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Rosie Kim takes Fashion to the next level
2007-09-09 13:36:00
Rosie Kim calls herself an old soul. It's a hard to believe, considering this emerging fashion entrepreneur is only 24. But take into account everything Kim has accomplished in her short existence, it makes perfect sense. The Korean-American California-native books models from all over the US for fashion, promotion, and photoshoots, and has coordinated hot and happening events in the East Coast, offers a fashion production modeling agency and her clothing line is scheduled to appear on clothing racks from Asia very soon. Oh, let's also toss in the fact Kim also plays a mean poker! Kim was...
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Jenny Hyun takes on Music and Fashion
2007-09-07 17:22:00
With sheer vocal talent, lyrical genius, exotic beauty, and charismatic personality, there is no doubt that this 22 year old Korean-American singer and songwriter is the name of music's fresh new face. JENNY (formerly known as Jaley) has come a long way to make her dream of becoming a recording artist happen. From recording herself on her computer microphone, to winning a singing competition on MTV, her journey has taken her to this very place. Jenny Hyun was born in Los Angeles, CA but only lived there for the first few years of her life. Her parents then decided...
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Artist Profile: Isul Kim
2007-09-07 15:12:00
Go ahead. Just *try* calling Isul a folk-singer to her face or invite her to another chick singer/songwriter night. Oh, don't forget to call her an Asian-American artist. Do all this and Isul *will* come after you like a hurricane, wash out all these pre-conceptions and stifling labels and have you rebuilding your very musical core. Isul (born and bred in NYC) started out in fall of 2005 as a solo singer/songwriter wielding her vintage acoustic guitar across the country (San Francisco, NY, Chicago, Las Vegas, LA...). Even solo, she scored...
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Artist Profile: David Cho
2007-09-05 18:07:00
With his debut release entitled Life Begins in the Middle david cho is an up and coming artist who plays a blend of acoustic and electric anthems that bridge the divide between rock and emotion. david began his career by leading worship at his local church and has since performed as a solo artist. The project Life Begins in the Middle is a collection of songs that emphasize the importance of balance in everyday life. Not afraid to reveal painful experiences from the past, his message is hope...
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Artist Profile: Joyce Lee
2007-09-03 17:31:00
Joyce Lee was born the daughter of an opera singer, singing in church choirs and classically trained to play the piano starting from the age of five. However, despite her classical training, Joyce Lee decided to put her efforts towards a very different genre of music after she fell in love with rock n' roll in high school. At 16 years old, she began teaching herself to play the guitar and starting writing her first songs. Due to her musical background, Joyce's influences range from classical to rock to blues to alternative/pop. Each of Joyce Lee's songs has a unique sound,...
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LG takes on the iPhone
2007-09-03 16:24:00
LG introduced what it hopes to be a challenger to the Apple iPhone. The LG Viewty (KU990/U990) is LG's hot new 5.1-megapixel cameraphone that uses a touchscreen user-interface and comes equipped with 3G HSDPA high-speed mobile broadband technology. The LG Viewty uses a similar minimalist design style to the Prada Phone by LG - (LG Prada (http://www.ichoson.com/content/view/507/ 10659/)) LG officially announced the Viewty last month, and has been on display at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin. The 5.1-megapixel camera uses Schneider Kreuznach optics with a manually controlled digital zoom and autofous. The camera...
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Samsung launches new H-series
2007-09-03 15:40:00
Powered by some of the most advanced refrigeration technology and full of amazingly convenient features, the Samsung refrigerator H-series performs as beautifully as it looks. Inamullah But, Samsung KSA Marketing Manager said: 'As convenient as it is advanced, the Samsung refrigerator H-series makes cooking a pleasure and your kitchen a more stylish place to be.' Make the most of your time in the kitchen, whether you're cooking or just enjoying your family's new favorite room. Available in a range of stylish finishes and with useful features like the easy handle, the Samsung refrigerator H-series...
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TV Anchor Lee Ann Kim
2007-09-03 15:30:00
Lee Ann Kim takes her job as a broadcast journalist very seriously. Since joining KGTV in 1996, she's covered big stories such as the Santana and Granite Hills high school shootings, the search for Danielle Van Dam, the Heaven's Gate suicides, and the Republican National Convention. Along with breaking news, Lee Ann especially enjoys covering the diverse communities of San Diego County. As a first-generation Korean American, I'm very passionate in making sure all communities are covered accurately and fairly, says Lee Ann. And with her Spanish...

Profile: May Lee
2007-09-02 14:55:00
May Lee has been a broadcast journalist/host for more than 18 years as both a US based and international anchor, host and correspondent. She is the founder and CEO of Lotus Media House Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based production company that is currently developing “The May Lee Show”, the first pan-Asia talk show for today’s modern woman. Before starting up Lotus Media House Pte. Ltd. in August 2005, May was the primary anchor for CNBC Asia. She anchored CNBC Tonight , a two-hour, nightly business program shown around the Asian region. Prior to CNBC, she was with the US network...
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Jeon Do-yeon most influential women in the world
2007-08-09 14:45:00
What a year for Jeon Do-yeon . The Korean actress who won the best actress award at the 2007 Cannes International Film Festival, was selected as one of the 50 most influential women in the world by Variety magazine. Angelina Jolie, Helen Mirren and Marion Cotillard were among the finalist for Variety's Leading Ladies in its Women 's Impact Report for this year. Variety introduced Jeon as a chameleon who could lose herself almost completely in a character. The magazine listed some of her various movies roles including-- The Contact,...
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Adopted Daughter brings life-experience to Adoptions
2007-07-30 18:58:00
The largest wave of Korean adoption spanned approximately between the years 1955 and 1985 as a result of the Korean War. The majority of these adoptees were children of Korean women and military fathers. Their mixed race status was considered illegitimate and unacceptable in Korean society at the time, leading to an increase in the number of international adoptees. Susan Soon-keum Cox was one such adoptee. Cox was adopted in 1956 and became the adoptive daughter of a couple from Oregon. Four and a half years old at...
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International Korean Adoptee Association’s (IKAA) Gathering 2007
2007-07-30 18:38:00
Tomorrow, July 31, marks the beginning of the International Kore an Adopt ee Association ’s (IKAA) Gathering 2007. The Gathering is a weeklong event bringing together adoptees and their families from all over the world. “With over 500 attendees from 15 different countries already registered, it will be the largest Gathering to date,” reads IKAA’s website. The purpose of the Gathering is to celebrate and enhance the global community of Korean adoptees and give them a venue to share experiences and work together. With this exciting time when Korean international adoption is at...

YA releases Turning Gate w/ English Sub
2007-07-29 14:50:00
YA Entertainment LLC, a home entertainment company and exclusive licensee and publisher of popular Korean TV drama programming with English subtitles in North America is pleased to announce the DVD release of Turn ing Gate - a modern day story that deals with the complicated world of relationships and the emotional baggage that carries through our romantic entanglements. This highly acclaimed Korean feature film stars popular actor Kim Sang Kyung (Lawyers, Takes of Cinema) and Chu Sang-Mi (Lawyers, Yellow Handkerchief). With a deeply thought-out storyline combined with a novelistic approach to its characters – Turning Gate breaks free from traditional...
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Getting Crafty in the U.N.
2007-07-29 14:29:00
The Korean Cultural Service of New York presents Traditional Korean Crafts, an exhibit of more than 150 works by master craft-makers hailing from South Korea. Historically, there is a well-developed crafts tradition in the country, so much so that it has in the past been described as the land of crafts by its Japanese neighbors. People looking at the display of Korean traditional crafts of Choson (Joseon) Dynasty (1392-1910). The traditional Korean crafts will be displayed at the first floor gallery of the UN headquarters...
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Artist Profile: TOMMII LIM
2007-07-24 05:00:00
In 1978 Tommii Lim was born in Seoul, Korea and at the age of 2 came to the U.S. with his mother along with his father who had already immigrated to San Francisco in 1954. He was raised in Southern California where he had dealt with racism at a young age and gets a lot of his inspiration from his experiences and that of his father who had to fight his way through prejudice since the 50's. His love for art and music started at a young age with cartoons,...
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K-pop Star Rain misses opportunity to impress the U.S.
2007-07-23 04:55:00
Rain's Rain's Coming world tour was suppose to have been the icying on the cake for the Korean Wave or Hallyu movement. American K-pop fans were primed and ready to make Rain (Jung Ji-Hoon) a household name. Maree Yang, a student living in Los Angeles, said fans are hopeful stars like Rain would become successful. I believe that if K-pop artists don't give it a chance to break into the U.S. market, they'll never know how successful they can be in...
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Get to know Artist: Sahanghee
2007-07-18 20:48:00
Sahanghee Song Hahn is an Acoustic RnB singer, songwriter, and actress. She recently won a Philly-wide contest and sang the National Anthem at this New Year's Eve's NFL Eagles game. Featured in VOGUE and TeenPeople magazines, Sahanghee also performed on CBS' news featurette Vocation/Vacation. Sahanghee is also starring in the upcoming independent feature film, Rice Cracker. The solo artist dropped her debut EP/album, Broke Heart Solutions, last summer in August 2006. Sahanghee's interests spring from travel, tests, and trials. From Seoul, South Korea, to the...
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U.S. High-Schoolers Get First Anglo Teacher of Korean
2007-07-17 13:43:00
David Hanes has become the first Anglo-American to teach Kore an to Korean-American students at high school. He is to start teaching at Los Angeles High School. Hanes passed the Korean teacher examination administered by the California state government last year. He arrived in Korea last week to attend a training Course for Korean language teachers in the U.S. co-hosted by the Foundation for Korean Language and Culture in the U.S.A, the International Korean Language Foundation and the Ewha Humanities Center at Ewha Womans University. “I’m going to teach a class for second- to fourth-generation...
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Korean Martial Arts Hit Jump Will Open Off-Broadway in September
2007-07-17 13:23:00
The international sensation Jump is slated to make its Off-Broadway bow in September at the Union Square Theatre. The production, created by Korea's Yegam Theater Company, will bring the martial arts comedy to American audiences after successful productions in Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Osaka, Macao, Malaysia, Madrid, Osaka, Isreal, London and Edinburgh. Jump proved so successful in its 2003 Seoul debut that the production continues to play a sold-out run in downtown Seoul in a theatre built specifically to house the production. The 90-minute martial arts-based spectacle centers on a Korean family, including such...
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Artist Profile: GiL
2007-07-17 05:00:00
After what feels like a life time of practicing endless arrays of -isms in art history from Hyper Realism to Abstract Expressionism to Minimalism to Conceptualism, I have finally made a full circle to my childhood first love which is painting cartoons. The first 13 years of my childhood was spent endlessly reading of all kinds of cartoon and comic books. For the first time in my career as an artist, I feel that I have finally come back to my home town which is Toon Town. My painting is very...
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Korean cosmetics maker takes on glow in U.S.
2007-07-14 03:55:00
Touted by many as creators of a skincare line that has attained near cult status in Asia, Amore Pacific, Kore a's largest cosmetic maker, has grabbed the hearts of American women, becoming a hit in the U.S. Since it set its sights on the U.S. in 2002, Amore Pacific has opened a flagship store, Amore Pacific Beauty Gallery Spa in New York's trendy SoHo neighborhood, followed by a beauty counter at the venerable Bergdorf Goodman Department Store on New York's Fifth Avenue. According to Amore Pacific, Bergdorf Goodman shoppers; buyers in one of the...
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Time again to get down, dirty and muddy
2007-07-14 03:04:00
Just in time for the summer holiday season, a large-scale festival with an unusual theme kicks off on the west coast this Saturday (July 14). The annual Boryeong Mud Festival is back again at Korea's popular Daecheon Beach for a nine-day run till July 22. Chosen Best Local Festival by the Culture and Tourism Ministry for two years in a row, it offers a variety of fun programs with themes sunk in the area's renowned mud, a prized resource for cosmetics and health care. Already celebrating its 10th year, the festival attracts thousands of...
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U.S. Food Guru Hails Korean Cooking
2007-07-14 02:37:00
“The future of Kore an food is bright; it’s healthy and the flavors are unique,” says Assoc. Prof. John Nihoff of one of the top culinary schools in the U.S. He was speaking at the 2007 New York Food Fair. Prof. Nihoff, who has been lecturing in French cuisine and cultural history of food at the CIA - that’s the Culinary Institute of America -- for 20 years, has a special affection for Korean food thanks to his Korean wife. He is a judge on the popular TV show “America Iron Chef.”...
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Artist Profile: DANIEL HYUN LIM
2007-07-03 19:10:00
The influence of my work mainly comes from media. I grew up watching lots and lots of television. My work revolves around pop culture, fun and excitment. However, when people see my work, they do not see bubble gum hyper japanese things . Although it is filled with these images, I could not let go of my darker, more depressed nature. It may be because of loosing my mother to depression, or a simple crushed heart. Whatever it is, there was always a taste of darkness in...
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Artist Profile: JAERAN WON
2007-07-03 19:09:00
I usually paint a female figure in different situations. While attending university, the subjects of my paintings were prostitutes living in a male dominated world but who possessed certain powers to change men's lives. These paintings, for me, explored the similarities between the life of a prostitute and that of an average housewife. I tried to decipher the need men have for constant sexual release to the point of being willing to pay for it. Depriving certain men of these things seems to sometimes lead him to madness....
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Artist Profile: JAERAN WON
2007-07-03 19:09:00
I usually paint a female figure in different situations. While attending university, the subjects of my paintings were prostitutes living in a male dominated world but who possessed certain powers to change men's lives. These paintings, for me, explored the similarities between the life of a prostitute and that of an average housewife. I tried to decipher the need men have for constant sexual release to the point of being willing to pay for it. Depriving certain men of these things seems to sometimes lead him to madness....
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Artist Profile: JAERAN WON
2007-07-03 19:09:00
I usually paint a female figure in different situations. While attending university, the subjects of my paintings were prostitutes living in a male dominated world but who possessed certain powers to change men's lives. These paintings, for me, explored the similarities between the life of a prostitute and that of an average housewife. I tried to decipher the need men have for constant sexual release to the point of being willing to pay for it. Depriving certain men of these things seems to sometimes lead him to madness....
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Rain cancels Staples Center concert
2007-07-03 02:42:00
Just hours before Rain was due on stage, Jung Ji-Hoon was forced to cancel the concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Staples issued a statement from Rain's promoter, V2B Global, that said, Due to issues related to the show's production, we regrettably have to cancel tonight's Rain concert. This date would have been Rain's lone American date on his Rain's Coming world tour. Rain blamed local concert promoter V2B Global for technical difficulties. The local promoter didn't set up everything,...
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Rain cancels Staples Center concert
2007-07-03 02:42:00
Just hours before Rain was due on stage, Jung Ji-Hoon was forced to cancel the concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Staples issued a statement from Rain's promoter, V2B Global, that said, Due to issues related to the show's production, we regrettably have to cancel tonight's Rain concert. This date would have been Rain's lone American date on his Rain's Coming world tour. Rain blamed local concert promoter V2B Global for technical difficulties. The local promoter didn't set up everything,...
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Rain cancels Staples Center concert
2007-07-03 02:42:00
Just hours before Rain was due on stage, Jung Ji-Hoon was forced to cancel the concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Staples issued a statement from Rain's promoter, V2B Global, that said, Due to issues related to the show's production, we regrettably have to cancel tonight's Rain concert. This date would have been Rain's lone American date on his Rain's Coming world tour. Rain blamed local concert promoter V2B Global for technical difficulties. The local promoter didn't set up everything,...
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