Hawaii Five-0 Postmortem: Daniel Dae Kim on Chin Ho’s Tough Choice and His Search for Peace [SPOILERS]
TVGuide.com

Last season’s finale of Hawaii Five-0 presented Daniel Dae Kim’s Chin Ho Kelly with an impossible choice: save his wife Malia or save his drowning cousin and team member, Kono (Grace Park).

Being Tagged Sexy No Big Deal
Philippine Star

The eyes of Korean-American actor Daniel Dae Kim (or simply DDK) disappear into mere slits when reminded that he’s considered one of the Sexiest Men Alive (documented by People magazine in 2005) and ranked No. 81 on Buddy TV’s list of Sexiest Men of 2011.

Asked during an exclusive Conversation in a suite at Singapore Hilton how he felt about it, DDK said that it’s really no big deal being tagged sexy but he admitted that it’s good especially for Asian actors.

Far East movement, in the West
Asia One (Singapore)

A common complaint among actors was that Asians were often cast as the subservient, submissive ones. Or they were relegated to being, well, gongfu masters, a la Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.

Today, Asians are regularly added to the mix in TV series and movies – on telly, for instance, they appear in a whole gamut of roles, ranging from Glee hottie Harry Shum Jr to C. S. Lee, who is excellent as the creepy intellectual Vince Masuka on Dexter; and Kal Penn and Charlyne Yi, doctors in the now-defunct series House.

And Asian celebrities my paper spoke to say that, increasingly, they are spotting greater opportunities in the West.

Daniel Dae Kim’s role of a lifetime
The Sun Daily (Malaysia)

YOU might probably recognise him as the rugged plane crash survivor Jin on the award-winning television series Lost, but Daniel Dae Kim has since carved himself into a burlier role post-Lost in the remake of the classic police drama, Hawaii Five-O.

Born in Busan, South Korea, and raised in New York and Pennsylvania, the Korean-American actor discovered acting while he was a student at Haverford College.

After briefly considering a career as a lawyer, Kim decided to pursue his true passion in theatre.

‘Lost’ Star Daniel Dae Kim Meets Fans in Yeosu
Chosun Ilbo

Star of the hit TV series “Lost” on ABC, Daniel Dae Kim visited Korea as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. Pavilion at the Yeosu Expo. Even though he claims to speak Korean poorly, Kim greeted his fans with a fluent accent, unlike the character he portrayed in the TV series that ran from 2004 to 2010.

SHOWBIZ: Asian man of substance
New Straits Times (Malaysia)

Hunky Korean-American actor Daniel Dae Kim has been making waves as one of the cool members of an elite task force in Hawaii Five-0. The successful reboot of the long running police procedural series from the late-1960s, now coming to the end of Season Two, offers plenty of thrills and spills before the next season blows in like a hot tropical breeze. Kim, who plays Detective Lt Chin Ho Kelly of the Honolulu Police Department, was in town recently to promote the finale to the current season.

Daniel Dae Kim visits Philadelphia Phillies
Channel APA

Earlier this year, Phillies’ pitcher Shane Victorino made an appearance on Hawaii Five-O and made a new friend on the set with Daniel Dae Kim. Hawaii Five-O and Lost star Daniel grew up in the Easton, PA area and has been a lifelong Phillies fans. Shane paid back Daniel’s hospitality with his recent visit to a Philadelphia Phillies game. The actor threw out the first pitch before the Phillies vs Mets game. He was even given a special jersey with the number 50, a nod to the TV show.

‘Hawaii Five-0′: Daniel Dae Kim on McGarrett’s return, epic season finale
EW.com

Daniel Dae Kim is well versed in secret keeping. It was, he jokes (or not?), a “job requirement” on Lost. But if there’s one thing he’s not coy about, it’s his praise for the Hawaii Five-0 writing team, who dealt with unforeseen circumstances brought on by co-star Alex O’Loughlin’s sudden absence to seek prescription drug treatment.