KoreAm is an award-winning monthly magazine

Magazine

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 dedicated to news, commentary, politics, lifestyle and culture published in the United States. It is the oldest and most widely circulated English

English language

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-language

Language

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 monthly magazine for the Asian American

Asian American

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...

 community. The magazine has featured prominent Asian American leaders, politicians, artists, entertainers, athletes and entrepreneurs. It also covers current events related to North Korea

North Korea

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

, Asian Americans, immigrants and communities of color.

The magazine operates iamKoreAm.com, its online website

Website

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History

KoreAm was founded by Jung Shig Ryu and James Ryu in 1990. Two years later, a jury would acquit the LAPD officers accused in the beating of African American

African American

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 motorist Rodney King

Rodney King

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, causing the city to explode in violence, arson, looting and lawlessness. Korean-run businesses were targeted during what has been dubbed this nation's first "multiethnic riot." KoreAm became a major forum for the community to voice their opinions and concerns.

Today, KoreAm is a rapidly growing monthly magazine that highlights the news, stories and issues of Koreans in the United States

United States

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. More recently, it began highlighting Korean American

Korean American

Korean Americans are Americans of Korean descent, mostly from South Korea, with a small minority from North Korea...

 perspectives on matters related to Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

, including North Korea's nuclear program, reunification, the six-party talks, the deaths of South Korean presidents, the globalization of South Korean pop culture, and peninsular tensions and conflicts.

By embracing all generations, including the mixed-race and adoptee communities, KoreAm has become the most widely circulated, longest-running, independent English-language publication serving the Korean American community. It has been featured in publications, including Atlantic Monthly, and KoreAm articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times Syndicate.

KoreAm has featured prominent Korean Americans on its cover, including Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho

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, John Cho

John Cho

John Yohan Cho is an American actor and musician, best known for his roles in the American Pie films and the Harold & Kumar films . He also starred in the critically acclaimed hit film Better Luck Tomorrow...

, Daniel Dae Kim, and Michele Rhee. Stories have also included a profile on Pinkberry

Pinkberry

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 founder Shelly Hwang, a ground level feature on the Virginia Tech massacre

Virginia Tech massacre

The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting that took place on April 16, 2007, on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. In two separate attacks, approximately two hours apart, the perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho, killed 32 people...

, as well as packages on health care reform, education reform, gays in the military, and Korean Americans affected by Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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iamKoreAm.com, the magazine's official website, was launched in 2009 with Future Rockstars of America.

KoreAm is available at select newsstands and bookstores throughout the United States including Barnes and Noble and Borders

Borders Group

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Staff

Editorial



Julie Ha, Editor in Chief

Y. Peter Kang, Online Editor

Jiyoon Kim, Art Director




Marketing & Advertising


James Ryu, Publisher

Geney Kim, Marketing Director

Jasmine Kang, Advertising

Jennifer Wong, Office Manager

Former Editors


Corina Knoll

Corina Knoll

Corina Knoll is an editor and award winning American journalist who writes for California and Sports sections for the Los Angeles Times.-Career:...

 

Jimmy Lee

John Lee

Kai Ma

Larry Tazuma

Michelle Woo

Front Cover or topic listing

A monthly listing of people/topics featured on the front covers of KoreAm starting in 1999.

Awards

2009 National New America Media Award in the category of Best In-Depth and Investigative Reporting for Kai Ma's “To Have and to Hold,” a feature on Proposition 8 and the Korean American vote.


2009 National New America Media Honorable Mention in the category of Arts, Sports & Entertainment for Kai Ma’s “High Rollers,” a feature on high-stakes gambling.


2009 National New America Media Award in the category of Race and Interethnic Relations for Julie Ha’s “Neighborhood Watch,” a feature on the large numbers of Koreans moving into the Los Angeles neighborhood known as Little Tokyo

Little Tokyo

Little Tokyo may refer to:* Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California* Little Tokyo, Vancouver* Little Tokyo, U.S.A., a 1942 American film* Another term for a Japantown* Shigeri Akabane , Japanese professional wrestler...

, one of the last Japantowns left in California.


2008 Asian Pacific American Community Award by Assembly member Ted Lieu.


2005 Society of Professional Journalists

Society of Professional Journalists

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 Mark of Excellence Awards, Region 5: Best Nonfiction Magazine Features.


2004 New California Media Awards: International; Youth Voice; Workplace Issues/Economy; Investigative/In-depth (runner-up); Arts, Sports & Entertainment (runner-up).


2003 New California Media Awards: Arts/Culture.


2003 PACE Setter Award presented by the Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment.


2002 Outstanding Service on Behalf of the Korean American

Korean American

Korean Americans are Americans of Korean descent, mostly from South Korea, with a small minority from North Korea...

 community presented by the Korean American Bar Association of Southern California.


2002 Annual Community Service Award presented by the Korean American Coalition San Francisco Bay Area Chapter.


2000 Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Award nominee.

Events hosted by KoreAm

Unforgettable: An annual black-tie gala that features appearances and performances by Korean American celebrities and entertainers. It also honors Korean Americans for their achievements in various fields. Past honorees include John Cho

John Cho

John Yohan Cho is an American actor and musician, best known for his roles in the American Pie films and the Harold & Kumar films . He also starred in the critically acclaimed hit film Better Luck Tomorrow...

, Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong

Kendrick Kang-Joh "Ken" Jeong , also known as "Dr. Ken," is an American comedian, actor, and physician. Currently, he appears as Ben Chang on the NBC comedy series Community.-Early life and medical career:...

, Juju Chang

JuJu Chang

Hyunju "Juju" Chang is a Korean-American Emmy Award-winning television journalist for ABC News, and currently serves as a special correspondent and fill-in anchor for Nightline...

, Chan Ho Park, Grace Park

Grace Park

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, Daniel Dae Kim and Janice Min

Janice Min

Janice Min is a Korean-American editor and writer who rose to prominence as the longtime editor of Us Weekly and .A graduate of Columbia College, and later Columbia University’s School of Journalism, Min began her career as a newspaper reporter in Westchester County, NY...

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KoreAm Pro-Am: An annual professional-amateur golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 tournament that benefits The LPGA Foundation and their efforts in acculturating international golfers into the LPGA Tour.

See also

• Korean American
  Korean American
  Korean Americans are Americans of Korean descent, mostly from South Korea, with a small minority from North Korea...
  
  
• Asian American
  Asian American
  Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
  
  
• List of Korean Americans
• Korean American writers
  Korean American writers
  Korean American literature treats a wide range of topics including Korean life in America, the interesction of American and Korean culture in the lives of young Korean Americans, as well as life and history on the Korean peninsula.-Korean American writers:...
  
  
• List of Korea-related topics
• Koreans

External links

• http://expo.newamericamedia.org/winners/best_in_depth_investigative_english
• http://expo.newamericamedia.org/winners/race_and_interethnic_relations
• KoreAm Website (iamKoreAm.com)
• Asian American Ethnic Media Survives Tough Times