Category: Society, Politics, Lifestyle, and Culture

Amid the explosive process of impeachment of the former president Park Geun-Hye, Progressive party candidate Moon Jae-In became the dark horse of the recent election, winning the race, as expected by many politically-disappointed Koreans. Assuming leadership after two conservative presidents, Moon’s appearance had the Koreans both excited and worried with the changes that he would…

Broken arm? Broken collarbone? When Americans think of broken bones, they immediately think of a trip to the hospital. Yet for all the times that the average American goes to the hospital, he or she usually does not pay a significant amount of money for treatment; they are usually covered by insurance. However, not all…

The 37th annual Lotus Festival celebrated Bangladesh and its culture from July 15 through 16. Co-hosted by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and the Los Angeles Lotus Festival, the festival takes place every summer at Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles. Famous for the celebration of the blooming of the…

With the latest – and perhaps, most serious in the increasingly strained relations between the U.S. and North Korea – missile test conducted by the volatile Kim Jong Un, tensions in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are higher than ever. For decades, the mercurial situation in North Korea has frustrated the United States, who…

After the impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun Hye, the newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-In has gone on his first trip abroad to the United States to meet with President Trump. The leaders discussed many different subjects, specifically the growing nuclear and missile programs currently being developed in North Korea. Ever since…

On June 15, Jaclyn Hill, a content creator in the YouTube Beauty Community, shared a video announcing her collaboration with Linda Tawil, one of the founders of Morphe, a cosmetics company known for its well made brushes and makeup. As a long time affiliate with Morphe, Jaclyn has worked with the brand in the past…

From June 19 to 23, the 2017 Korea Daily Leadership Camp was held at Pepperdine University. Participants, including rising 5th graders to rising high school seniors, learned how to design their own websites, choreograph songs, conduct their own interviews, improve their public speaking skills, and most importantly, how to become leaders. I was excited to…

Recently, many residents of Los Angeles participated in a special election to determine who would take the seat in congress for the 34th district in the state of California. For the final round of voting in May and early June, the two candidates who ran against each other were Robert Lee Ahn and Jimmy Gomez,…

For a long time now, North Korea has been testing missiles and has claimed that the country has been preparing for war with the United States. And although politicians have argued that the possibility of a war erupting between the United States and North Korea have been high for just as long, the tensions between…