on Saturday for his co-development of a special effects technique that is now an industry standard in Hollywood.</p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42974989482http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42974989482Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:23:49 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comKorean AmericanAcademy AwardHollywoodUCSBTheodore Kim<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4e8bd4e2b6d7d59896f7e596ab663a13/tumblr_mi52k4Z7pQ1r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>North Korea Confirms Successful Nuclear Test </strong></p> <blockquote> <p>North Korea confirmed it conducted a successful third nuclear test on Tuesday, its most powerful yet, immediately drawing condemnation from world leaders, according to news reports.</p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42974600521http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42974600521Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:19:15 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comNorth KoreanuclearSouth KoreanPresident Obama<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/749db6ad2ef5bb8c2c2e9c3242599d14/tumblr_mi52dmIJ4u1r6d7dfo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Monday’s Link Attack: Steven Yeun; Park Chan-Wook and ‘Stoker’; Michelle Wie Down Under </strong></p>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42974263687http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42974263687Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:15:21 -0800Monday's Link AttackKoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comSteven YeunPark Chan-WookkimchiK.J. ChoiLydia KoShin Soo ChooMichelle Rhee<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0f373d17e6dc05e9caf258423b40a4cc/tumblr_mi525nYA4q1r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>3 North Korean Doctors Murdered in Nigeria </strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Machete-wielding men killed three North Korean doctors last Saturday, using their weapons to slit the throats of two men and behead the third, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/officials-attackers-kill-3-south-korean-doctors-beheading-1-in-northeastern-nigeria-attack/2013/02/10/7827336a-7366-11e2-9889-60bfcbb02149_story.html" target="_blank">the Associated Press reports</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42973856305http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42973856305Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:10:34 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comkoreandoctorsmurdernigeriaassociated press<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d2ef355a3cb20d2162ad34a00ae1d3a4/tumblr_mi5216Gg9M1r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><div id="search-area"> <div id="post-title"><strong> February Issue: Author Ellen Oh’s Fantasy Adventure Novel Goes to Ancient Korea</strong></div> <blockquote> <div></div> <div>Author Ellen Oh admits she wrote Prophecy, her debut fantasy adventure novel, for her three daughters</div> </blockquote> </div></p>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42973624461http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42973624461Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:07:54 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comFebruary IssueEllen OhadventureKoreaProphecynovel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9b7fe1104ef3ae7833433091b3b8220a/tumblr_mhxm7reiFZ1r6d7dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Voter Registration Drives In LA’s Koreatown </strong></p> <blockquote> <p>For folks in the LA area interested in getting politically engaged, Koreatown activists will be holding voter registration drives this weekend.</p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42631969317http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42631969317Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:43:02 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comLAkoreatownLos Angelespoliticskorean american activist<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/13a03fc63b4184493f47a6d04a4dc20c/tumblr_mhxlzxTWHw1r6d7dfo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Potato Chip Giant Lay’s to Offer Sriracha Flavored Chips </strong></p> <blockquote> <p>As part of a new promotional campaign, the nation’s largest potato chip manufacturer is unveiling three new flavors, including one that uses popular Thai condiment sriracha.</p> </blockquote>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42631601381http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42631601381Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:38:21 -0800KoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.comchipssricrachafoodLay'ssriracha sauce<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6914762def4088adadfd13cad9e24393/tumblr_mhxlu3V1B01r6d7dfo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Friday’s Link Attack: Michelle Rhee; Fashion Designer Richard Chai; Lunar New Year </strong></p>http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42631333318http://koreamjournal.tumblr.com/post/42631333318Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:34:51 -0800Friday's Link AttackKoreAm Journalkoreamiamkoreamwww.iamkoream.commichelle rheefashiondesignrichard chailunar new yearsouth korealee seung gicalligraphyrandom acts of kindness