The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021 awards were announced earlier this month with two Korean owned restaurants included on the list: San Francisco’s Benu and Manhattan’s Atomix. This is the second time Benu has been named to the list and the first time for Atomix. They are the only two Korean owned restaurants to ever…
If anyone is a cross-cultural bridge builder, it’s Eric Nam. Since his debut in 2013, the multifaceted singer, songwriter and TV host has been engaging all of us around the world! It’s not only through the talent of his music and gift of conversation that he’s put Korean Americans in the forefront. Eric Nam has…
Joseph Bae, a Korean American and co-president of KKR & Co., was named co-chief executive officer earlier this week at the world’s No. 3 private equity firm. Bae is the second Korean American CEO to lead a global private equity giant after Kewsong Lee became the sole CEO of the Carlyle Group last year. According…
In the vanguard of female leaders in finance, Suzanne Yoon stands apart. Women represent seven percent* of private equity founders but Yoon is the only Korean American in that trailblazing group. Yoon founded Kinzie Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, in 2017 and currently has about $150 million AUM (assets under management). Named by…
The Los Angeles Lakers have announced that they have chosen CJ’s bibigo to be their first global marketing partner. As such, the bibigo logo will be displayed on the team uniform of NBA superstar LeBron James as well as every other Lakers team member. A bibigo logo will be attached on the top left of…
Most of us consider ourselves veterans at eyeliner application, but apparently we’ve been doing it wrong our whole lives! I’ve always had issues with hit or miss bad eyeliner days and wondered how those beauties on K-Dramas always have the most amazingly beautiful and natural eye makeup. After watching way too many online tutorials, I…
Join the Korean Cultural Center of NY for this celebration of K-Pop. Show off your dancing and singing skills and win cash prizes up to $1,000. To participate, applicants must fill out an online form along with a video link that showcases their dance skills. Applicants can freely choose to perform any K-pop song or…
“Likeness and Legacy in Korean Portraiture,” an exhibition of portrait paintings spanning from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) to the contemporary era, is being held at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco now through Nov. 28, 2021. This exhibition is the first major show of Korean portraiture to take place in the United States. What…
Since 2004, Time magazine has selected 100 people each year that they find to be the most influential in the world. This year’s list includes three Koreans: Poet Cathy Park Hong and two of the lead actors from the groundbreaking Korean American film Minari, Steven Yeun and Youn Yuh-jung. The 18th annual list of influential…
Korean drama Squid Game (오징어게임) is the number one show on Netflix in the US as well as much of the world right now. Squid Game is also scoring a perfect 100% among critics on Rotten Tomatoes. If this news surprises you, you obviously have not yet seen this incredibly stylish series that grips you…