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Disclosing Mental Illness Among Korean Americans Is Losing Face

WEBWhile many Koreans equate mental illness with psychosis—which affects about 2% of the general population—there are more than 300 different types of mental …

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The Korean Medicine Episode

WEBWhile Korean immigrants are notorious for pushing their kids to become doctors, it’s worth remembering that Koreans have cultivated their own age-old …

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Divided Families: Profile of Filmmaker/Physician Jason Ahn

WEBJason is the director and executive producer of the Divided Families Film. While a Fulbright scholar to Korea, Jason Ahn became interested in the divided families through …

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Bring Ms. Hwang Back Home

WEBAs a resident of this country for the past 16 years, Ms. Hwang has become a wife and the mother of two U.S. citizen children, a law-abiding and tax-paying member of …

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My Korean American Story: Anne Sibley O’Brien

WEBMarch 13, 2012. adoptee my korean american story. Note: Growing up in Korea in the 1960s and 70s, I became accustomed to the McCune-Reischauer system of …

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Heart & Seoul: Scenarios

WEBJulie Young writes about her experiences as an adopted Korean American woman with a multi-racial family. Julie’s column “Heart and Seoul” is published monthly. She is a …

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Koreans & Camptowns: Reflections of a Mixed-Race Korean

WEBMany of the mixed-race children born between the 1950’s and 1970’s were conceived and born in these camptowns, fathered by American and other Allied soldiers. …

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Ta Bom: Los Angeles’ Women-Owned Korean Brazilian Food Truck

WEBWe found and leased a truck. They wanted to charge us $800 for the design so I just did it myself,” says Julie. Ta Bom is both family-operated and women-owned. …

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Catherine Hong & Juliana Sohn

WEBK-Pod is back! To kick off Season 5, co-hosts Catherine Hong and Juliana Sohn present a special two-parter. First, they preview the upcoming season, which, as …

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Annual Gala 2022

WEBLinda Lee. Celebrating our 12th Annual Gala in-person at Tribeca 360, NYC! We want to thank our honorees, Linda Lee, Sesame Street, and Esther Choi for being …

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K-Town Stories: Flushing

WEBIn partnership with Swallowtail Studios, founded by Julian Kim and Peter Lee, KoreanAmericanStory.org will produce a series of films which depict the lives of …

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