We need to #StopAsianHate together in the workplace, in the industry, and in our every day. In and outside of the United States, Anti-Asian racism, violence, and hate crimes have been surging, especially against our elders. Action needs to be taken now to ensure the safety of the Asian community. The Asians in Animation Team has compiled…
The two will star in and executive produce Beef, from A24 and creator Lee Sung Jin. Netflix has won the rights to a series starring Oscar nominee Steven Yeun and Ali Wong. The two will also serve as executive producers of Beef, a 10-episode dramedy from creator Lee Sung Jin and A24. The streamer won the…
(CNN) Reps. Young Kim and Michelle Steel never imagined that the first time they would testify before Congress as new lawmakers it would be to call out hate against their community. But the California Republicans eagerly joined other Asian American lawmakers as witnesses in a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week intended to put the spotlight…
We are grieving and feeling a tremendous amount of pain and fear. The escalating rhetoric and violence against Asians culminated in a mass shooting in Atlanta last week where eight people were killed, six of them Asian women, four of them Korean. They were murdered as they worked to support themselves and their families. In the…
NAPABA has established pro bono legal resources to ensure that local communities have legal resources to address the most egregious hate-fueled attacks against our community. NAPABA is the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, an organization of 50,000 Asian Pacific American attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students. Led by their Hate Crimes Task Force,…
Oscar nominations were announced this morning with Korean American film Minari receiving six nominations overall, including best picture and the first nomination in history for an Asian American lead actor for Steven Yeun. Also nominated for excellence in acting was Youn Yuh-jung, who became the first Korean performer to be nominated for best supporting actress…
Yul Kwon, Google Senior Director of Production Management and the first Asian American winner of the CBS reality show Survivor, will join the Korea Society to share his diverse career trajectories in product management, technology, law, and media. Yul has worked with major government agencies and private companies including Google, Facebook, the Federal Communications Commission,…
K-beauty has elevated the sunscreen game. Korean sunscreens are years ahead of the competition with new and innovative formulas unavailable elsewhere. Spring is just around the corner and after a secluded winter, we’re all eager to get outside and get some sun! As inviting as this sounds, we all know the sun can wreak havoc on…
For the past decade, Korean products have pushed their way firmly into the Western beauty and skincare market and have made the 10 step Korean skin care routine a catch phrase in the world of beauty. K-beauty has even inspired Western brands to come up with their own versions of ingenious Korean invented products such…
What in the world is Mukbang? In the last decade, food lovers have discovered and obsessed over a new video genre called “Mukbang” (먹방), which has taken over YouTube, and made millionaires out of a handful of people willing to artfully consume huge amounts of food in front of a captive audience. The popularity of…