Author: Jini
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William Dunn, watercolor wizard.
Did you pick up a copy of the Korea Daily magazine yet? If not, then you’ve got some reading to do. Run down to Zion Market and pick up a copy. Like now. For those of you that do have your copy in your hot little hand, turn to the spread on page…
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Monthly magazine December issue now available
Pick up a free copy at your nearest Korean market! See “about us” page for locations. We will also be placing several copies at the San Diego Asian film festival happening until Friday nov 9th.
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BIGBANG Alive Galaxy Tour 2012 in Anaheim, California
Seeing BIGBANG live and in person is a dream that has finally been fulfilled! BIGBANG is my favorite kpop group of all time and I finally enjoyed their concert on November 2nd at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. I feel like I know the members even better now! Daesung’s shyness, Taeyang’s English speaking, Seungri’s…
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11/2 “What is the K in K-pop” Seminar
Yesterday at UCSD, Professor John Lie from UC Berkeley gave a seminar about his views on the changes in Korean society through the popularity of Korean pop. He included in his presentation an interesting insight on the changes in Korean music and culture; how they went from being conservative and not being able to portray American or Japanese style music which…
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Volunteer and Help APAC Rally The Asian Vote this Election!
With Election Day now only hours away, APAC is urgently launching “Get Out The Vote” operations. Over the next five days, we need your help to rally Asian voters to the polls! Starting tomorrow, APAC will be phone banking, contacting registered voters and reminding them to vote on Election Day. Phone banking is fun, simple,…
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November Events
Thursday, Nov 1st – Friday, Nov 9th The San Diego Asian Film Festival – From Masterworks from Asian countries to Asian American indie romantic comedy films, the 13th annual San Diego Asian Film Festival brings a week-long cinema party with over 140 films from 20 countries. http://festival.sdaff.org/2012 Friday, Nov 2nd @ 12:30-2:00pm “WHAT IS…
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Control Alt Delete: A Snapshot of Gaming Culture in South Korea
By Clark Rhodes In hindsight, maybe I should have played more video games when I was younger. In addition to riding bikes and building forts, I spent much of my childhood magnetized to a television, blowing into Nintendo cartridges, and surfing up and down Cinnabar Island looking for “Missing No.” If you don’t understand these…
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KKONNECT Goes to KCON
October 13th was the day I had been looking forward to for months: the first ever Korean pop culture convention. In the midst of the best year for Korean pop with its growing popularity, I knew I had to attend this event which offered not only a dance workshop led by famous choreographers, panels on…
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Film Review: The Thieves
The Thieves: Raising the Bar by Sierra Fox Big. Loud. Dazzling. For we have known the summer blockbusters already, known them all. Stories we’ve already seen. Jokes we’ve already heard. Characters we’ve already loved. Indeed, The Thieves embraces this formula: an impossible jewel heist, the high jinks in pulling off such a feat, and the…
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